HWA POETRY SHOWCASE VOL 7 TOC ANNOUNCEMENT AND COVER REVEAL

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. 7. We had a ton of wonderfully dark and delicious submissions this year--over 120!-- which made the competition terribly intense, so I want to take a moment to thank all of you who submitted to the anthology; it was, and remains, a true honor to read your work. I also want to send out a special thanks to Carina Bissett and Gwendolyn Kiste 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: Sarah Read, K.P. Kulski, and Sara Tantlinger.  Congratulations!

Below is the TOC (although the order will be slightly adjusted upon print):

1. I Am the Emptiness by Chad Stroup
2. Brotherhood by Marge Simon
3. Call the CCC, Your Psychic Repair Team by Donna J. W. Munro
4. The Line by Frank Coffman
5. I Am the Corruption by Stephanie Ellis
6. We Live Through This by Lisa Morton
7. Arachnid by Michael Bailey
8. Orange by Alexander P. Garza
9. The End of the World by John Claude Smith
10. Leisureville by G.O. Clark
11. Monsters Bleed by Naching T. Kassa
12. The Crows Belonged to Me by Corey Niles
13. The Witch Who Eats Your Children by Ingrid L. Taylor
14. The Siege by Kyla Lee Ward
15. Smile by Jordan Shiveley
16. The High Woman of Lowland Morgue by David E. Cowen
17. Shatter by K. P. Kulski
18. Retourne by Lee Murray
19. Haunted Basin by Roni Rae Stinger
20. Dementia by Pamela K. Kinney
21. Leaving Home by Steve Rasnic Tem
22. Transubstantiation by Loren Rhoads
23. Her Heart that Flames Would Not Devour by Ashley Dioses
24. Shades of Domesticity by Sumiko Saulson
25. Caligari by Kelly Robinson
26. People Trees by Joanna Parypinski
27. Ghost Walk (Nirgal Vallis, Mars) by Ann K. Schwader
28. Blood, Brain by Donna Lynch
29. Red, Red, Red by Annie Neugebauer
30. Walking Sam by Owl Goingback
31. Are Monsters Born This Way by Jessica Stevens
32. Fairyglass Reflections by Miriam H. Harrison
33. When First You Wooed Me by Gerri Leen
34. My Grandmother's Mirror by Garrett Boatman
35. The Metallurgist's Dream by Colleen Anderson
36. Sunset in Hungary by Kenall Krantz
37. Dance by Robert Payne Cabeen
38. It Feels Like Drowning...by Terrie Leigh Relf
39. The Midnight Game by Cynthia Pelayo
40. Mother Yolk by Sarah Read
41. Throat Stars by Sara Tantlinger
42. They Slumber by Teel James Gleen
43. Crossroads Conjure by Kerri-Leigh Grady
44. Le Fille Inconnue de la Monde by Janna Grace
45. Haunted by Christina Sng
46. Curtains by Michael Arnzen
47. Distorted Lies by R.J. Joseph
48. Summoning Spell: Persephone at the Gates of Winter by Saba Syed Razvi
49. Riding the Exhale by Angela Yuriko Smith
50. Lullaby for Imminently Murdered Children by Mercedes M. Yardley