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