VASTARIEN is a source of critical study and creative response to the corpus of Thomas Ligotti as well as associated authors and ideas. The journal includes nonfiction, literary horror fiction, poetry, artwork and non-classifiable hybrid pieces.Contentsfive dreams of the red tower s. j. bagleyThe Rules and Regulations of White Pines, Vermont Kurt FawverLong Time No See F. J. BergmannRichard Gavin: The Nature of Horror S. T. JoshiThe Mad German Michael UhallI Feel Better Now Brooke WarraThe Glow at Home Rayna WaxheadThe Ghosts of Their Guns: Magical Realism in the Fiction of Nadia Bulkin S. L. EdwardsChronology of a Burn Tonya LiburdThe Blind Opera Sean M. ThompsonNightmares Désirée Zamorano"The Clown Puppet" - A Case Study Michael CiscoNightly Senses Emmie BristowThe Nightmare Man L'Erin OgleEnnigaldi Sam SchreiberTrauma Narrating Dr. Raymond ThossFor She is Falling John Linwood GrantContributors