Aberrant Dreams - Speculative Fiction

Poetry

June 2008
	Allison Gross Speaks of the Worm - By Gwynne Garfinkle
	Whatever that man may claim I did not turn him into a worm. (...)

	Beware the Werecanary - By Bruce Boston
	From dawn to dusk he lives And breathes like any other soul. (...)

	Boarding House - By K. J. Kirby
	Only one succubus allowed in each bed No showers for werewolves, it clogs the drains (...)


April 2008
	My Kids Went to Barbados - By F. J. Bergmann
	I’d like to go on holiday To someplace really far away. (...)

	Briar Witches - By Amal El-Mohtar and Jessica P. Wick
	Stone, silk, and silence fill the barrow past the door (...)

	a 24th-century reflection on emptiness - By Kit O'Connell
	we are alone every world we visit (...)

	Table Manners - By Mary Cook
	When friends invite you out to dine In company elite and fine, (...)


January 2008
	Serpents - By Kristine Ong Muslim
	At the bottom of the shallow pit near the edge of the rubble, Amon found the likeness of the long-dead race molded in clay. (...)

	The Animal Bridegroom - By F. J. Bergmann
	Sure, she’d wondered if it might happen: third daughter, impoverished kingdom, (...)

	Love Song of the Holo-Celebs - By Bruce Boston
	All the world over, they searched for love. They saw each other, below and above. (...)

	Langham's Pond - By Scott Standridge
	There’s one blue pool out there on Langham’s land— not hard to get to, just behind the shed— (...)

	Body Parts - By Mary Cook
	I left my heart in Disney World, A leg at Wounded Knee (...)

	GateKeeper - By Greg Schwartz
	He sets his watch by the sun, kicks back (...)

	Mushrooms - By Chris Reed
	I didn’t know mushrooms could grow on glass But they are (...)

	That Which Remains - By David C. Kopaska-Merkel
	Chill stone (...)

	Mermaid - By Mari Ness
	The silence, she knew of: how voiceless, songless, she had only dance (...)


July 2007
	Armin Meiwes - By S. P. Somtow
	I placed an ad; he answered; that is all. We had our ritual in a private room; (...)

	Grim Faced Hero - By Michael D. Turner
	Hobo in a Hauberk Vagabond with a sword; (...)

	An Offering Of Lust, A Sacrifice Of Flesh - By Mikal Trimm
	They salt his wounds, again, again, Invoking ancient pagan gods (...)

	The Reaper - By Greg Schwartz
	Darkness wraps around him, he wears it like a cape; (...)

	Jeffery Dahmer - By S. P. Somtow
	Death is a little pinprick. Just a jab. Nothing to fear. No suffering. No pain. (...)

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