Engin Gülez

without sound dripping blood

— Engin Gülez

C.X.Turner

emerging
from this misty dawn
haunted smile

— C.X.Turner

empty nest

a streak of blood

in the air

— C.X.Turner

Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

dollhouse what the plastic baby saw

— Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

crawlspace

the chittering

grows louder

— Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

Tracy Davidson

homemade meatloaf 
if only he’d been this tender 
while alive

— Tracy Davidson

Chris Langer

his last words
repeated in the hallway
for eternity

— Chris Langer

horror film

he tries to escape

real life

— Chris Langer

Bonnie J Scherer

hot air balloon -
sipping seltzer
that loses its fizz

— Bonnie J Scherer

cliffhanger photo

snapped just before

a big gust of wind

— Bonnie J Scherer

Barbara Anna Gaiardoni

groping for the open wound

— Barbara Anna Gaiardoni

John Hawkhead

interrogation cell  
even under a strong light
utter darkness

— John Hawkhead

forensic inquiry

unearthing the splintered bones

of a silent scream

— John Hawkhead

DJ Tyrer

whispers
assume the breeze
words stalk me

— DJ Tyrer

Minal Sarosh

walking shadows 
on the alley walls
dogs barking …

— Minal Sarosh

open window

all that murmurs in the dark

… not crickets

— Minal Sarosh

Roberta Beach Jacobson

under the bed
too many feet to count
centipede nest

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

Joseph P. Wechselberger

séance
the Ouija board
speaks for itself

— Joseph P. Wechselberger

the rapid clack

of the old typewriter’s keys

invisible fingers

— Joseph P. Wechselberger

Daipayan Nair

night rain —
a restless dog licks 
the beggar’s face

— Daipayan Nair

a cobra

held by its throat

the crowd claps

— Daipayan Nair

Joshua Gage

chuckling goat…
a spatter of blood stains
her pink lace bra 

— Joshua Gage

mothballs…

the weight of the demon

squat on my chest

— Joshua Gage

Thomas Zimmerman

in the mirror
only darkness
where your face should be

— Thomas Zimmerman

your ouija board tattoos

i kiss my dead

to life

— Thomas Zimmerman

Kerry J Heckman

lines in a poem
the way she predicted 
her own death

— Kerry J Heckman

Mona Bedi

city pub
the waitress pours maggots
from her mouth

— Mona Bedi

Chad Lee Robinson

tolling bell no way out

— Chad Lee Robinson 

birthright a crow’s nest

— Chad Lee Robinson

Jerome Berglund

the killing hurt
open heart 
surgery

— Jerome Berglund

night zebras’

rusty teeth

nonlinear

— Jerome Berglund

C.X.Turner

hiding
in deep wrinkles—
spiderlings

— C.X.Turner

the bitter taste...

she spits out

old skin

— C.X.Turner

Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

untimely death 
the bone clock
wrings its hands

— Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

Rowan Beckett

endless woods
deep in the night
a wolf crescendos

— Rowan Beckett

motel orchid

a child stares

at the hanging body

— Rowan Beckett