Friday, December 23, 2022

Kimberly Kuchar

lit fireplace
finding her dad’s body
in the chimney

— Kimberly Kuchar

Thursday, December 22, 2022

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Kimberly Kuchar

a flicker
at the edge of my vision
thinning of the veil 

— Kimberly Kuchar

Monday, December 19, 2022

Chris Langer

wedding ring
along her finger twists
a feasting maggot

— Chris Langer



steel rake
beneath the leaves
his fleshy smile

— Chris Langer

Friday, December 16, 2022

Thursday, December 15, 2022

Chad Lee Robinson

shadows creeping closer 
bundled cinnamon 
over the door 

— Chad Lee Robinson 



a spirit
has attached itself to me
cold autumn wind

— Chad Lee Robinson

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

John Hawkhead

walking the boneyard
tapping his lucky die
against his teeth

— John Hawkhead

Monday, December 12, 2022

Sankara Jayanth Sudanagunta

all the town’s fog
pouring into open graves—
whistling wind

— Sankara Jayanth Sudanagunta



bedtime story...
the creature under the bed
already heard it

— Sankara Jayanth Sudanagunta

Friday, December 9, 2022

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

in F minor a darker shade of desire

— Tiffany Shaw-Diaz



the emptiness
after i
tame the lion

— Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

Thursday, December 8, 2022

Joshua Gage

the baby’s fingers
waving goodbye…
disemboweled nun

— Joshua Gage



laudanum
the keloid scar
around her neck

— Joshua Gage

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

R. Suresh babu

mother moon
the Siamese cat
wails like a newborn

— R. Suresh babu



night graveyard
an old woman sleepwalking
with incense sticks

— R. Suresh babu

Monday, December 5, 2022

petro c. k.

Krampusnacht . . .
fresh hoofprints
in the snow

— petro c. k.



arctic circle
on the white sheet
a pool of blood

— petro c. k.

Friday, December 2, 2022

Thursday, December 1, 2022

Keith Evetts

a sip from the cauldron
of what might have been
warm tomato soup

— Keith Evetts