Thursday, December 28, 2023

Winter Solstice 2023 Issue by Eternal Haunted Summer

 My short poem, Without Coin, is featured in the winter edition of Eternal Haunted Summer.  This poem was written for a contest using all the titles of an author's current books.  I won the contest and received an ebook of their latest book.


~ Poetry ~
Aubade with Carnivores by Nnadi Samuel
Bealltuinn by Clay Franklin Johnson
Black Forest Nocturne by Matt Schumacher
Blue-beard’s Collective by Deborah Sage
The Curious Incident of the Black Dog of the Night by Nicole J. LeBoeuf
Death Comes Calling by Colleen Anderson
The Dréag by Adam Bolivar
The Ghoul by Scott J. Couturier
hemiplegic migraine as willing human sacrifice by Ennis Rook Bashe
Last Gasp by Gerri Leen
Mother of Night by Susan Bennett
Mummy’s Curse by Hayley Arrington
Never Leave the Path by Kyla Lee Ward
Notes On a Nightmare by Alexander Etheridge
Question of Corvid and Chiropteran Society by Terry Trowbridge
Sins of the Father by Samantha Casey
The Stench That Befouls the Night by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
Tide Mouse by Amelia Gorman
Without Coin by Ashley Dioses

~ Fiction and Prose Poetry ~
Choosing Day by Danielle Davis
Cuckoo’s Egg Chocolate Cupcakes by Mary Kuna
The Guardian by Katherine PF Holmes
I, Moros by Maxwell I. Gold
Imperiatrix Abyssa, or Queen of the Damned; From the Misadventures of Simon Magus Iscariot by Edward St. Boniface
Jenny’s Song by Simon Bleaken
Last Rose for Breanna by Ray Van Horn Jr.
Lost in the Desert by Daniel Stride
Making Sense of Merlyn by Peller G. Sauvage
Melkart and the Daimon’s Bride by Mark Mellon
Rabbit Moon by Sarah Walker
Rattus by Jim Johnston
Sebastian Smirch’s Own Double Entry by Tim Newton Anderson
Tony and Tian’s Wedding by Mord McGhee
Waiting for Jonah by John Kucera

~ Interviews ~
Max Ingram, author of Traveler’s Rede: Poetry From Hávamál
Kele Lampe, author of the Caitlin Ross series

~ Reviews ~
The Alvin Goodfellow Case Files by Leah Cutter (reviewed by Rebecca Buchanan)
Amazon’s Pledge by Sara Hawke (reviewed by Rebecca Buchanan)
The Valkyries’ Loom by Michele Haveur Smith (reviewed by Erin Lale)





Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Spectral Realms No. 18 by Hippocampus Press

 Though my output was slow this year due to school, it appears I did better this year than last year.  My poem, I Am Beautiful, appears in issue 18 of Spectral Realms.



TABLE OF CONTENTS

Poems

The Star-Treader: Emperor of Dreams / Carl E. Reed

Fée Metropolitain / M. F. Webb   

Pericula Noctis / Frank Coffman   

The Siren / Carole Abourjeili   

Banshee / Christian Dickinson   

Front Piece from the Necronomicon / James Arthur Anderson   

The Ghoul’s Delirium / Scott J. Couturier   

Pumpkin Ale / K. A. Opperman  

Trapped in the Spiral Maze / Adele Gardner   

Brain Funk / Maxwell I. Gold   

Aspis; or, The Brood of Rahab / Harris Coverley  

Sisyphus Looks Up / Geoffrey Reiter   

The Rite of Exploration / Holly Day   

Dreamsign / Andrew White   

Postmortem / Ngo Binh Anh Khoa   

Transmogrification / Manuel Pérez-Campos   

Appalling / Lori R. Lopez   

Stranded in Mississippi / Chad Hensley   

Dreams of the Styx / Steve Dilks   

Ghosts in Their Sunday Clothes / Steven Withrow   

The Spirit Mirror of  Doctor Dee / Ann K. Schwader  

The Old Ones: A Ghazal / Joshua Gage   

For Those Who Tread the Narrow Path / Jordan Zuniga   

In the Land of Magma, Salt, and Glacier / Amelia Gorman   

Giants in the Earth / Darrell Schweitzer   

The Song of the Sword / Adam Bolivar   

Night Comes to Sesqua Valley / D. L. Myers   

Herod Agrippa / Wade German   

Corvid Hill / David Barker   

Visiting Hours / John Thomas Allen   

In Your Dreams / Silvatiicus Riddle   

Post-anthropy / David C. Kopaska-Merkel   

Mr. Illusive / Frank Coffman   

The Venomous Violins / Ron L. Johnson II   

A Whisper to Rock / Carl E. Reed   

In Tura / Scott J. Couturier    

Figments and Fragments / William Clunie   

From Heights of Fire to Depths of Cold / Andrew White   

Rollin’ Bone and Beaten Stones / Harris Coverley   

The Troublemaker; or, To Escape Days of Idleness / Manuel Pérez-Campos   

The Dragon’s Rage / Ngo Binh Anh Khoa   

The Last Days of the Flu / Holly Day   

After an Industrial Accident / Steven Withrow   

A Voice in the Night / Geoffrey Reiter   

Djinn / Christian Dickinson   

I Am Beautiful / Ashley Dioses   

Final Night / DJ Tyrer   

Vampire / Carole Abourjeili   

Time of Day / Jay Hardy   

Grindevil / Lori R. Lopez   

Perfect World / Ann K. Schwader   

Bard of Grain and Gourd / K. A. Opperman   

Beneath the Ruins of Xul-Kizaak / Wade German   

Marble Fang / Benjamin Blake   

Love Song of the Lugubrious Gondolier / Manuel Arenas   

There’s a Hole in the Sky / Maxwell I. Gold   

The Countess / John Thomas Allen   

Among the Dead / Scott J. Couturier   

The Role of Monster I Embrace / Andrew White   

Locus Horroris / Frank Coffman   

Iason’s Prospicience; or, Solstyce / Manuel Pérez-Campos   

Illumination / David Barker   

The Whale Road / Dmitri Akers   

The Last Refuge / James O’Melia   

Let There Be Light / Carl E. Reed   

The Séance / Ngo Binh Anh Khoa   

At the Polar Gatefires / Andrew Kolarik   

Loyal Companion / Steven Withrow   

Fuath / Christian Dickinson   

A Display of Affection / Harris Coverley   

In the Ruins / Geoffrey Reiter   

 

Classic Reprints  

The Skeleton Dance: A Ballad / Anonymous   

Haunted Houses / James F. Morton   

 

Reviews   

Demonic and Darkling / Leigh Blackmore   

No Happily-Ever-After / Katherine Kerestman   

October’s Law of Diminishing Returns / Steven Withrow   

 

Notes on Contributors  




Thursday, December 7, 2023

The Best of Eternal Haunted Summer: A Thirteenth Anniversary Edition



It has been a busy school year for me so I am just now catching up on some posts between semesters.  My reprint poem, Witch Lord of the Hunt, appears in this gorgeous volume of Eternal Haunted Summer's best-of edition.



Introduction

Beginnings and Endings 

AT THE CROSSROADS: BELTANE AND SAMHAIN 
Kim Malinowski

BLOOD AND OTHER FRUIT 
Shannon Connor Winward

CAVE PAINTING 
Bran Keane

EQUINOX (AFTER BLODEUWEDD) 
Alison Leigh Lilly

MAKE GARLANDS AND NECKLACES OF MY FLOWERS 
Michael Routery

NORTH: A RAGNAROK 
Tristan Beiter

A TRIBUTE TO THE FERRYMAN 
Ngô Binh Anh Khoa

VERSE FOUND SCRATCHED INSIDE THE LID OF A SARCOPHAGUS (DYNASTY UNKNOWN) 
Gemma Files

YEAR’S WALK 
Scott J Couturier

Sun, Moon, Earth, and Stars 

THE CRONE OF MICHAEL’S POND 
Deborah Guzzi

CROSS-POLLINATION 
Juli D Revezzo

THE HELMET OF PLUTO 
Maxwell I Gold

HOW TO HONOR SIRIUS 
Mary Soon Lee

THE LANGUAGE OF THE STARS 
Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman

A MASK OF ICE 
Deborah L Davitt

A PAGAN BIBLE 
Penelope Friday

SAPPHO AND THE WOMAN OF STARLIGHT 
John W Sexton

Powers Terrible and Divine

ATIBON LEGBA 
Alicia Cole

EIRAPHIOTES (INSEWN) 
Ruby Sara

FINDING HECATE 
Clay F. Johnson

FREYJA IN FALCON-SKIN 
Sandi Leibowitz

THE GARDEN OF EVENING 
Kelly Jarvis

HECATE’S DOMAIN 
Gerri Leen

HOW TO BECOME QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD 
Sarah Sadie

HYMN TO THE RUSTIC THEOI, PRAISE AND SUPPLICATION FROM SOUTHERN APPALACHIA 
Reilly Blackwell

I CALL HIM .... 
Tahni J Nikitins

INVOCATION OF DIANA 
KA Opperman

IRON-MAKER 
Kaye Boesme

THE LAST LIBATION 
Daniel Stride

THE RAVENS 
Michaela Macha

SIGYN DREAMS 
Steven Klepetar

SONNET TO FREYA 
Juleigh Howard-Hobson

SUN-GOD’S CROWN 
Jennifer Lawrence

THE TOUCH OF A GOD 
Joel Zartman

WITCH-LORD OF THE HUNT 
Ashley Dioses

Witches, Fairies, and Other Troublemakers

GHAZAL 
Allister Nelson

THE HORSES OF BUHEN 
Sylvia Kelso

THE INTERSTITIAL FAIRY DEMOLITION CREW CASTS A CIRCLE 
CS MacCath

LO STREGOZZO 
Kyla Lee Ward

MEDUSA OF THE MIDWAY DINER 
Hillary Lyon

MIDNIGHT AT THE ABBEY OF SHADOWS 
Laurence Raphael Brothers

MOTHERS’ NIGHT 
Adam Bolivar

QUESTING DONE RIGHT: THE GOBLIN MARKET 
Elizabeth R. McClellan

SPELL FOR A FRIEND 
Adele Gardner

THE STORM WITCH 
Colleen Anderson