Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

all my wrath receding tides

— Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

moon on fire

i still dream

about you

— Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

Chad Lee Robinson

swarming moths . . .
the voice on the other end 
of a dead telephone

— Chad Lee Robinson

David Oates

in the moist shade 
of the churches
casket shops

— David Oates

the moment

the dragon sees you

and breathes in

— David Oates

Mark Gilbert

doom laden
hunched over
his bass

— Mark Gilbert

Christopher Peys

abandoned mine
at the end of the tunnel
even more darkness

— Christopher Peys

Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

chimney smoke
gretel stewing
a runaway

— Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

tick tick tick

licking an unborn

aswang on a roof

— Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

Chris Langer

abandoned home 
in the dusty hall echoes 
hushed whispers

— Chris Langer

stumbling feet

her smile hangs

by a thread

— Chris Langer

John Hawkhead

whetstone dirge
I sharpen my blade
on his last words

— John Hawkhead


 

last laugh

she paints a smile

on his death mask

— John Hawkhead

C.X.Turner

ghost moon
every unspoken goodbye
haunting me

— C.X.Turner

Daipayan Nair

sugar fall —
dad’s blank stare
at me

— Daipayan Nair

seizure

the folk healer beats

with a broom

— Daipayan Nair

Mariel Herbert

hands and feet
enchantments tear
at the seams

— Mariel Herbert

salt drips

all the way home

blood price

— Mariel Herbert

Curt Linderman

the ouija board

suddenly switching

to dark mode

— Curt Linderman

Roberta Beach Jacobson

pointing out
the constellations
curled toenails

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

Kerry J Heckman

rising from the graveyard a host of sparrows

— Kerry J Heckman

black and white photo

her blood

red lips

— Kerry J Heckman

Eavonka Ettinger

with a faint scent

of decomposition

her empty eyes

— Eavonka Ettinger

Mark Gilbert

before the accident
his left hand
could never play Chopin

— Mark Gilbert

on the tourist trail

church gates rattling—

a peal of thunder

— Mark Gilbert

Katherine E Winnick

the headless horseman
body bowed as he rides
- galloping hooves

— Katherine E Winnick

Jackie Chou

haunting flute song
summoning the friends
we’ve lost these years

— Jackie Chou 

haunted Christmas

the clatter

of tree ornaments

— Jackie Chou

Mona Bedi

mountain trek—
bodiless footsteps 
follow her

— Mona Bedi

abandoned fort

sound of anklet bells

in the corridors

— Mona Bedi

Tomislav Sjekloća

afternoon nap
a mouthful
of cockroaches

— Tomislav Sjekloća

dense fog

the dog barks

at something

— Tomislav Sjekloća

Marion Clarke

scary things
that shouldn’t
be

— Marion Clarke

Eavonka Ettinger

sweeping up
all the dead skin
new year’s day

— Eavonka Ettinger