Perry L. Powell

summer night
what you can’t see in the trees
watches you

— Perry L. Powell

in the mirror

the second head

starts with an eye

— Perry L. Powell

Roberta Beach Jacobson

rooted
in a cavity
her sweet tooth

— Roberta Beach Jacobson

Joshua St. Claire

until the very end duct tape

— Joshua St. Claire

moon frenzy

the scent of red

fills the incantation

— Joshua St. Claire

Gordon Gearhart

cult meeting
flies buzz around
the corpse flower

— Gordon Gearhart

Joy Hallinan

in the wall
the slow drip
of water

— Joy Hallinan

Jacek Margolak

midnight scrolling — 
the face in the photo 
blinks

— Jacek Margolak

abandoned home —

the floorboard creaks

under no one

— Jacek Margolak

Ron C. Moss

end-of-life Expo
a car alarm going off
near the coffin try-out

— Ron C. Moss

winter solstice . . .

Tasmanian Devil screams

darken the night

— Ron C. Moss

Billy Antonio

behind my back
the shadow of
the scarecrow

— Billy Antonio

Barbara Anna Gaiardoni

celestial bodies 
I dream of piloting 
my own skeleton

— Barbara Anna Gaiardoni

Sheikha A.

creeping crows
the scent of death 
freshly delivered

— Sheikha A.

midnight morgue

coming alive to

the mortician’s jazz

— Sheikha A.

thomas david

swimming 
with the fishes
ghost carp

— thomas david

Barrie Levine

family legend . . .
Aunt Edith’s fox stole
bites her on the neck

— Barrie Levine

burning toast

the smoke alarm

that refuses to die

— Barrie Levine

Jerome Berglund

ed gein folk art

— Jerome Berglund

grateful

for the blood . . .

drinking game

— Jerome Berglund

Nicholas De Marino

one tab in the grave

— Nicholas De Marino

Tracy Davidson

winds of war 
the wiccan’s crystal ball 
turns red

— Tracy Davidson

Hifsa Ashraf

crow moon—  
a dumpster crushes
the mid-night notes 

— Hifsa Ashraf

ash-blown mist the plot thickens before it ends

— Hifsa Ashraf

John Hawkhead

yellow clouds 
     swirls grow darker
  in the catheter

— John Hawkhead

quiet prayers

a room full of shadows

that look like wings

— John Hawkhead

Joshua St. Claire

footsteps of the plague doctor only starlight

— Joshua St. Claire

longest day clouded eyes

— Joshua St. Claire

Vishal Prabhu

forbidden walk
gravestones coming alive
in moonlight

— Vishal Prabhu

night wind

an invisible hood

cradles a melody

— Vishal Prabhu

Anne Fox

in his mouth my mother’s tongue

— Anne Fox

tourist trap

we bag three fresh ones

for breakfast

— Anne Fox