Roberta Beach Jacobson

shot through the window
curtains

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

Hemapriya Chellappan

a loud screech
tears through the mist 
fingernail moon

— Hemapriya Chellappan

Joshua Gage

jabs of straw
from the cell’s padding
the itch of leather

— Joshua Gage

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

on your tongue the birth of a hex

— Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

D. V. Rozic

dreaming ...
taken by the shadows
of the trees

— D. V. Rozic

John Hawkhead

spring cleaning 
she empties the dust
from his urn

— John Hawkhead

Pippa Phillips

iris blooming
in a skull’s left eyesocket—
cyclops

— Pippa Phillips

Vera Constantineau

no witness  
—turning away from 
sightless eyes

— Vera Constantineau

Hemapriya Chellappan

soft hoots 
a cloud eating 
the moon

— Hemapriya Chellappan

Joshua Gage

airbnb
the smell of bitter almonds
in my evening tea

— Joshua Gage

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

revenge 
my lips trace
a sharpened blade

— Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

Tracy Davidson

half-heard whispers 

almost dropping 

the coffin

— Tracy Davidson