Randy Brooks

scruffy side up
the mail-order chick
we couldn’t save

— Randy Brooks

afloat under shallows

octopus body & tentacles

in blue moonlight

— Randy Brooks

John Hawkhead

bottomless well 
a stone sinks slowly
into the earth

— John Hawkhead

bloodwork

all the early clues

ignored

— John Hawkhead

Anne Fox

boys pulling the wings off of me

— Anne Fox

weathered

headstone

the birth year

my own

— Anne Fox

Debarati Sen

attic trunk
the one-eyed doll
has grown nails

— Debarati Sen

hail storm

a shadow keeps

coming closer

— Debarati Sen

Albert Schlaht

hidden moon--
frost already spreading
over the body

— Albert Schlaht

Perry L. Powell

summer night
what you can’t see in the trees
watches you

— Perry L. Powell

in the mirror

the second head

starts with an eye

— Perry L. Powell

Roberta Beach Jacobson

rooted
in a cavity
her sweet tooth

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

Joshua St. Claire

until the very end duct tape

— Joshua St. Claire

moon frenzy

the scent of red

fills the incantation

— Joshua St. Claire

Gordon Gearhart

cult meeting
flies buzz around
the corpse flower

— Gordon Gearhart

Joy Hallinan

in the wall
the slow drip
of water

— Joy Hallinan

Jacek Margolak

midnight scrolling — 
the face in the photo 
blinks

— Jacek Margolak

abandoned home —

the floorboard creaks

under no one

— Jacek Margolak

Ron C. Moss

end-of-life Expo
a car alarm going off
near the coffin try-out

— Ron C. Moss

winter solstice . . .

Tasmanian Devil screams

darken the night

— Ron C. Moss

Billy Antonio

behind my back
the shadow of
the scarecrow

— Billy Antonio

Barbara Anna Gaiardoni

celestial bodies 
I dream of piloting 
my own skeleton

— Barbara Anna Gaiardoni

Sheikha A.

creeping crows
the scent of death 
freshly delivered

— Sheikha A.

midnight morgue

coming alive to

the mortician’s jazz

— Sheikha A.

thomas david

swimming 
with the fishes
ghost carp

— thomas david

Barrie Levine

family legend . . .
Aunt Edith’s fox stole
bites her on the neck

— Barrie Levine

burning toast

the smoke alarm

that refuses to die

— Barrie Levine

Jerome Berglund

ed gein folk art

— Jerome Berglund

grateful

for the blood . . .

drinking game

— Jerome Berglund

Nicholas De Marino

one tab in the grave

— Nicholas De Marino

Tracy Davidson

winds of war 
the wiccan’s crystal ball 
turns red

— Tracy Davidson