The Hydrocephalic Ward by Steve Rasnic Tem collects fifty new and previously published poems. Introduction by Steve Rasnic Tem. Poems included are "Snapping Turtles," "Nightcrawlers," "When You Think of Them," "Skin," "Time Machines," "Directions for Killing the Automated House," "The Dreaming Machine Dreams of its Creators," "Poe's Grave," "Werewolf, Manhattan," and forty other poems.
Steve Rasnic Tem was born in Lee County Virginia in the heart of Appalachia. He is the author of over 350 published short stories and is a past winner of the Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Awards. His story collections include City Fishing, The Far Side of the Lake, In Concert (with wife Melanie Tem), Ugly Behavior, Celestial Inventories, and Onion Songs. An audio collection, Invisible, is also available. His novels include Excavation, The Book of Days, Daughters, The Man In The Ceiling (with Melanie Tem), and the recent Deadfall Hotel.