My light-hearted poem, "The Penguin Leaped" was recently published in
Poetica # 2: The Inner Circle Writers' Group Poetry Anthology 2020
edited by Grant P. Hudson of Clarendon House Books (Clarendonhousebooks.com)

https://www.amazon.com/Poetica-Circle-Writers-Poetry-Anthology-ebook/dp/B08TB45QSG

Lockdown Series Finally Locked Down

Black Hare Press has been publishing and continues to publish a set of FREE anthologies during the pandemic, in a number of genres: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Paranormal, and Paranormal Romance. I'm not sure how many there will finally be in the Paranormal categories, but there will be 10 books in each of the first three genres.I know, because Black Hare Press recently FINALIZED their acceptances in those categories. 

Download your free LOCKDOWN anthologies as they become available here: https://www.blackharepress.com/series-lockdown/

Out of the thirty plus total books planned, I have stories or poems in a dozen of them, represented by the images above. Below are listed my individual contributions. 

• Fantasy #1: Banepyre and Bitewind
• Fantasy #4: Malomenire the Mad
• Fantasy #5: The Final Spell of the Archmage, Astromote
• Fantasy #6: Princess Barbie and the Troll Baby
• Fantasy #8: From Heaven
• Fantasy #10: Obsidian and Olivine & Faerie Display
• Horror #2: Sissy Fuss
• Sci-Fi #1: Hivemind of the Universal Donor
• Sci-Fi #4: Charlie Whinesworth's Lucky Trinket
• Sci-Fi #5: The Quantum Oracle
• Sci-Fi # 7: On the Tip
• Sci-Fi #9: The Last Loophole

I recently completed the task of helping to select and edit speculative fiction poems for this anthology, due to be published very soon. I'm confident that readers will be delighted with the variety and quality of this volume. 

Five of my own speculative fiction poems will be included: 

Mary Crockett's Garden

Primordial Princess

Survival of the Humblest

Body of Proof

Rockets Blast, Achoo (a haiku)

I'll post the purchase links when the anthology becomes available. 

http://paperdjinnpress.com/anthology/

Hungry Thing - Remembering Gladys (Video)

Please enjoy this video we put together, featuring a narrated excerpt from Hungry Thing:

For those of you with who don't already own it, here are the purchasing links:


http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/Hungry_Thing
https://tinyurl.com/paperback-Amazon
https://tinyurl.com/HungryThing-BnN

Purple Ribbons Were Falling All Around Her

Falling, falling all around, falling around her,
In the marshes where the gentle breezes grasses stir,
Purple, purple, ribbons, ribbons, purple ribbons were
Falling, falling, falling, falling, falling around her!

Croaked the crickets to the toads and dragonflies ablur,
Purple, purple, ribbons, ribbons, purple ribbons were
Calling, calling all around, by whisper, song, and purr
Falling, falling all around, falling around her!

Chirper, croaker, quacker, tweeter, hisser, whisperer,
Buzzer, screecher: creatures each to each as each prefer,
Calling, calling, to the falling, falling each refer:
Purple, purple, ribbons, ribbons, purple ribbons were!

Where exactly, begged the ducks and drakes, did this occur?
Purple, purple, ribbons, ribbons, purple ribbons were
In the marshes where the gentle breezes grasses stir,
Falling, falling, falling, falling, falling around her!


Originally published in "Inner Circle Writers' Magazine, Issue #4, 2019"; composed in response to the title as a prompt challenge)