Elliot Diamond

a ghost fog cracking acorns

— Elliot Diamond

the last sip a fruit fly holds my tongue

— Elliot Diamond

Amber Winter

weedkiller
my son gets his new
teacher assignment

— Amber Winter

John Hawkhead

roadkill a line of ants in black

— John Hawkhead

F. J. Bergmann

ten-minute break
the torturer innocently
scratching his behind

— F. J. Bergmann

Julie Bloss Kelsey

finishing her story—
the beginning stages
of decomposition 

— Julie Bloss Kelsey

lunch date—

my lover’s canines

pierce the vein

— Julie Bloss Kelsey

Anthony Lusardi

sickle day moon—
my first time
using a chainsaw

— Anthony Lusardi

C.W. Blackburn

he dreams
in darker shades – 
the evil twin

— C.W. Blackburn

C.X.Turner

old attic –
a rustling sound
too human to be a rat

— C.X.Turner

silent screams

trying to get out...

bloodstained teeth

— C.X.Turner

Bidyut Prabha Gantayat

night duty
the hushed whisper 
from behind

— Bidyut Prabha Gantayat

Lorraine A Padden

paler shades
of nightmare
the cawing dawn

— Lorraine A Padden

Bryan Rickert

finding his way home
a year later–
our dead dog

— Bryan Rickert

on the corpse’s face crow’s feet

— Bryan Rickert

Kirsten Cliff Elliot

soul theft
I’m left with a bloom
of blood

— Kirsten Cliff Elliot

devil’s hour

the querent draws

the Fool

— Kirsten Cliff Elliot

Jerome Berglund

end of autumn 
through necropolis
pink creeping 

— Jerome Berglund

unwisely

accompanying

to the well

— Jerome Berglund

Chad Lee Robinson

blood moon 
the shifting curtain 
of corn leaves

— Chad Lee Robinson

Roberta Beach Jacobson

littering the byways discarded skeletons

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

Barrie Levine

the crunch
of roasted coffee beans . . .
her brown eyes

— Barrie Levine

relapse—

wishing for

a different disease

— Barrie Levine

Mike Fainzilber

every door a shoe store
the gates of hell
always open

— Mike Fainzilber

Kelly Sargent

splitting 
the bleeding heart
her unmarked grave

— Kelly Sargent

cornfield murder

the curiosity

of crows

— Kelly Sargent

Rich Schilling

abandon campsite
buzzards pecking at
blackened teeth

— Rich Schilling

crescent moon

at my window

one white claw

— Rich Schilling

Mark Gilbert

strings
moments
in the mirror

— Mark Gilbert