Quietus Gothic Literary Magazine

"A weird tale is not an account of things and happenings, but a skilful transcript of a certain sort of human mood. Tangible aspects and events can never be more than incidental properties. The real thing is the dark current of half-formulated feelings that sweeps relentlessly along."
— HP Lovecraft,
Friday before the Witches' Sabbath,
October 30, 1931
Quietus Magazine: http://www.quietusmag.com.
QUIETUS (I)
Volume One, Issue One
(April 1, 2003)
Launched on the anniversary of Rozz Williams' suicide
Dedicated to Rozz Williams
(November 6, 1963 - April 1, 1998)
QUIETUS (II) - Allhallowmas
Volume One, Issue Two
(October 1, 2003)
Special Edition
QUIETUS (III)
Volume Two, Issue One
(April 1, 2004)
Final Issue
Quietus Magazine: http://www.quietusmag.com.
Quietus Magazine Artists:
William C. Burns, Jr., Kent Mackey, Kathleen Hayter, Michael Ramseur, Thomas Nagel, Kevin Hillman, Jade Walker, David McCreary, Jo Henson, Christopher K. Beaty, Eric Jackson, William Bolen, Steve Burt, EJ Emmons, Dyanna Byers, Mark Mellon, Lian Gouw, Aitam Bar-Sagi, Ed Cowell, J. L. Harrison, Michael C. Jessen, K. G. McAbee, Jessica Black, Richard S. Levine, Jade Walker, Benjamin X. Wretlind, Ed Cowell, Tracie Fellows, Carole Carmen, Thomas Wiloch, Angeline Hawkes-Craig, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, David Downey, Shannon Riley, Matt Hewitt, Christina Sng, Richard Dansky, John Grey, spooK, Kevin James Miller, Gary Clinton, Arthur Davis Broughton, Thomas Zimmerman, S. G. Childress, S. Nepomniushy, Jacqueline Seewald, Jay Caselberg, Lawrence Barker, Onyx Sylver, H. Turnip Smith, Ann K. Schwader, Peter Hickman, Christopher Hivner, Kenneth Goldman, Donna Burgess, Robert Brumm Jr., Joe Quinn, Bruce Boston, James R. Cain, Wesley Lambert, Lee Clark Zumpe, Eric Asaris, Ben Duiverman, Dawn Stanton, Kassidy Rae, Susie Hawes, William Bolen, Leo Boyd, William Churchman, Marc Colten, William Jones, Petra Kuppers, Lida Broadhurst, Andros Sturgeon, J. L. Harrison, Richard Polney
Founded by Viir Exeter for Exitium Press
NOTE: This is a Quietus Magazine tribute page. Viir does not maintain this MySpace presence. He has graciously granted access to materials and kind permission for the construction of this site. Viir wishes to thank all of the writers, poets, graphics artists and dark aesthetes who submitted material (whether accepted or not) to Quietus Magazine. Without these brave and talented souls, Quietus could not have been the quality publication that it was. --Bill Solis, Quietus Magazine MySpace
Quietus Magazine published Gothic Horror stories written in the manner and tradition of the Masters of Gothic Literature: H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, The Brontës, Baudelaire and so on. Stories, Poetry and Artwork in Quietus are ultra dark, extra-dimensional in scope and otherworldly.
Quietus published stories that exhibit scenes, characters, creatures, dimensions, colors and modes of storytelling never seen before. It's all about the psychological make up of horror—the angles in a room, the dark streets less traveled, witch lights in a rural cemetery, the indescribable shape loping across an open field in the dead of night.
Quietus was a purely imaginative, quality-driven publication. Although the project closed after three (3) issues, Quietus was extremely impactful on the Gothic Horror and hard Science Fiction literary and visual arts communities. All three (3) original issues are available at the Official Quietus Magazine website: http://www.quietusmag.com.
Independently, two of Quietus' contributing Artists volunteered to finance the continuation of the magazine out of pocket--they saw its intrinsic uniqueness and high value. Alas, Viir would regrettably announce Quietus' quietus, as it were, in lieu of his musical career; he was commissioned to compose a motion picture soundtrack while simultaneously managing two bands. This decision was extremely difficult, not to mention heartbreaking, for Viir and it pained him greatly to cease the project. [If you wish to contact Viir directly, please go to the Oxygen Law and/or Biomechanic MySpace presences listed in our top friends].
Lovecraft:
"No writer ought ever to consider
a rapidly written sentence as a finished product."
Quietus Gothic Literary Magazine is available at the Official Quietus Magazine site: http://www.quietusmag.com.
Blessed Be.