New Work: "Necromancy"

The first issue of Spectral Realms, the new dark poetry journal edited by S. T. Joshi, is now available. It contains a brand new work of mine, "Necromancy", as well as intriguing titles from the like of Leigh Blackmore, Margi Curtis, Danny Lovecraft, ankh_hpl, Marge Simons and many, many more. Some of whom are dead. I am delighted to participate in such an exhumation, which the esteemed editor characterises as follows:

"The last few decades have seen a remarkable efflorescence of weird poetry, to such a degree that we can authentically state that a renaissance of the genre is underway. Hippocampus Press has always been committed to this most rarefied mode of expression, and now Spectral Realms, published in Summer and Winter, leads the way."

"Necromancy" can be considered a monologue, in a similar vein to "The Torturer's Confession". Obsession twines here, as roses, and the lamps only darken the shades of the past. But where the Torturer played with ambiguity, as with his subject, it is the Necromancer's modis operandi. She has her reasons.

"Did you think to escape me by this ploy?

To escape me? Did you think you could hide

so I would not in season find you out?

And dig yourself so deep into this grave

that I could not exhume you, should I choose?

I must call this a poor and common plot

for such as you..."

Spectral Realms #1 may be purchased from Hippocampus Press.