Nicholas De Marino

lovers holding hands
and other trophies

— Nicholas De Marino

Vishal Prabhu

the clean 
 glint 
of a pickaxe

— Vishal Prabhu

Hynek Koziol

springtime -
we move soil around
the dog’s bones

— Hynek Koziol

before sleep

all the things

the moonlight avoids

— Hynek Koziol

Julie Bloss Kelsey

nightmare —
the tendrils
of his existence
take root 
in me

— Julie Bloss Kelsey

reaching out

to her relatives—

city ghost tour

— Julie Bloss Kelsey

Rowan Beckett Minor

spring lilies
on the white carpet
a woman’s slit throat

— Rowan Beckett Minor

deep autumn

in the city mortuary’s ceiling

fetal remains

— Rowan Beckett Minor

Anne Fox

squirrels shred a nest
in my intestines...
burst appendix

— Anne Fox

dexa scan--

vultures scatter the skeleton

of a road-kill deer

— Anne Fox

Bonnie J Scherer

an audible squeak
as the trimmers cut deep
close shave

— Bonnie J Scherer

John Hawkhead

urban decay
a crack in the light
where the ice got in

— John Hawkhead

fog bound stones

crows uncreak dirges

to the dying light

— John Hawkhead

Stella Pierides

sweet smell drifting out
of the hospice window…
long nights

— Stella Pierides

still dark…

blood seeps into

the mattress

— Stella Pierides

Mark Meyer

grandmother’s ring —
within the amethyst
someone watching

— Mark Meyer

Joshua St. Claire

the skull
under the skin
windowless room

— Joshua St. Claire

soiled linen the restraints

— Joshua St. Claire

Chad Lee Robinson

reading by its own 
pale light
little ghost 

— Chad Lee Robinson

solar eclipse

the scarecrow walking

in the farmer’s body

— Chad Lee Robinson

Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

trailing behind
the bone collector
our missing teeth

— Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

last rites

escaping with a whoosh

my held breath

— Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

Greg Schwartz

root cellar
the voices
take hold

— Greg Schwartz

the

crunch

of

dead

leaves

scarecrow

— Greg Schwartz

David Cox

vampire erotica
turning over the page
to her new life

— David Cox

Nicholas De Marino

fresh coat of paint
on the misses
good as new

— Nicholas De Marino

Barrie Levine

midnight sun 

the garden  

grows you

— Barrie Levine

Kelly Sargent

splitting the pomegranate 
our last words
before her attempt

— Kelly Sargent

radiation frost —

the winter

we flatline

— Kelly Sargent

Albert Schlaht

jasmine vapors
rise above the moor
twitching fingers

— Albert Schlaht

having landed

     a crow tilts its head

          towards the body

— Albert Schlaht

Jerome Berglund

common bluebell
capillaries on the face 
burst

— Jerome Berglund