Rhysling and Australian Shadows Awards-nominated poet, musician, writer and occultist Leigh Blackmore (BCA Writing, Hons, Univ Woll ong ong) debuted in weird verse aged 15 with a Lovecraftian sonnet published in R. Alain Everts' journal The Arkham Sampler (new series, 1984). His fantastic poetry has been widely published in magazines and anthologies including Anno Klarkash-Ton, Cyaegha, Beyond the Cosmic Veil, Songs of the Shattered World: The Broken Hymns of Hastur, Penumbra, Spectral Realms, and Weird Fiction Review.