Book Genre Poetry Showcase

Step into the shadows with the 13th macabre volume of poetry from the Horror Writers Association. Curated by editor Colleen Anderson, this collection presents 50 poems of dread-filled dark verse exploring the uncanny, the mysterious, and the outright terrifying. Featuring works by standout voices including Nate Atkins, Lee Murray, and Yi Izzy Yu, these pages imprison nightmares that linger long after the lights go out.

From quiet psychological shivers to visceral manifestations of terror, HWA Poetry Showcase Volume XIII demonstrates that the sharpest blade in horror is often a well-turned line. Unearth the macabre. Embrace the dark.

"...a masterful assortment of delectable flavors curated by legendary horror poet Colleen Anderson herself. It combines the world's best writers of dark poetry...with new and exciting voices from the Horror Writer's Association's rich and diverse diaspora. A must read exploration of the darkest concerns of our time. "-Jamal Hodge Bram Stoker Award and Elgin Award winning poet

"Poetry Showcase XIII has an edge. Like a quick flash of a balisong. What you get, are rampaging, juggernaut voices. Porcupine emotions impaling perceptions. Tip-toe thoughts in a celibate darkness. It's all here." -Erik Hofstatter, author of Bankrupting Sky Banks and Stone Martyrs

Contributors Include:

James Aitchison • Mike Allen • Devin M. Anderson • Michael A. Arnzen • Nate Atkins • Eugen Bacon • Michael Bailey • Patrick Barb • Kate Boyes • G.O. Clark • Glen Creed • Lauren Elise Daniels • Ashley Dioses • Denise Dumars • Megan Jauregui Eccles • JG Faherty • Geneve Flynn • Joshua Gage • Adele Gardner • Dominique Hecq • K.S. Kasati • Shannon Kearns • Vince A. Liaguno • Brooke MacKenzie • Allie Marini • Kathryn E. McGee • Lisa Morton Donna J.W. Munro • Lee Murray • Cindy O'Quinn • Evan J. Peterson • Maria S. Picone • Kathryn Ptacek • Katherine Quevedo • Saba Syed Razvi • Grace R. Reyolds • Daniel Roop • David Sandner • Ann K. Schrader • Xavier Searle • Christina Sng • I.R. Sullen

The Horror Writers Association presents their twelfth annual Poetry Showcase, sharing the best in never-before published dark verse. Edited by Maxwell I. Gold with judges Jonathan Maberry, Cynthia Pelayo, Jewelle Gomez, and Bryan Thao Worra, this year features the poetry of R. J. Joseph, Greg Jones, K. A. Schultz, and Angela Sylvaine along with other works of merit from the talented members of the Horror Writers Association.

HWA’s eleventh annual Poetry Showcase volume features dark verse from some of the world’s most acclaimed poets, as well as memorable new voices.

HWA Poetry Showcase Volume X, edited by Angela Yuriko Smith and judged by Colleen Anderson, Timothy P. Flynn, Katherine Quevedo and Eugen Bacon.

This is the tenth annual Poetry Showcase presented by The Horror Writers Association, and I’m thrilled that my dark verse “What It Means To Be With You” is sharing the pages with featured poetry from talented HWA members.

If you love your poetry dark, this collection is for you.

The Horror Writers Association presents their ninth annual Poetry Showcase, sharing the best in never-before-published dark verse. Edited by Angela Yuriko Smith with judges Lee Murray, Maxwell I. Gold and Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito, this year features the poetry of Stephanie M. Wytovich, Geneve Flynn and Naomi Simone Borwein along with other poems from Mary A. Turzillo, Christina Sng, Alessandro Manzetti, Victoria Nations, K. H. Vaughan and many more works of merit from the talented members of the Horror Writers Association. Cover artwork by Kyra Starr.

The Horror Writers Associations presents their eighth annual Poetry Showcase, featuring the best in never-before-published dark verse. Edited by Stephanie M. Wytovich with judges Angela Yuriko Smith and Sara Tantlinger, this year features the first Crystal Lake Poetry Contest winner, poems from Cynthia Pelayo, Lindy Ryan, Sarah Reed, Alicia Hilon,Corrinne DeWinter, Sumiko Saulson, Querus Abuttu, Carina Bissett, Lee Murray and many more poems from the talented members of the Horror Writers Association. Cover artwork by Robert Cabeen

The Horror Writers Associations presents their seventh annual Poetry Showcase, featuring the best in never-before-published dark verse. Edited by Stephanie M. Wytovich, this year's featured poets are K. P. Kulski, Sarah Read, and Sara Tantlinger, plus dozens of poems from the talented members of the Horror Writers Association.

The sixth volume of the Horror Writers Association's annual Poetry Showcase has arrived, and it's full of the lyrical dark delights fans thrill to! Edited by Bram Stoker Award-winner Stephanie M. Wytovich, this volume includes new work by featured poets Michael Arnzen, Michael Bailey, and Saba Syed Razvi, as well as nearly 50 others.

The fifth volume of HWA's acclaimed annual poetry anthology features dark verse by Donna Lynch, R. J. Joseph, Sara Tantlinger, and many more.

The fourth volume in the Horror Writers Association's acclaimed Poetry Showcase series features more of the exciting, disturbing, and beautiful verse that has made these collections favorites with lovers of the darkly lyrical.