horror senryu journal

in his mouth my mother’s tongue — Anne Fox tourist trap we bag three fresh ones for breakfast — Anne Fox

scab scratched off . . . something under the skin takes its first breath — Chad Lee Robinson waking up from a chloroform nap . . . snow on t...

her note in purple the fire and ice of last words — Kelly Sargent the thin veil between life and death inner wrist scars — Kelly Sargent

blood moon — a gagged child’s moan from the dustbin — Debarati Sen

corridor conversation my conscience is killing me — Mark Gilbert

late autumn petunias outlived mother too — Randy Brooks window thump! the yellow-rump warbler’s broken neck — Randy Brooks

behind the school’s red bricks asbestos — Roberta Beach Jacobson

lifting a hagstone from the breakwater a locked-in scream — John Hawkhead a trail of blood through virgin snow stains that never fade — John...

snow glow from the waist down cement moon — Lorraine A Padden wasp waisted jealous of what flies by her hourglass — Lorraine A Padden

slice of life the secret after show party — Mark Gilbert

digging  my own grave – nail in the coffin — Bonnie J Scherer

lake mist rises— me and the loon forget ourselves — Anthony Lusardi the only thing that knows my anger autumn rain — Anthony Lusardi

unmarked cars idling the crows gaze — Rich Schilling the stench of his breath brain rot — Rich Schilling

bone cleaver — eyes of a scarecrow  frozen inwards  — Sheikha A.   owl’s cry the lyrical thump of falling bodies — Sheikha A.

turned-off TV — a zombie stares at me — Martina Matijević

full moon-- holding the voodoo doll  closer to the flames  — Chad Lee Robinson the clown’s eyes sliding into place deadbolt — Chad Lee Robin...

eternal sleep Texas road kill — Roberta Beach Jacobson

her poems... the raising of hair on my arms — Jackie Chou

a voice that can’t get past the lips red hot poker — Joshua St. Claire

post-coital embrace the musk of her undoing — Kelly Sauvage Moyer