Cold Moon Journal

solar eclipse splashing black ink up to the sky Xiaoou Chen *   inundation floating markets in downtown Xiaoou Chen

early morning— she wakes to the sound of splintering glass Lafcadio *   resurrecting buried memories the past won't stay h...

in the ash bucket sprinkles of spider Roberta Beach Jacobson

dissecting the revenant thunderstorms Jerome Berglund *   angry baby’s apparition intermittent lightning flashes Jerome Berglu...

gourd’s garish grin macabre ceiling display guest-room night light JL Huffman

blood moon swirling in the glass a nice chianti petro c. k. * echoing inside . . . first clump of dirt hitting the coffin p...

oleanders sway in the cold winds a deadly tea Eavonka Ettinger

new moon fog ghost deer dart JL Huffman *   murder of crow’s feet unlaughable lines JL Huffman

thin fabric between worlds bedsheet ghost petro c. k.

pumpkin pulp wriggles through fingers— creating a new face Eavonka Ettinger *   crows gather to greet the dead a th...

house settling or something more forgotten frost Jerome Berglund

chronic pain I hear the doctor order leeches Lafcadio *   pierced skin— a wound too deep for blood to flow Lafcadio

filling the cavity of my sweet tooth licorice Roberta Beach Jacobson

a scattered mind grandad's head in the freezer searching for keys Nicola Schaum

autumn a dead butterfly on the conscience Sébastien Revon

beneath the night wrapped in soft blankets finger touching stars Stephen Jarrell Williams

river rapids autumn’s brief romance for chinook salmon Stephanie Zepherelli *   gravestone wanting to understand ...

f ull moon and one star midnight city sky Shasta Hatter