2026-07-19 18:50:15The Horror Writers Association is pleased to announced the full table of contents for this macabre and mysterious 13th volume of the Horror Writers Association’s Poetry Showcase. The Showcase features 50 poems of dread-filled dark verse, including the featured works of Nate Atkins, Lee Murray and Yi Izzy Yu. The HWA Poetry Showcase is edited by Colleen Anderson and will be published by Raw Dog Screaming Press.
The Showcase cover was designed by Jenn Brisson.
Congratulations to all!
PRESSING by Lee Murray
SERIAL-KILL ME by Kathryn E. McGee
THE SWIMMER by James Aitchison
BE NOT AFRAID by Mike Allen
GRINDING by Kathryn Ptacek
THE GALLOWS BALLET by Devin M. Anderson
PLAY AND REWIND by Geneve Flynn
GEOCIDE by John Yu Branscum
A SPIRIT OF INQUIRY by Chris Turner-Neal
PUNCTUATION AS A BLOOD SPORT (OR MAYBE I’VE ATTENDED TOO MANY WRITING WORKSHOPS) by David Sandner
PAPIER-MÂCHÉ IN REVERSE by Katherine Quevedo
CREATURE FEATURE by Xavier Searle
HORROR MOVIE SOUNDTRACK by G.O. Clark
FINAL (GIRL) EXAM by Patrick Barb
THE HASTE OF HALLOWEEN by Michael A. Arnzen
A NOTE FROM THE WATCHER ON THE LAWN by Adele Gardner
O BODY, AUBADE by Daniel Roop
A SORT OF HOMECOMING by JG Faherty
ETERNITY COMES SOON by Ashley Dioses
THIS LIFE IN DARK INTERLUDES by Denise Dumars
THE SKIN RITE (RUN-TA-TUN-TUN-TUN!) by Nate Atkins
BY SKULL, BONE, & SPELL by Allie Marini
TROISIÈME CAVERNE, GOYET CAVES by Ann K. Schwader
OLD-TIMER’S STORY by Maria Picone
GHAZAL by Joshua Gage
DINNER AFTER THE DEVIL’S BARGAIN by Cassondra Windwalker
HORROR MAKES A SPLASH IN HER HAGFISH DEBUT by Kate Boyes
CHARTING DISTANCE FROM THE HEART by Michael Bailey
A SUBTLE GHOST by Brenda S. Tolian
EX NIHILO NIHIL by Eugen Bacon and Dominique Hecq
PANDORA LOOKS INTO THE MIRROR by Jacquelinen West
GENERATIONAL TRAUMA by Vince A. Liaguno
EXCULPABLE: A TEMPTATION by J.M. Wannan
TERATOMA by Glen Creed
SLIP SLIDE by Donna J.W. Munro
GROUNDING by Holly Lynn Walrath
RANPO NOIR (MIRROR HELL) by Evan J. Peterson
LESSONS OF THE VOLKHV by Grace R. Reynolds
LADY MACBETH by Brooke MacKenzie
TRESPASS UPON AN UNDEAD WEDDING: MIDNIGHT PROCESSION OF THE CHURAIL by Saba Syed Razvi
LOVE SPELL by I.R. Sullen
WHAT LIES BENEATH THE STILL WATERS OF THE FJORD by Christina Sng
STAIN by Cindy O’Quinn
THE DEATHWATCH DANCE by Sara Tantlinger
PANTOUM FOR A TOTAL ECLIPSE by Shannon Kearns
ALPINE DIVORCE by Lauren Elise Daniels
SKY BURIAL by K.S. Kasati
RE-BIRTH/RE-DEATH by Lisa Morton
TO FILL THE SEA by Megan Jauregui Eccles
THE OCEAN WHICH DROWNS by Yi IzzyYu
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