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Thomas Zimmerman

midnight strikes
the cracked 
doll smiles

— Thomas Zimmerman

within the heap

of mandrake roots

a tiny scream

— Thomas Zimmerman

Joshua St. Claire

cirrus vertebratus
rubbing on the rocks
to shed my skin

— Joshua St. Claire

another twist

of the garrote

sparrowsong

— Joshua St. Claire

Patricia Hawkhead

having a lie-in a fresh grave

— Patricia Hawkhead

Anne Fox

power saw
the softness of her hand
against the metal

— Anne Fox

Roberta Beach Jacobson

animal kingdom he eats his way through

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

Chad Lee Robinson

premeditated 
the ravens arrive 
in their funeral feathers 

— Chad Lee Robinson 

asylum garden

the owl movements

of an old woman’s head

— Chad Lee Robinson

Vishal Prabhu

attic staircase 
the last step
in the dark

— Vishal Prabhu

Colleen M. Farrelly

hoar frost
creeping across the pane
spider legs

— Colleen M. Farrelly

gothic romance

a black rose

in his dead hand

— Colleen M. Farrelly

Lorraine A Padden

rattus rattus
the helter skelter
of an overfilled dumpster

— Lorraine A Padden

attention speculation...

guessing the number of eyeballs

in a jar

— Lorraine A Padden

Jerome Berglund

radiation burns — 
she asks what 
year is this

— Jerome Berglund

degrees kelvin . . . 

beneath the mitre 

sickles project

— Jerome Berglund

Debarati Sen

scattering the ash
his silhouette floats 
with the waves

— Debarati Sen

Kelly Sauvage Moyer

scrawled sigils
the bleed
of witch’s ink

— Kelly Sauvage Moyer

skeleton key . . .

the rusting cage

of consciousness

— Kelly Sauvage Moyer

John Hawkhead

filling the basket
with cut flowers
a wicker coffin

— John Hawkhead

soft flurries

our old cat releases

her final purr

— John Hawkhead

Mark Gilbert

questions and answers
the piano wire
sings

— Mark Gilbert