Lorraine A Padden

decorous handle of a straight edge melancholy

— Lorraine A Padden

a bug catcher

of unholy crimes

praying mantis

— Lorraine A Padden

Katherine E Winnick

after him the mirror hesitates

— Katherine E Winnick

lipstick on the rim her last word

— Katherine E Winnick

Tracy Davidson

mortuary 
rigor mortis doesn’t stop 
her husband’s moaning

— Tracy Davidson

Monica Luo

coat rack in darkness -
a nebulous intruder

without my glasses

— Monica Luo

entanglement -

the crown of

the rat king

— Monica Luo

John H. Dromey

a very cold room
a tag on your toe
you’re it

— John H. Dromey

Bernadette O’Reilly

protecting herself 
from humans
the black cat hisses

— Bernadette O’Reilly

tenement room

the blood of bugs

on the wall

— Bernadette O’Reilly

Anthony Lusardi

Resurrection Day
the growing mounds
on her grave

— Anthony Lusardi

dry creek

collecting leaves

a missing person flyer

— Anthony Lusardi

Martina Matijević

spelling out her maiden name — headstone

— Martina Matijević

Chris Meadows

Poe’s grave
the moon and i
both blue

— Chris Meadows

moonglow

I open a box

of darkness

— Chris Meadows

Max Breedlove

no sequel corpse flower

— Max Breedlove

dream dialect faceless dolls

— Max Breedlove

Ron C. Moss

another funeral live streaming the dead

— Ron C. Moss

call for donors

the crimson glow

of her fresh tattoo

— Ron C. Moss

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