Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

a whisper 
from Old Scratch 
nuclear winter

— Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

John Hawkhead

winter’s gloom 
street crows land silently
behind my back

— John Hawkhead

Lovette Carter

discovering
the black boots
now red

— Lovette Carter

Christina Chin

foggy Christmas eve
a passerby fades 
into nothing

— Christina Chin

Chad Lee Robinson

serving 
only stares
village diner

— Chad Lee Robinson

Roberta Beach Jacobson

a call from the other side

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

John Hawkhead

reading headstones
murmured conversations
with echoes

— John Hawkhead

Rowan Beckett

sleep paralysis
a fly on
her opened eye

— Rowan Beckett

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

unholy matrimony an off-pitch organ drones

— Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

Debbie Strange

pond dipping

the face I see

at the bottom

— Debbie Strange

John Hawkhead

closing the gap
in the velvet curtains
an eye

— John Hawkhead

Rowan Beckett

graveyard
the wind catches
a giggle

— Rowan Beckett

Tim Gardiner

shallow grave

the rise and fall

of my chest

— Tim Gardiner