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Three Poems by Steven Karl
Terror in the body, terror in the family, terror on the page, terror in the machine. Today we feature Part II of a series of poems by Steven Karl. Read the poems. -
Sex Tent by Kris Hall
Just because we’ve seen Sex Tent 11 times doesn’t mean we’re prepared for Sex Tent 12. We know this, and yet we’re surprised by how spicy it gets up there. And still we push through the crowd. Read the story. -
Friday Feature
Mini-reviews of horror movies, books, albums, and other cultural artifacts dropping every Friday.
Recent Work
Three Poems
by Steven Karl
Halloween is every day in our hearts, but this week feels extra hallowed, connecting Samhain with the Day of the Dead. We can think of no better celebration at CDSOB than to present poems from regular contributor Steven Karl. Part I of the set goes up today, and we can all look forward to Part II this coming Monday. Today, 2 elegies and a double feature🎃🔪🖤🔥🍿
Published October 30, 2024
from …AGAIN
by Mark Nowak
You only live once, & yet we expect another turn of the wheel. Mark Nowak presents a litany of x, y, & a bit of z from a series called …AGAIN.
Published October 14, 2024
Two Poems
by Juliet Cook
Rotting bear dolls & chicken brains erase our heads & replace them with images of themselves, & though we might not have a name for this process, Juliet Cook’s poems show us what it feels like to find ourselves somewhere between foreground & background.
Published June 10, 2024
Four Poems
by Jeremy Hoevenaar
We come to “an altar in the sound” “in the flayed yard” “a yolk spitting wet ropes of shadow” “filled with new language” in the light off the axe of Jeremy Hoevenaar’s poems in the moments before the sky goes out.
Published September 30, 2024
What is Horror Poetics? Part V: The Point of No Return by J †Johnson
Horror queers the so-called rational world and puts the lie to the promise of normality. “What Is Horror Poetics? Part V: The Point of No Return” kicks off cycle 5 with a vengeance.
Published September 25, 2024
Watch for Deer
by Michael Sikkema
Soon we will all be saying “watch for deer” when we leave the party and go out into that big night. Today, we feature new poems from CDSOB regular Michael Sikkema’s “Watch for Deer” series, in anticipation of his forthcoming CDSOB chapbook of the same name. Watch for deer.
Published July 1, 2024
Four Poems
by Melissa Eleftherion
The horror books we read as kids reveal a darkness we might spend a lifetime working through, along with the very real terrors we encounter. Melissa Eleftherion parses memories of strange companions from formative reading experiences in poems from their “suture” series.
Published June 24, 2024
Screen of the Heavens: Alien Invasion Weekend, Mahoning Drive-In by J †Johnson
The truth was out there at Mahoning Drive-In’s Alien Invasion weekend, & so were we. JJ gazes at that great screen in the sky & writes about an out of this world 35mm double-double feature🥁🛸📽️🍿
Published June 5, 2024