Horror for St Patrick's Day -- a new poem from David S Pointer

Four Leaf Clover Bar

David S. Pointer

 

I turned a thousand generations

of coffin lid screws searching

for her, hoping to pull out her

death stake, but tonight green

beer law enforcement boys are

coming down hard as an old

Prohibition hatchet over the

keg barrels, swarming the bar,

the entire city party block --

fang swordplay would be

highly appropriate and give

this Chi-town city a St. Patty’s

Day massacre they could be

famous for, yet I feel the

nocturnal need to remain

a thirsty, silent, inactive

throat solider digging

ever closer to her red

burial remains rising

towards a new-melt

like mourners candles

PREVIEW OF COVER FOR AT THE STROKE OF THIRTEEN

COMING SOON FROM THIRTEEN PRESS

 

Twenty nine twisted tales and poems including "Pizza Face" written exclusively for this anthology by horror comics legend Nicola Cuti.

"Pizza Face" and six other stories are accompanied by full page interior art by comic book artist Rob Zailo.

Stay tuned here for more details!

COMING SOON -- ANTHOLOGIES FROM NEW IMPRINT THIRTEEN PRESS

 

Visitors to my blog are familiar with the work of Dorothy Davies and Ken and Kevin Jones. Thirteen Press is co-edited by myself and these three talented writers.

 

Thirteen is an imprint of Horrified Press, owned and operated by Nathan J.D.L. Rowark

Here is Nathan's Facebook announcement of the partnership:

Horrified Press would like to formally announce its new imprint - Thirteen Press - which will begin operations shortly. All open calls for 'Thirteen Press' will begin to appear on the Horrified Press site soon (horrifiedpress.wordpress.com). Thirteen Press will be handled by a pool of talented editors & authors, some of them familiar to you I'm sure. The brainchild of the frankly marvelous George Wilhite, Dorothy Davies, Ken L. Jones and Kevin L. Jones, Thirteen Press promises to open up a whole new dimension of literary terror. Exciting times for authors and horror fans alike! Details to come...

You may follow the progress of this venture at the following links:

horrifiedpress.wordpress.com
https://www.facebook.com/horrified.press

While Dorothy has several anthologies live there already, the first joint effort from the four of us is At the Stroke of Thirteen which proudly boasts work from our guest writer Nick Cuti.

Nick is a fabulous comic book writer who has appeared in many publications (click on his name above or link below for a full list) including Creepy, E-Man, and Vampirella.

http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=375

We honored by his collaboration and I can assure you there are some other terrific and genuinely horrifying stories being compiled for this Thirteen Press debut.

CYBER MONDAY SPECIAL -- Dec 2 -- My Horror Collection Silhouette of Darkness and all ebooks 50% off at Musa Publishing!

 

CYBER MONDAY SPECIAL DECEMBER 2ND

 

All Books are 50% at Musa Publishing. To receive this special pricing, you must purchase directly from the Musa site.

My horror collection Silhouette of Darkness is available by following this link: 

http://musapublishing.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=397

Please check out the other great titles while you are there as well. The ebooks are available directly from Musa in all formats. Authors receive higher royalties when you purchase direct from the publisher.

 

Silhouette of Darkness  has been described a horror collection that is "Stephen King meets Quentin Tarantino."
Read the entire review here:

http://matthewkeithreviews.blogspot.com/2013/07/silhouette-of-darkness-by-george-wilhite.html

 If you are shopping online on Cyber Monday, please stop by Musa and check out all the great titles in all major genres.

My Poetry Debut "Recompense for the Ferryman" is Available Now

 

 

My poetry debut is a collection divided into four sections.

The title section finds a poet at the banks of the River Styx. With no coins to offer Charon, The Ferryman who provides safe passage to The Underworld, he offers poems instead, on the tropes of death and resurrection, hoping this recompense will suffice.

This section is the most "speculative" and will seem most familiar to readers of my short story collections.

"La Bete Cinema" offers a unique take on our nation's fascination (some might say obsession) with film as entertainment, art form, and cultural object.

I studied film theory and criticism at Sonoma State University and composed most of these at that time. They provided a more whimsical way to present what might otherwise be a dry subject to some readers.

The poems in "The Kapu and the Mana" take the reader to Hawaii, including four "chicken skin tales" based on local legends. My trips to the islands, especially Kauai, provide the imagery for these poems but several are told through a speculative fiction writer's lens.

"Refractions" closes the collection with poems of misdirection, distortion, and skewed versions of the "ordinary."

I would love to hear from anyone either by email or commenting on this post as to your thoughts about the poems.

Click the cover above or the link below to purchase the book directly from the publisher. You can also comment here or email me if you would like to purchase a signed copy directly from me.


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Matthew Keith Reviews: A 5 star review of my book Silhouette of Darkness

Matthew Keith Reviews: Silhouette of Darkness by George Wilhite: In Silhouette of Darkness , George Wilhite has brought together a group of twelve short stories, all written in a dark, modern, and intr...

Preview Cover Art for my upcoming poetry collection "Recompense for the Ferryman"

I am finishing the final edits and compiling of my poetry for an upcoming collection "Recompense for the Ferryman."

The book will be in four themed sections, the first and longest being the title section.

Here is a preview of the great cover art in progress by Robert Zaillo.

I hope to have this published by the end of the summer.

Stayed tuned.