Joshua St. Claire

washing the blood
down the sink
scent of hyacinths

— Joshua St. Claire

Fidelio

I hand the plague doctor

a white peony

— Joshua St. Claire

thomas david

you’ve got red on you blood moon

— thomas david

his finger

on the pulse

mortician

— thomas david

Dorna Hainds

eating jar tomatoes
the feel of hearts
on the tongue

— Dorna Hainds

Soumya Mukherjee

quiet graveyard
the stone angel
turns toward me

— Soumya Mukherjee

Chad Lee Robinson

testing the toes
for a reflex--
the undertaker’s tongue

— Chad Lee Robinson

not exactly

a snug fit--

the scarecrow’s new skin

— Chad Lee Robinson

Gareth Nurden

faint candle
in the corner
fighting the darkness

— Gareth Nurden

Patricia Hawkhead

reaching for raisins 
from the top shelf
the spider’s caress

— Patricia Hawkhead

Jerome Berglund

missing persons 
shakespeare 
in the park

— Jerome Berglund

carne vale

wine-fed

beef

— Jerome Berglund

Jackie Chou

murderous night
the planchette 
guiding my hand

— Jackie Chou

not meaning

to raise the knife

telekinesis

— Jackie Chou

Lorraine A Padden

decorous handle of a straight edge melancholy

— Lorraine A Padden

a bug catcher

of unholy crimes

praying mantis

— Lorraine A Padden

Katherine E Winnick

after him the mirror hesitates

— Katherine E Winnick

lipstick on the rim her last word

— Katherine E Winnick

Tracy Davidson

mortuary 
rigor mortis doesn’t stop 
her husband’s moaning

— Tracy Davidson

Monica Luo

coat rack in darkness -
a nebulous intruder

without my glasses

— Monica Luo

entanglement -

the crown of

the rat king

— Monica Luo