Dark Metre issue 20

February has slipped quietly by and March has rammed its face up against the window with a loud "boo". Dark Metre issue 20 brings you horror poetry by Ian Hunter and John Grey.

Best regards

Katy Bennett
Editor

New Release - Gary William Crawford and Bruce Boston

Just received notification that Dark Regions Press have released a new poetry collection:

Notes from the Shadow City by Gary William Crawford and Bruce Boston.

Full details can be found on the Dark Regions Press website

Dark Metre issue 15

Dark Metre issue 15 is now live on the main website. Throughout October, you can enjoy two poems by Deborah Walker.

Happy reading

Katy Bennett
Dark Metre

Press Release - Vamps (A retrospective) by James S. Dorr

VAMPS (A RETROSPECTIVE) is an 84-page trade paperback featuring poetry by multi-time Rhysling finalist James S. Dorr on vampires and things vampiric. With illustrations by Marge B. Simon, VAMPS (A RETROSPECTIVE) consists of 75 poems, about a third of which are published here for the first time, with subjects including Max Schreck; Bela Lugosi; “Guillemette” (née Mina Murray); the vampiress Annchuck; the Instrument Maker; crows; krakens (with blood on their beaks); Nikki (who flies); the Night Child; the Birdcatchers; jazz music; dancing; tourists in Europe (“he had a tendency to change the subject when I asked him what he did. Eurotrash, I suppose”); vampire hobbies: runners, swimmers, baseball fans, dates gone bad; from Ancient Greece; to the 1,000,000 Credit Galactic Lottery. All this and more can be obtained from Sam's Dot Publishing for only about the cost of a pizza (with blood sausage for a topping, of course -- in this case $7.00 with $3.00 shipping in the US; a, um, bit more to Canada and overseas).

Click here to find out more about James S. Dorr.

Dark Metre - Issue 9 Now Live

Issue 9 of Dark Metre has been emailed out to all the subscribers and is now live here. This month features First in the Moon by Richard Lung and Prayer by Lida Broadhurst.

I'm still open to submissions:

Issue 10 - filled - due out on 06/11/11
Issue 11 - filled - due out on 04/12/111
Issue 12 - filled - due out on 01/01/12
Issue 13 - still open - due out on 05/02/12

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Enjoy the halloween season

Dark Metre is now open to submissions

Good morning all,

Once again I'm open to horror poetry submissions. I'm reading for issues 10 - 13. Check the guidelines tab at the top for full info and the current issue with poetry by Anna Sykora and S. C. Virtes can be read here.

Issue 8 will go live tomorrow and will feature poetry by James Dorr and Stephen M. Wilson.

Have a good weekend

Katy Bennett

Dark Metre issue 7 now live

Dark Metre issue 7 is now live. Hop over to the current issue to read horror poetry by Anna Sykora and S. C. Virtes.

There's no writing prompt this month, I'm rethinking how I do those.

Also a heads up that I'll be reopening to submissions on the 2nd September 2011

Enjoy your day

Dark Metre issue 4 now live

Issue 4 of Dark Metre is now live. This month's horror poetry is Minions of the Dead Wizard by Bruce Boston and He Doesn't Sleep by Alexandra Seidel.

Enjoy the poems and I am still open to submissions.

Dark Metre issue 2

Dark metre issue 2 has just gone live. This month's horror poetry is Fighting Chance by Jack Horne and After the Cosmologist's Death by John Hayes.

Read it here.

Dark Metre Issue 1

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