Good Afternoon, Poets and Poetry Lovers!Today in the Madhouse, I'm thrilled to share with you the TOC and cover reveal for the HWA Poetry Showcase Vol. 6. We had a ton of wonderfully dark and delicious submissions this year, which made the competition terribly intense, so I want to take a moment to thank all of those who submitted to the anthology; it was a true honor reading your work. I also want to send out a special thanks to Cynthia Pelayo and Christa Carmen for all their hard work and insight as judges--as always, it was wonderful working with you ladies!--and to Robert Payne Cabeen, who not only provided us with a beautiful poem, but who provided the cover art for the showcase this year. Bob's artwork is always absolutely stunning and I'm thrilled showcase his talents in this respect, too.
I also wanted to highlight our top three poets this year, whose work will be featured in a separate spotlight courtesy of the HWA Poetry Blog: Saba Syed Razvi, Michael Bailey, and Michael Arnzen. Congratulations! Such hauntingly beautiful work!
Below is the TOC (although the order will be slightly adjusted upon print):
- In the City of Dead Dreams... by John Claude Smith
- Song of the Tinkerer by WC Roberts
- American Body Horror by Trisha J. Wooldridge
- Depths Yawned Wide by Travis Heermann
- Thalassophobia by Timothy P Flynn
- Discovery by Terrie Leigh Relf
- It is Forever Stalking You by Suzanne Reynolds-Alpert
- Stringed Pearls by Stephanie Ellis
- Diaphanous by Sara Tantlinger
- There Are Mermaids with Fangs Beyond the Waters of Fukushima by Saba Syed Razvi
- Neighbors by Robert Catinella
- The Temptress by Rissa Miller
- Release by Susan Musch
- Crone by Querus Abuttu (Dr. Q.)
- Conception by Peter Adam Salomon
- A Return to Chaos by Pete Mesling
- Dance Macabre by Owl Goingback
- The Art by Nicole Cushing
- Silken Whispers, Crimson Blooms by Naching T. Kassa
- Conjuring Monsters by Monica S. Kuebler
- Regarding Me by Michael H. Hanson
- Shades of Red by Michael Bailey
- He Carves Wood by Michael Arnzen
- Lava by Mary Turzillo
- Not Enough by Marty Young
- The Exile by Marge Simon
- Collection by Lori R. Lopez
- Meeting the Elemental by Lisa Morton
- Lighthouse by Lisa Lepovetsky
- Dear Christine by Lee Murray
- Possession by Ingrid L. Taylor
- Terroir by Gerri Leen
- Suitcase Tombstones by G.O. Clark
- The Pathways of R’lyeh by Frank Coffman
- Nothing by EV Knight
- Good Until the Last Drop by E. Schraeder
- Star by Donna Lynch
- A Killer Doesn’t Kill Because He Has a Knife by David Sandner
- Scylla’s Proposition by David Powell
- White night and Black Stars by Curtis M. Lawson
- Stardust by Colleen Anderson
- When There Are Monsters by Christina Sng
- In the Key of He by Chad Stroup
- Lepus antilocapra by Carina Bissett
- Victim by Anna Taborska
- In Our Last Darkness by Ann K. Schwader
- Give Me Your Six by Amanda Hard
- Home Inspection by Adele Gardner
- Apotemnophilia by Deborah L. Davitt
- Secret by Robert Payne Cabeen
Thank you for sharing this now! Awesome cover art! I'm so excited to read the collection!
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