Joseph P. Wechselberger

All Hallows’ Eve
the piercing cackle
of a jack-o’-lantern

— Joseph P. Wechselberger

Peter Shipman

moonlit road—

a child pretending

he’s a spider

— Peter Shipman

third floor window

against the glass

a pale woman beckons

— Peter Shipman

DJ Tyrer

moonlight
fur spreading
howls

— DJ Tyrer

Minal Sarosh

school picnic 

his cries for help 

slowly drowning 

— Minal Sarosh

the night train

suddenly stops in the tunnel

squeaking bats

— Minal Sarosh

Richard L. Matta

passing crows…
his tattooed scythe
grows grimmer

— Richard L. Matta

ghost owl shriek...

a dust cloud appears

on the headstone

— Richard L. Matta

Tuyet Van Do

morning walk
maggots squirming
on the dead possum

— Tuyet Van Do

Roberta Beach Jacobson

garnishing
chef’s daily special
poison ivy

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

cricket song
whiter than the ceiling
she stares at nightly

— Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

wine tasting

the sommelier savors

a glass of barfly

— Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

John Hawkhead

buried alive 
behind the library wall
whispers in leaves

— John Hawkhead

beach holiday

a sun-blasted skull

still grinning

— John Hawkhead

Joshua St. Claire

finding

what the greenbottles found

Worm Moon

— Joshua St. Claire

raining in the cloud of crows half moon face

— Joshua St. Claire

Jerome Berglund

there was only
one twin all along 
seasonless

— Jerome Berglund

Thomas Zimmerman

among the fallen maple leaves
a withered hand

— Thomas Zimmerman

Jan Stretch

I open my door…
the kraa of the raven
dead on the door-stoop

— Jan Stretch