Phillip A. Ellis
“O sullen pard
padding inside me,
never releasing… ” (27 February)
Phillip A. Ellis
“Though dust we may ever be,
treading the stage for an act
lit by the gaslights cracked… ” (27 February)
Phillip A. Ellis
“Enchanted, I die
a minuscule death
and with nothing left… ” (27 February)
Chris Alderman
“Pity? Pity, stunted one,
The nauseous stars,
The eldritch vast… ” (30 January)
Dennis L. Siluk
“The devils watch and wait
in naked flesh; their minds
obsessing with imaginations,… ” (30 December)
Darkness On Fire - Lloigor Hymn #4
Frederick J. Mayer
“Umhampered by life's disguises
all fall to tainted ashes of rebirth.
Light-blinded longing… ” (29 November)
Phillip A. Ellis
“I thought to weave for you songs,
I thought I'd weave roundelays
and though the songs came out wrong,… ” (29 November)
Opus 1683: A Kyrielle for no Christian God
Phillip A. Ellis
“There is no hope for blood or wine
on altars grown cold, fallow, sere,
there is no hope for incense fine,… ” (29 November)
Dennis L. Siluk
“The Hooded-dead are buried here;
Before us, the real world lies.
The green angel-vampires flirt,… ” (29 November)
Dennis L. Siluk
“‘Thou will not return
The dead await ye!’
The earth replied,… ” (30 October)
Dennis L. Siluk
“Ol Charlie-Henri Sanson
With just one swing—
With a sword could bring,… ” (30 October)
Dennis L. Siluk
“The long night
The first glow of dawn
The Jackal, lion, wild bull… ” (30 October)
Phillip A. Ellis
“Stars, like gods undreamt before,
shine upon this foreign shore
breathing diamond light before… ” (30 October)
Phillip A. Ellis
“My heart is never with Galilee
knowing history’s sacks and pyres,
my heart belongs to Thessaly… ” (30 October)
Ron Shiflet
“Exotic Xiccarph's pale, decrescent moons
Illuminate night's grotesque give and take
Of life and death, of pasture and lake… ” (11 October)
The Sorcerer Retrieves an Unselected Moment in Time A sonnet
Michael Fantina
“The sorcerer rang out his ancient spell
That would recall an unselected hour.
So with a little-used and potent power… ” (29 September)
Lights dim, apocalypse calls, lying mask..
Phillip A. Ellis
“Lights dim, apocalypse calls, lying mask
is driven again to the man, still, standing
in darkness, waiting. Words but shoulder, demanding… ” (29 September)
As from their crypts, the ghouls emerge as one..
Phillip A. Ellis
“As from their crypts, the ghouls emerge as one
and look upon the slowly setting moon
that's frozen, thin, a grinning demilune,… ” (29 September)
Dennis L. Siluk
“Once witches danced to plenilunal magic,
With weak souls to molest—;
And ah, yes, way back then,… ” (29 September)
Phillip A. Ellis
“Lost, under the stars, I pass
through wizard dreams of enigmas, seeking
an ageless place beyond the glass… ” (29 September)