
HWA Poetry Showcase IX Table of Contents
| “To Hear the Call” by Stephanie M. Wytovich |
| “spoon against bone” by Geneve Flynn |
| “The Koiy Factory” by Naomi Simone Borwein |
| “Birthpangs, Deathpangs” by Mary A. Turzillo |
| “FACE OFF” by Christina Sng |
| “A THOUSAND MILES FROM HERE” by Alessandro Manzetti |
| “Reasons Why You Can’t Go Out to Play Alone” by Victoria Nations |
| “The Science of Last Things” by K. H. Vaughan |
| “conflagration” by Cassondra Windwalker |
| “One Eye, Two Eyes” by Jacqueline West |
| “A Lacing of Lavender” by Carina Bissett |
| “Something to Know About the Wind At the Cliff House” by Hillary Dodge |
| “The Grim Wives” by Lucy A. Snyder |
| “Our Lady of Holy Death” by Colleen Anderson |
| “Thirsty” by E. F. Schraeder |
| “Sweetmeat” by Sara Tantlinger |
| “Lost Darkness” by Ann K. Schwader |
| “Meadows” by Corinne Hughes |
| “Blowtorch” by Monica S. Kuebler |
| “The Monster Was Never Under His Bed” by Janine Cross |
| “Destiny” by Kathryn Ptacek |
| “You Crave Poison” by Holly Lyn Walrath |
| “QUEEN RAT IN NO MAN’S LAND” by Gary Robbe |
| “October Ceremonial” by Marge Simon |
| “Revenant – The Ministrations of Lilith (an extract)” by Stephanie Ellis |
| “The Interview” by R. Leigh Hennig |
| “Photography Post-apocalypse” by Austin Gragg |
| “there’s a haunted pornographic magazine in the woods” by M. Lopes da Silva |
| “Cusp of Conjure” by Denise Dumars |
| “Triptych of Terror” by Gordon Linzner |
| “Mother’s Fingerprint” by Saytchyn Maddux-Creech |
| “Irritable Owl Syndrome” by Ross E. Lockhart |
| “How Do I Tell Her?” by Meghan Arcuri |
| “Homebound” by Teel James Glenn |
| “Trappings of Terror” by Bruce Boston |
| “The Sweet Suffering of the Immortal” by John Claude Smith |
| “Hide and Seek in Haunted Spaces” by Roni Stinger |
| “Strike A Match” by Dan B. Fierce |
| “Cannibal Mutant Maneating Spider” by Madison McSweeney |
| “Woe” by Steven Clapp |
| “Strange Geometry” by Rook Riley |
| “A Darker Dawn” by Timothy P. Flynn |
| “Arachne” by Dianthe West |
| “The Harbinger” by Lori R. Lopez |
| “On a Dare (a haibun)” by Terrie Leigh Relf |
| “Warm Embrace” by Lisa Becker |
| “Steps in a Cemetery” by Donna K. Fitch |
| “A Barrening Mother” by Ai Jiang |
| “The Woman in White” by J.E. Erickson |
| “Enrichment Items” by Gerri Leen |


It’s a pleasure and an honor to share a TOC with so many great authors and poets. I can’t wait for the release!