Halloween Haunts: Halloween Night by Keith Deininger

Halloween Haunts: Halloween Night by Keith Deininger

I grew up in a relatively safe neighborhood in Colorado Springs, which was why, when I went trick-or-treating in fourth grade, I was allowed to go with a small group of friends and no adult supervision, and how I ended up alone at the mouth of a dark tunnel, my friends no longer answering my pleas. I was a shy kid and didn’t like going up to people’s houses, even for candy, so as the night wore on and several of my friends went home and I was left with only my good friends Sam and Brad, I suggested we…
July in Poetry: Dorr, Deininger, Faherty, Bilof

July in Poetry: Dorr, Deininger, Faherty, Bilof

This time we have the poetry of Keith Deininger, J G Faherty and Vincenzo Bilof. We also are including an archived Blood & Spades column by James Dorr. *** Art copyright Sandy DeLuca 2013 * "Memento of Truth" by Vincenzo Bilof   You can die this way, cry this way, hide this day, burn this fate. Nobody has to unravel the mystery behind my eyes, the natural and super-mystical way I carve into your thighs. Slightly, (one gash) a sordid, artistically-placed em-dash. Is that a tear I see fall from those bright white orbs?   (Can't you see)   this…