Lonesome October Lit: Halloween 2017

Hello, and Happy Halloween!

A Friar Prevails on Father Grandier by John Grey

Confession is the best result
for all and while you’re at it, why not

reveal the names of your accomplices i.e.
aside from Satan, Beelzebub and Asteroth.

Paradise Lost by Rae Gee

The sixties were the best time to be alive. The sun never seemed to set. The music flowed like water and love fluttered through the air like butterflies.

The Wicked Witch by Rachel Burns

The Wicked Witch

Wasn’t a figment of my imagination

Evelyn’s Country Depot by Scott Hughes

+++ Nick steered a truck pulling a flatbed trailer a quarter-mile through a pecan orchard, and finally the house came into view: a two-story cottage, white with black shutters.

Prayers from Dunwich by James H Duncan

Father, I’ve prayed
the noisome breathing
coming down the chimney
to stop, please stop,
I’ve prayed in your name
and mine

Night of the Living Dead by Ace Boggess

Image Ten, et al., 1968

I’ve always thought graveyards the best place to begin,
like the one my young aunt & I played in as children:

Let Cake Eat Them by Jenne Kaivo

I’m standing transfixed in the gaze of the cake. It has thick
Fondant tendrils that pulse.

Parched by Nick Romeo

++++++“I think I have just enough fuel in the generator so we can watch the five o’clock news,” Mark says while he adjusts the rabbit ears. His boots echo from the steel flooring and walls as he makes his way to the couch.

Artists in the Underworld by Richard Wayne Horton

The town had been a river port. Barges filled with golden grain had steamed away. Ships filled with wines, pianos, furs and jewels had arrived.