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Dennis narrates.

DENNIS: In the days of the depression, there were only three professions that en

why do i love you
when you dont love me?
why do i need you
when you want to be free?
how can i win

Just wanted all the horror, fantasy, sci fi, and paranormal writers out there to be aware that the Winter ‘09 issue S

Dear Jud,

In The Lambent Light, Rod is a precocious teenager growing up in a lower-m

somewhere down that alley

the darkness it resides



the nature of its evil<

staring at the ground

to scared to wonder why



lost amongst the reasons

the silent beauty of his dreams

such thoughts he would not share



the mome

As the last chorus of the melody begins, my senses selectivley sharpen. I ignore the blinding lights, the imposing aud

As the last chorus of the melody begins, my senses selectivley sharpen. I ignore the blinding lights, the imposing aud

Dido’s Lament

           &nbs

Close the curtains

Ring the bells

Shut the doors and

Lock them well

Unloc

         The idea of the American Dream has been ingrained in our society and cultu

My children dove quick as plastic

white lids blown off bait containers,

swift as bluegills that nip

I woke to the sound of a dozen carts trundling past the station. It took me a minute to fully realise where I was, staring

In the cavities of a cool, full moon, the weightless suspension of her trance resides. The liquid silvers up her blood one

The seven peasants shuffle and kneel before the priest, connected at the ankle by a rope. Their wrists are bound and they a

where the wood behind my eyes is jumbled

strikes a recurrent ax

thud crack swingback thud

MY UNHEALTHY PASSION

Summer 1970

A hot midsummer day in southeast Texas

Chapter 1

No Peace Lasts Forever

A killer’s hand trembles, and his fingers loosen around th

One

The summoning

There was no presence of life for miles. Blind forever are t

STAY AWAY

I DONT WANT YOUR PITY NOW

I DONT WANT YOU IN MY FACE

Suddenly the wind swifts across your face,

Caressing of the soul, enlightenment of the body.

Emotio

A flicker and a flash of genius;

An emotion untold revealed to me.

A picture of your thoughts in

The witch turns her masked face toward the moon, sketching an auspicious circle in the dirt. She hitches the mask up like a

We stopped in a briny seaport town just long enough to discern the locations of its haunted estates. As we wormed inland we

She has a spare limb. She keeps it behind the door in case of home invasion.

She peels a stocking off the leg s

Do you know how my mandolin tumbles

Throuh bushes and brambles of political mumbles

As I bra

There are purple flowers on my walls Grains of sand on the bedsheets Empty pages and full ones too And then there’s m

Your music has grown quiet

I am longing for the riot

The mi

Laces of sandalwood during the spring solstice…

Upon mountains of sensuous bliss

A kiss&hell