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.ContentsCommencement Joanna ParypinskiPatent for an Artificial Uterus Max D. StantonThe Crafter of the World Ashley DiosesBequeathing the World to Insects Christopher MountenayTrigger Julie TravisThe Master Gardener Nicole VasariParasitic Castration Amelia GormanThe November House Charles WilkinsonLacan on Lynch: Viewing Twin Peaks through a Psychoanalytic Lens Rob F. Martinsoul of a mannequin Justyna BendykShirley Jackson and That Old Black Magic Jill HandHow to be a Horror Writer Tim WaggonerCover Art by Yves Tourigny. Book design by Anna Trueman. Internal art by Giuseppe Balestra, Ksenia Korniewska, Serhiy Krykun, Carl Lavoie, and Øyvind Lauvdahl. Co-Editors-In-Chief, Matt Cardin and Jon Padgett. Senior Editor, Dagny Paul.