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Nineteen masters (and mistresses) of contemporary horror fiction reveal themselves in a gentler, poetic mood in this anthology of mostly previously unpublished verse.

    13 • Introduction (The Devil's Wine) • essay by Tom Piccirilli
    17 • The Dark Man • (1969) • poem by Stephen King
    19 • Donovan's Brain • (1970) • poem by Stephen King
    20 • The Hardcase Speaks • (1971) • poem by Stephen King
    23 • Harrison State Park '68 • (1968) • poem by Stephen King
    26 • Silence • (1970) • poem by Stephen King
    27 • In the key-chords of dawn... • (1971) • poem by Stephen King
    31 • The Boys Across the Street Are Driving My Young Daughter Mad • (1973) • poem by Ray Bradbury
    33 • The Thing That Goes by Night: The Self That Lazes Sun • (1973) • poem by Ray Bradbury
    34 • The Past Is the Only Dead Thing That Smells Sweet • (1981) • poem by Ray Bradbury
    35 • The Other Me • (1987) • poem by Ray Bradbury
    37 • No More Cameras, No More Ghosts • (1987) • poem by Ray Bradbury
    38 • I Have Endured Much to Reach this Place • poem by Ray Bradbury
    43 • Facing Land's End • poem by Peter Straub
    44 • Reading the Well • poem by Peter Straub
    45 • A Triple-Decker Novel • poem by Peter Straub
    46 • From the Heian Court • poem by Peter Straub
    47 • Coming to Rest • poem by Peter Straub
    48 • Photographic Plate • poem by Peter Straub
    50 • Withstanding, Saving, Moving • poem by Peter Straub
    52 • Text • poem by Peter Straub
    57 • Marriage • poem by Graham Masterton
    59 • Gauguin • poem by Graham Masterton
    60 • Wooden Bread • poem by Graham Masterton
    61 • Les Professeurs • poem by Graham Masterton
    65 • Sunday Prayer Meeting • poem by Graham Masterton
    70 • A Farewell to Ireland • poem by Graham Masterton
    72 • Lot's Wife • poem by Graham Masterton
    75 • System Speed • poem by Graham Masterton
    79 • 19 Haiku • poem by Charles de Lint
    83 • Puppet • poem by Charles de Lint
    83 • Arabesque • poem by Charles de Lint
    85 • Words • poem by Charles de Lint
    86 • for Lisa, from Suki • poem by Charles de Lint
    88 • Cherokee Girl • poem by Charles de Lint
    90 • Medicine Road • poem by Charles de Lint
    92 • Tower & Bear • (1994) • poem by Charles de Lint
    99 • two ku • poem by Jack Ketchum
    100 • 11/11/87 • poem by Jack Ketchum
    101 • Poetic • poem by Jack Ketchum
    102 • 7/69 • poem by Jack Ketchum
    103 • Arthur • poem by Jack Ketchum
    104 • Sleeping Woman • poem by Jack Ketchum
    105 • Christmas Day, 1969 • (2000) • poem by Jack Ketchum
    106 • Bethel, New York, August 16, 1969 • poem by Jack Ketchum
    107 • Hoboe • poem by Jack Ketchum
    108 • Johnnie Mack Brown • poem by Jack Ketchum
    109 • 4/11/02 • poem by Jack Ketchum
    110 • Beast • poem by Jack Ketchum
    113 • Eighteen Years Old, October Eleventh • (1990) • poem by Joe Haldeman
    114 • Saul's Death • (1983) • poem by Joe Haldeman
    117 • The Orion Nebula - Mother of Stars • poem by Joe Haldeman
    118 • Pairs • poem by Joe Haldeman
    119 • Adventures in Space and Time • poem by Joe Haldeman
    120 • Duet for Tenor and Vehicle • (1997) • poem by Joe Haldeman
    121 • Catastrophe Theory • poem by Joe Haldeman
    122 • Audience Participation • poem by Joe Haldeman
    123 • The Only Way • poem by Joe Haldeman
    124 • The Number of the Man • (1991) • poem by Joe Haldeman
    125 • Literary Cubism Saves the Universe • (1995) • poem by Joe Haldeman
    129 • Her Chimpanion • (2001) • short story by Michael Bishop
    131 • To a Chimp Held Captive for Purposes of Research • (1985) • poem by Michael Bishop
    135 • Philip K. Dick is dead, a lass • (1998) • poem by Michael Bishop
    137 • Between Classes • (1977) • poem by Michael Bishop
    138 • Planetarium • (1977) • poem by Michael Bishop
    139 • Come to My House for Chili: A Rant • poem by Michael Bishop
    141 • Dead Poet Parable • (1998) • poem by Michael Bishop
    143 • A Meeting • (1998) • poem by Michael Bishop
    144 • The Hornet • (1998) • poem by Michael Bishop
    145 • Five Owl Poems from A Novel By Michael Bishop • poem by Michael Bishop
    153 • Handprings • poem by Jack Cady
    156 • The Salt Lake Papas • poem by Jack Cady
    157 • Love Poem 25 words or less • poem by Jack Cady
    158 • Love Poem for C. • poem by Jack Cady
    159 • Joseph Conrad • poem by Jack Cady
    160 • Love Poem for the ex • poem by Jack Cady
    161 • Cocktail Party • poem by Jack Cady
    163 • We Visit Mount Rainier • poem by Jack Cady
    165 • One More (^#&*(*) Rejection Slip • poem by Jack Cady
    166 • Love Poem for C • poem by Jack Cady
    169 • Poe's Grave • (1995) • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
    170 • The Adoptions • (1990) • short fiction by Steve Rasnic Tem
    171 • Nocturne • (1989) • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
    173 • What Happens at Night • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
    174 • The Dead Who Do Not Sleep Under Green Street • (1995) • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
    175 • What Must Not Happen • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
    176 • All Used Up • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
    177 • The Window • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
    178 • The Colors of Dark • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
    179 • This Is the Last Time I'm Telling the Truth • poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
    183 • Primordial Haiku • poem by Melanie Tem
    184 • Uncommon Name • poem by Melanie Tem
    187 • The Car • poem by Melanie Tem
    189 • The Day I Rode Go-Carts with My Son • poem by Melanie Tem
    191 • Taking Nourishment • poem by Melanie Tem
    193 • Dinner Conversations • poem by Melanie Tem
    194 • Certain Light • poem by Melanie Tem
    195 • Cacodemon • poem by Melanie Tem
    197 • Woman Wailing • poem by Melanie Tem
    198 • Silent Letter • poem by Melanie Tem
    199 • Seeing You Whole • poem by Melanie Tem
    203 • Tonnebrugh • poem by Peter Crowther
    206 • Dear Diary • poem by Peter Crowther
    207 • Downer • poem by Peter Crowther
    208 • Other Trains • (1994) • poem by Peter Crowther
    210 • Beyond the Window • (1994) • poem by Peter Crowther
    212 • The Places Where the Slingfang Grows • poem by Peter Crowther
    213 • The Nine-to-Five Spaceman • poem by Peter Crowther
    214 • Conversation • poem by Peter Crowther
    216 • Memories • poem by Peter Crowther
    217 • The City • (1995) • poem by Peter Crowther
    218 • Outside • (1999) • poem by Peter Crowther
    219 • Where the Heart Is • (1999) • poem by Peter Crowther
    220 • Carol, We Need to Talk • poem by Peter Crowther
    221 • In Mendaala, with the Rains • poem by Peter Crowther
    225 • The Morning of Departure • poem by T. M. Wright
    227 • More Middle-Age Craziness • (unknown) • poem by T. M. Wright
    228 • The Music of the Night • poem by T. M. Wright
    229 • Mr. Death • poem by T. M. Wright
    232 • 2035-Redux • poem by T. M. Wright
    233 • Weldon Kees • poem by T. M. Wright
    235 • Sunsets in 1962 • poem by T. M. Wright
    237 • The Sign at Vera's Restaurant • poem by T. M. Wright
    241 • Only Two Legs and No Silk • poem by T. M. Wright
    242 • Lost at 2:00 AM • poem by T. M. Wright
    243 • Breakdown • poem by T. M. Wright
    247 • Communion • poem by Brian Hodge
    248 • Ex Utero • poem by Brian Hodge
    250 • Generation Z • poem by Brian Hodge
    252 • Six Flags Over Jesus • poem by Brian Hodge
    253 • With a Lover to Be Designated Later • poem by Brian Hodge
    254 • One More Path Not Taken • poem by Brian Hodge
    256 • Sunrise, Dressed for Dusk • poem by Brian Hodge
    257 • Long After the Sun Has Set on Salvador • poem by Brian Hodge
    258 • Black Sheep Blues • poem by Brian Hodge
    261 • Exit (1991) • poem by Edward Lee
    262 • Secret • poem by Edward Lee
    263 • Edit Number Fifty-Two • poem by Edward Lee
    264 • Unknown Female Horror Writer on Dance Floor • poem by Edward Lee
    265 • R.I.P. • poem by Edward Lee
    266 • Glyphic • poem by Edward Lee
    267 • Porn Loop • poem by Edward Lee
    268 • Existential Bolide Meteors • poem by Edward Lee
    269 • Four Female Voices in an Empty Room • poem by Edward Lee
    270 • Edit from May Fifth at Three Thirty-Seven A.M. • poem by Edward Lee
    271 • Edit Number Twelve (1989) • poem by Edward Lee
    272 • The Head • (1993) • poem by Edward Lee
    273 • Exit (1990) • poem by Edward Lee
    274 • Number Nine One Four • poem by Edward Lee
    275 • Slstice • poem by Edward Lee
    276 • The Goddess of the New Dark Age • (1992) • short story by Edward Lee
    277 • Abstraction Number Two • poem by Edward Lee
    281 • East Side Morning, 1896 • poem by Elizabeth Massie
    282 • Cat, Perturbed • poem by Elizabeth Massie
    284 • For the Holidays • (1990) • poem by Elizabeth Massie
    285 • Frozen Orchard • poem by Elizabeth Massie
    286 • Stinky Square Eyes • poem by Elizabeth Massie
    287 • Hike • poem by Elizabeth Massie
    288 • Sluggish Synapse Blues • poem by Elizabeth Massie
    289 • Tryptic o' Terror • poem by Elizabeth Massie
    290 • Virginia Town, 1963 • poem by Elizabeth Massie
    292 • Wal-Martin' • poem by Elizabeth Massie
    295 • Jay Bonansinga • poem by Caniglia
    297 • Fragment X • poem by Jay Bonansinga
    299 • Horror Is Dead, Long Live Horror • poem by Jay Bonansinga
    300 • Nocturen for the Lady in the Green Hat (Hopper's Chop Suey Restaurant) • poem by Jay Bonansinga
    302 • Meditation on Evil #213 • poem by Jay Bonansinga
    304 • Ode to the Earth and My Wife • poem by Jay Bonansinga
    305 • The Razor in the Apple • poem by Jay Bonansinga
    306 • Clothed in the Moon • poem by Jay Bonansinga
    308 • Hair Cut • poem by Jay Bonansinga
    310 • My Boys • poem by Jay Bonansinga
    313 • Jugular Vine • poem by Tamara Thorne
    315 • Hot Burger Love • poem by Tamara Thorne
    316 • The Haunted Grave • poem by Tamara Thorne
    318 • La Purisma • poem by Tamara Thorne
    319 • Haiku'se Me • poem by Tamara Thorne
    321 • Pet Haikus • poem by Tamara Thorne
    322 • The Three Evils • poem by Tamara Thorne
    323 • The Boardwalk at Candle Bay • poem by Tamara Thorne
    325 • The Pharmacist's Lament • poem by Tamara Thorne
    327 • Toasting Harlan Ellison • poem by Tamara Thorne
    331 • When You Look Down to Find Yourself Going But Not Yet Gone • (2002) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
    333 • How to Make It Through a Friday Night Without Biting Your Tongue in Two • (2002) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
    335 • Jones Beach, Thirty Years After the Last Sand Castle • (2002) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
    337 • The Toll of Your Personal Evil Troll • (2002) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
    339 • Nunzio, Sixty Years Dead, Lying at My Side, Staring • (2002) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
    340 • Concern • (2002) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
    341 • How to Perform Heart Surgery with Someone Else's Gaze • (2003) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
    342 • Why I Can't Stand Behind Some People, and Why You Ought to Be Scared About It • (2002) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
    344 • One for the Worm • (2002) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
    345 • What You Leave Behind on the Side of Your Plate • (2003) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
    346 • The Curve After Which the Engine Squeals • (2003) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
    347 • My Conscience Shattered by a Jittery Scrawl • (2003) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
    348 • Staring Into a Bitter Face I've Seen Before • (2003) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
    349 • Sylvia • (2003) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
    350 • Poised on the Division Bridge • (1999) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
    351 • Sunday, While the Sauce Simmers • (2000) • poem by Tom Piccirilli