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.Vol. 1, Issue 1 Contents:o Foreword to Teatro Grottesco essay by Thomas LigottioThe Nightmare of His Art: The Horrific Power of the Imagination in and "The Troubles of Dr. Thoss and "Gas Station Carnivals and " essay by W. SilverwoodoThe Gods in Their Seats, Unblinking short fiction by Kurt Fawvero Affirmation of the Spirit: Consciousness, Transformation, and the Fourth World in Film short fiction by Christopher SlatskyoTry the Veal poem by Robert BeveridgeoHow to Construct a Gun from Your Own Flesh short fiction by Michael UhalloNotes on a Horror essay by Dr. Raymond Thosso and "Eccentric to the Healthy Social Order and " : Inversions of Family, Community, and Religion in Thomas Ligotti's and "The Last Feast of Harlequin and " essau by Michael J. AbolafiaoWraiths poem by Wade GermanoEraserhead as Antinatalist Allegoryessay by Colby SmithoThe Alienation of the Self: Marx, Polanyi, and Ligottian Horroressay by S. L. EdwardsoThe Theatre of Ovid short fiction by Aaron WorthoInfinite Light, Infinite Darkness short fiction by Martin RoseoNight Walks: The Films of Val Lewton essay by Michael Penkaso Solar Flare short fiction by Paul L. BatesoStrange Bird poem by Ian MullinsoNervous Wares and u0026 Abnormal Staresshort fiction by Devin GoffoMy Time at the Drake Clinic short fiction by Jordan KralloSinging the Song of My Unmaking short fiction by Christopher Ropeso and "They say I should kill myself and not try to spoil their enjoyment in being alive and ": An Interview with Thomas Ligottiinterview by Wojciech Gunia