Péntek Esti Poétika: Ashley Dioses - The Picture / A kép /// Haloween Hava 2024

The amazingly talented Norbert Csizi has translated The Picture, a poem in my collection The Withering, into Hungarian. He has recorded his translation and recited it in both Hungarian and English.  It is absolutely incredible and I am honored to have my poem reach out a little further into the world. 

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Folk Horror by Weird Fiction Quarterly

 

This is a fun new journal that I've been welcomed to submit to.  My poem, All Hallows' Feast, appears in this Folk Horror edition of Weird Fiction Quarterly.  An appropriate read to honor the spirits on this Hallows' Eve. 

Weirdbook Magazine Issue 47 by Wildside Press

 

My poem, Shadow Bay, appears in the 47th issue of Weirdbook.  Shadow Bay will also appear in my forthcoming collection, Diary of a Vampyress.

THERAPOSA, by Jessica S J Brown

THE DRAGONS OF THE NIGHT, by Darrell Schweitzer

IT STARTS NOW, by Lorenzo Crescentini

UNDERHEAD, by Charles Wilkinson

BYE, BYE, CUBBY, by Franklyn Searight

DIMENSIONS OF SCALE, by John R. Fultz

A DEAD MAN’S TALE, by Adrian Cole

RETURN TO SENDER: ARMSTRONG-9, by Samson Stormcrow Hayes

BUTTERFLIES AND MOONBEAMS, by Kenneth Bykerk

HEX ON THE BEACH, by Bryce Beattie

FERAL, by Joe Arcara

SIGYN HANTA AND BRONWYN DULCEA SPERANZA, by Patrick S. Baker

EGO URN, by Eddie D. Moore

SWEET HONEY IN THE BONES, by Matt Thompson

NIGHT SHIFT, by Cynthia Ward

THE HORROR FROM THE STARS, by Steve Dilks

BELLICO AND THE HUSKS OF THE “HEAVENSENT”, by Richard Toogood

DON’T OPEN YOUR EYES, by Taylor Grant

THE IRON LAW, by David C. Smith

The Lycanthropicon: Imaginings & Images of the Werewolf by Minds Eye Press

Working and going to school full-time have definitely zapped all the energy I have from making more frequent posts regarding the latest publications I've appeared in.  Even now, I am supposed to be in class but as this is the holiest of holy days in House Dioses-Opperman, I've played hooky and will add a few updates.

A reprint of my poem, The Power of the Moon, appears in The Lycanthropicon: Imaginings & Images of the Werewolf by Minds Eye Press.  

  

Spectral Realms No. 21 by Hippocampus Press

 

I have received my copy of Spectral Realms No. 21.  My poem, Rabbit Led, appears in this along with a review of my latest poetry collection, Darkest Days and Haunted Ways, reviewed by Leigh Blackmore.

"The latest issue of Spectral Realms contains an abundance of scintillating verse from the leading weird poets of today, including Ann K. Schwader, Frank Coffman, Scott J. Couturier, Wade German, and others. John Shirley warns that “we are becoming demonic machines”; Carl E. Reed speaks of the terrors of Samhain; DJ Tyrer channels Robert W. Chambers in “Cassilda’s Song”; and Steven Withrow commemorates the poets of Weird Tales.

The issue reveals its international scope in poems by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa (Vietnam), Lauri Taneli Lassila (Finland), Arukoya Tamois (Korea), and Norbert Góra (Poland), among others. Prose poems by Maxwell I. Gold (who has made this literary form a specialty of his own) and Manuel Arenas enliven the issue, as do reprints of classic poems by William Wilfred Campbell and Mary Elizabeth Coleridge.

The issue concludes with reviews of several new volumes of poetry by Leigh Blackmore and S. T. Joshi."

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)

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