Sometimes it really is the end
Perfect combination of spices
incantation found concealed
in a warm-blooded book
frustration: the corpse
refused to rise
even the cup of blood
from a living vampire
was no help
We took her to sea
on her black sloop
and set it ablaze
as we watched
from a small boat
I swear I did not see
her struggling
to her feet
amid the mounting flames
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
play it faster
this band sucks
bug eyed monsters
scream into microphones
robots yawn
bored with death metal
they long for flesh punk
bug eyed monsters
scream into microphones
robots yawn
bored with death metal
they long for flesh punk
Labels:
poem,
science fiction,
scifaiku,
sf,
tanka
machine oil tears
Robot wannabes
break each other's hearts but it
just isn't the same
break each other's hearts but it
just isn't the same
Labels:
haiku,
poem,
science fiction,
scifaiku,
sf
poetry chapbooks almost gone
I discovered this weekend that my two poetry chapbooks from Sam's Dot publishing are almost out of print. There are only three copies left of each. The books are "Shoggoths," and "I don't know what _you're_ having." You can buy them from the Genre Mall(http://genremall.com/contents.htm). Just go to the poetry tab and scroll down the page.
Friday, March 27, 2009
easy being green
sun warms siding
anoles look out blinking
at lazy flies
anoles look out blinking
at lazy flies
mythoku
blood spills but
That which waited turns away
flies stir the air
That which waited turns away
flies stir the air
Labels:
cthulhu mythos,
haiku,
horror,
poem,
scifaiku
our new home
snow by the water
fingers brush the screen &
I turn to go
crocuses will bloom
they keep the old calendar
for this display
children fly in
games that use 3 dimensions
I glide below
I'll b at Omegacon tomorrow -- no post
fingers brush the screen &
I turn to go
crocuses will bloom
they keep the old calendar
for this display
children fly in
games that use 3 dimensions
I glide below
I'll b at Omegacon tomorrow -- no post
Labels:
haiku,
omegacon,
poem,
science fiction,
scifaiku
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
long-dry river
skipping stones
nestled among smooth disks
some are sharpened
nestled among smooth disks
some are sharpened
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
DN 82 in mail
All subscribers & contributors.
Labels:
DN 82
poor Freddie
Pig say so long
dawg
eats
sumthin
dunno what
but it ain't varmint
man throws rock & dawg skedaddles
where'm I gone get a new pig; tail tween legs don't cut it
dawg
eats
sumthin
dunno what
but it ain't varmint
man throws rock & dawg skedaddles
where'm I gone get a new pig; tail tween legs don't cut it
Labels:
fibonnaci-no ku,
haiku,
poem,
science fiction,
scifaiku,
sf
Monday, March 23, 2009
new review of "nursery rhyme noir"
http://www.slothjockey.com/books/bryant_shelly/hasp_deadbolt.shtml
that's ridiculous!
Worm philosophers
peristaltically
assimilate new ideas
cast what you don't need
could people have legs and minds
no, insects live by instinct
peristaltically
assimilate new ideas
cast what you don't need
could people have legs and minds
no, insects live by instinct
Labels:
poem,
science fiction,
scifaiku,
sf,
tanka
DN 82
contrib. & overseas copies mailed. Stamps bought for the rest.
Labels:
DN 82
Sunday, March 22, 2009
submissions for future issues
82 is ready to be mailed. 83 is essentially full, although I could use a little bit of filler art. 84, scheduled for publication in September of this year, is about 40% full. I'm wide open for submissions of poetry and art for that issue and all subsequent issues.
I have about 10 submissions on hand, most of which have passed the first reading. In fact, as soon as a deposit I am uploading to my PayPal account clears, I expect to accept two or three of them immediately. That will still leave plenty of room in the September issue.
Regrettably, I am still not in contact with my erstwhile layout person, Steve Cooper. I'm a little worried about him. Besides that, he has some filler art that was supposed to go in the issue 82. This includes some work by Guy Beining and by Randy Moore. Nothing I can do about that, but I'm sure Steve will surface again and either will resume his work with me or give me back the art work.
When you send art as electronic computer files, please either sign the work or put part of your name in the file name. This would prevent errors of the kind I made in issue 82, when I attributed two drawings by Scott Virtes to someone else. This was entirely my fault, not Scott's fault, but I would have been able to avoid the mistake if his name had appeared in the file name or on the work in question.
I have about 10 submissions on hand, most of which have passed the first reading. In fact, as soon as a deposit I am uploading to my PayPal account clears, I expect to accept two or three of them immediately. That will still leave plenty of room in the September issue.
Regrettably, I am still not in contact with my erstwhile layout person, Steve Cooper. I'm a little worried about him. Besides that, he has some filler art that was supposed to go in the issue 82. This includes some work by Guy Beining and by Randy Moore. Nothing I can do about that, but I'm sure Steve will surface again and either will resume his work with me or give me back the art work.
When you send art as electronic computer files, please either sign the work or put part of your name in the file name. This would prevent errors of the kind I made in issue 82, when I attributed two drawings by Scott Virtes to someone else. This was entirely my fault, not Scott's fault, but I would have been able to avoid the mistake if his name had appeared in the file name or on the work in question.
future issues
Dreams and nightmares 83 is nominally scheduled for publication in May. Because the January issue is not being mailed until late March, for reasons previously explained, I'm shooting for June for the next issue. That way I can be caught up by the final issue of the year (September, which is really supposed to be mailed in August) so that all contributors have a good shot at Rhysling nominations
DN 82
Illness & spring break threw me off schedule. The post office and the bank I usually visit, because they'll are by far the most convenient, were both closed because the university was closed. I think the post office was only open for picking up mail from post office boxes. My new plan is to mail all subscriber and contributor copies tomorrow. They are all ready to go and we are not supposed to get rain.
Labels:
DN 82
worth the wait
The bones of flowers
moonflowers at dusk
in the years since all five suns
set the vine has grown
white blossoms reflect bold moons
close on unwary birds
moonflowers at dusk
in the years since all five suns
set the vine has grown
white blossoms reflect bold moons
close on unwary birds
Saturday, March 21, 2009
crash couch
crash
couch
lucky
green melange
architectural
palette of cookies one side makes
you small one smart one rewrites your code sorry goodbye
couch
lucky
green melange
architectural
palette of cookies one side makes
you small one smart one rewrites your code sorry goodbye
Labels:
haiku,
poem,
science fiction,
scifaiku,
sf
Friday, March 20, 2009
rockin' in the House of slumber
can you smell what's
cookin' in the kitchen
of Cthulhu?
cookin' in the kitchen
of Cthulhu?
Thursday, March 19, 2009
what do we know?
Wrong world or incomplete fossil record?
the fossil dude
exited the time machine
breathed Cretaceous air
holy crap he said these shells
I recognize none of them
the fossil dude
exited the time machine
breathed Cretaceous air
holy crap he said these shells
I recognize none of them
cleaning up
ghouls achieve the dream
and infiltrate city morgue
cemeteries starve
and infiltrate city morgue
cemeteries starve
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
chemistry of creation
could have been
bare
clay
surface
a template
ions ladder up
each link's twist just so to make a
helix that makes/remakes itself ad infinitum
bare
clay
surface
a template
ions ladder up
each link's twist just so to make a
helix that makes/remakes itself ad infinitum
Labels:
fibonnaci-no ku,
haiku,
poem,
science fiction,
scifaiku,
sf
eat hot steel!
mold on engine room
only the engineers es-
cape the new disease
only the engineers es-
cape the new disease
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
in the dry country
the stairstep streets
uncoiling on the hill
hoarse barks of fish
mist from the reef carries
memories of home
uncoiling on the hill
hoarse barks of fish
mist from the reef carries
memories of home
Monday, March 16, 2009
Conjure Woman
http://www.dailycabal.com/ -- Conjure Woman -- new flash story
Labels:
daily cabal,
fantasy,
fiction,
flash,
sf
ouch!
sliding into you
keeping the bits I like re-
formatting the rest
keeping the bits I like re-
formatting the rest
Labels:
haiku,
poem,
science fiction,
scifaiku,
sf
Sunday, March 15, 2009
a cool kiss
like drawn to like
these bipeds so insular
methane sea midnight
these bipeds so insular
methane sea midnight
Labels:
haiku,
poem,
science fiction,
scifaiku,
sf
in His great House writhing
emerging
from His long illness
world's nightmares subside
from His long illness
world's nightmares subside
Saturday, March 14, 2009
DN 82 printed
should be in the mail this week.
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DN 82
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
new flash story, about pets!
http://www.dailycabal.com/2009/03/the_pets_of_tindalos.html
flash story. Tribute to FB Long. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Belknap_Long
flash story. Tribute to FB Long. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Belknap_Long
it's flat as a pancake
along the rim
mountains barren hot windswept
waterfalls worse
mountains barren hot windswept
waterfalls worse
Labels:
poem,
science fiction,
scifaiku,
sf
Saturday, March 7, 2009
I've been pretty sick
That's why I didn't post anything Friday. Congested (couldn't sleep) and feverish.
Labels:
sick
Thursday, March 5, 2009
scifaiku
on a galactic
plain you can walk away
new place new troubles
plain you can walk away
new place new troubles
Labels:
haiku,
science fiction,
scifaiku,
sf
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
cinquain
You can't be too careful
wanted
one troll for bridge
all the carp you can eat
and any children that fall in
no pets
wanted
one troll for bridge
all the carp you can eat
and any children that fall in
no pets
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
DN 82 contents
Dreams and Nightmares 82 is hot off the presses and full of brand-new poetry by some of today's best (see contents below). For $5 postpaid you can have it all.
Stephanie Jacobs, cover
Wade German, The siren
Milan Smith, Earth-ugly ways
Duane Ackerson, Outfoxed
Peter Andrews, Monetizing Helen
Scott Standridge, The best laid plans
Guy R. Beining, illo
Michelle Muenzler, Stone baby
Randy Moore, illo
Ann K. Schwader, Not alone
Guy R. Beining, illo
GO Clark, Slumming with the ghost of Charles Fort
Hillary Lyon, Mike the Jedi
Megan Arkenberg, Cambion
Jaime Lee Moyer, Doppelganger
Joshua Gage, untitled
Randy Moore, illo
Robert Borski, Little Frankenstein
Stephanie Jacobs, cover
Wade German, The siren
Milan Smith, Earth-ugly ways
Duane Ackerson, Outfoxed
Peter Andrews, Monetizing Helen
Scott Standridge, The best laid plans
Guy R. Beining, illo
Michelle Muenzler, Stone baby
Randy Moore, illo
Ann K. Schwader, Not alone
Guy R. Beining, illo
GO Clark, Slumming with the ghost of Charles Fort
Hillary Lyon, Mike the Jedi
Megan Arkenberg, Cambion
Jaime Lee Moyer, Doppelganger
Joshua Gage, untitled
Randy Moore, illo
Robert Borski, Little Frankenstein
Labels:
DN 82
tally ho!
on cricket world
college students sleep all night
party every day
college students sleep all night
party every day
Labels:
arthropods,
haiku,
science fiction,
scifaiku,
sf
Monday, March 2, 2009
Huxley was wrong
And still it moves
If enough believe,
the great turtle will once again swim the
boundless ether.
It can be done:
computer animation, viral marketing, e-mail
solicitation promising
whatever people want.
The turtle blinks:
earthquake.
A flipper flips: monsoon.
Children's videos on youtube:
tales of the turtle.
Plush dolls, t-shirts, accessories.
The Abrahamic religious authorities
don't see turtle worship as a threat.
But I saw huge shadowy scales in the
last photos sent back from Mars.
end
If enough believe,
the great turtle will once again swim the
boundless ether.
It can be done:
computer animation, viral marketing, e-mail
solicitation promising
whatever people want.
The turtle blinks:
earthquake.
A flipper flips: monsoon.
Children's videos on youtube:
tales of the turtle.
Plush dolls, t-shirts, accessories.
The Abrahamic religious authorities
don't see turtle worship as a threat.
But I saw huge shadowy scales in the
last photos sent back from Mars.
end
Sunday, March 1, 2009
will this night end?
The rogue nebula
stars grandfather said
were like distant candles
dozens of ghost flames
the veil glowed with lights
even the sun wears a shroud
stars grandfather said
were like distant candles
dozens of ghost flames
the veil glowed with lights
even the sun wears a shroud
Labels:
poem,
science fiction,
scifaiku,
sf,
tanka
Imagicon, Birmingham AL Mar. 27-29
http://imagicon.org/gatekeeper/
I will be there. Will read & sign. Hope 2 meet some of you.
I will be there. Will read & sign. Hope 2 meet some of you.
Labels:
birmingham,
convention,
fantasy,
horror,
imagicon,
reading,
science fiction,
sf
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