Joshua Gage

St. Rita’s Day
the cemetery angel
weeps blood

— Joshua Gage

John Hawkhead

end of a wake  
we close the box
on a breath of air

— John Hawkhead

Chad Lee Robinson

out of
the mouth—
crabs

— Chad Lee Robinson

Deborah P Kolodji

the beauty
of nightshade blossoms
spreading chill

— Deborah P Kolodji

Lorraine A. Padden

corps de ballet
he arranges
the limbs in a row

— Lorraine A. Padden

Lovette Carter

spot change...
a leopard’s
bloodbath

— Lovette Carter

Joshua Gage

wolf’s bane
beneath the full moon
a Romani fiddle

— Joshua Gage

Kirsten Cliff Elliot

tending a gravestone
the pale skin
of her lower back

— Kirsten Cliff Elliot

John Hawkhead

unzipping her slowly the coroner

— John Hawkhead

Chad Lee Robinson

a swirl of silt 
around a skull 
black lagoon

— Chad Lee Robinson

Minal Sarosh

grandma’s mirror
a gnarled hand on 
my shoulder

— Minal Sarosh

Roberta Beach Jacobson

skeleton
loses his
key

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

Lorraine A. Padden

forget-me-nots
his choicest cuts
stored in the freezer

— Lorraine A. Padden