HWA Poetry Showcase Volume IX, edited by Angela Yuriko Smith
The Horror Writers Association presents their ninth annual Poetry Showcase, sharing the best in never-before-published dark verse. Edited by Angela Yuriko Smith with judges Lee Murray, Maxwell I. Gold and Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito, this year features the poetry of Stephanie M. Wytovich, Geneve Flynn and Naomi Simone Borwein along with other poems from Mary A. Turzillo, Christina Sng, Alessandro Manzetti, Victoria Nations, K. H. Vaughan and many more works of merit from the talented members of the Horror Writers Association. Cover artwork by Kyra Starr.
Honored to have my poem “Hide and Seek in Haunted Spaces” included in this year’s HWA Poetry Showcase. Available in paperback and Kindle here.
I’m honored to have my conversion camp horror story “Camp Salvation: Khil or be Killed” in Bloodless, dropping October 28, 2022 from Sliced Up Press. Available to preorder now!
I am so excited for this release. It includes my story, “The Ground Shook”. This is one of my favorites. Meera arrived on the page and insisted her story be written. She’s determined to bring back her daddy, no matter what it takes or what might be happening in the world around her. Meera’s story is a dark, creepy, and emotional one, but not without love and hope.
There’s been much buzz about this one and rightly so. I may be a bit biased as I am honored to have three poems, “Intimate Communion”, “Molting”, and “Zombification”, in this amazing collection, but the TOC, the sneak peeks, and the spotlights have been spectacular.
My poem, Witch’s Garden, inspired by The Snow Queen and written in Carina Bissett’s wonderful Storied Imaginarium fairy tale workshop is in this volume.