Biswajit Mishra

old photo
the hard stare
of a new face

— Biswajit Mishra

Vishal Prabhu

underneath the door
the lit corridor 
shadowless still

— Vishal Prabhu

Bryan Rickert

every day
it tries to kill me
conjoined twin

— Bryan Rickert

Scott Wiggerman

gourmand
the rich broth
of his bones

— Scott Wiggerman

Mark Gilbert

cross cutting
rapid cuts
even in the fade out

— Mark Gilbert

Randy Brooks

a conclave of snails
over the remains
guppy tail

— Randy Brooks

Patricia Hawkhead

dried grass
winds whispering
a séance

— Patricia Hawkhead

Veronika Zora Novak

boneyard . . .

my fetal imprint

on her grave

— Veronika Zora Novak

Nancy Brady

a red ribbon
around her neck
--snuff movie

— Nancy Brady

Roberta Beach Jacobson

toeing the line
fish fingers

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

plague rat
the barn owl’s 
last meal

— Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

Michael Nickels-Wisdom

leaf like 
a dead hand fallen 
upon a shoulder

— Michael Nickels-Wisdom

Barbara Anna Gaiardoni

crescent-shaped scars an epidemic

— Barbara Anna Gaiardoni

C.X.Turner

midnight kitchen
the whisper of knives
just before I turn

— C.X.Turner

ghost town

the wild instinct

to survive

— C.X.Turner

Tracy Davidson

a matador’s scream 
the ghosts of all the bulls 
he slaughtered

— Tracy Davidson

Kelly Sauvage Moyer

ruby necklace
the slow trickle
of her blood

— Kelly Sauvage Moyer

young harvest

a ripple

in the moonwater

— Kelly Sauvage Moyer

David Cox

evening meal 
I share the sun room 
with a mosquito

— David Cox

Richard L. Matta

blood flowers
a monarch’s long sip
from a vein

— Richard L. Matta

John Hawkhead

raven hour 
a creak in the limbs
of the hanging tree

— John Hawkhead

drop-off point

at the bus station

missing posters

— John Hawkhead

Joshua St. Claire

molten gold
all the fingers
in my mouth

— Joshua St. Claire

footsteps that stop

when mine stop

yellow eye moon

— Joshua St. Claire