horror senryu journal

torn tent… teeth marks on the ground fading into night — C.X.Turner tapping out – death’s countdown begins with each finger that moves — C.X...

pink mist your stillness as we enjoy one last dawn — Joshua St. Claire

snow in bark crevices-- a hidden owl  calling to my ghosts  — Chad Lee Robinson unknown caller-- the eyes of the cat clock back and forth — ...

his toothy smile a bloodstain hidden by a diamond cufflink — Kimberly Kuchar

mingling with goths on street corners an old haunt — Mark Gilbert

morgue at midnight  a corpse  reclaims his organs — Tracy Davidson

belladonna… his hands go limp around my throat — Sharon Ferrante

regrowing behind his head— termite lines  — Vishal Prabhu late Sunday evening the ceiling fan’s hum picks up a drawl — Vishal Prabhu

a blood spell the dark wind rolls in — Robin Smith born of blood blushing phantom — Robin Smith

night terrors finding the cold remains of a snapped key — John Hawkhead last star the dead of night — John Hawkhead

cooking class a pointing finger starts macerating — Richard L. Matta

crosscut saw  the pattern on a fitted sheet — Lorraine A Padden moonless a crooked cut scars the honey dew — Lorraine A Padden

bleeding teeth he makes another crack in them — Eavonka Ettinger waning moon clips of yellowing fingernails — Eavonka Ettinger

beneath his shoe the cloudy globe of your eye — Julie Bloss Kelsey

horror show the giant flytrap’s human tongue — David C. Kopaska-Merkel

deep water  nothing but bubbles her scream  — Bryan Rickert crop rotation at the body farm — Bryan Rickert

her lifeless lips the bloom of black roses — Kelly Sauvage Moyer

cold ash where the fire was just bones — Anne Fox

at night no longer relaxing – the crunch of leaves — C.W. Blackburn first kiss – deep breaths from the empty closet — C.W. Blackburn

 pretending not to know . . . eye witness — Roberta Beach Jacobson