Lilliput Review #186

If you've never read Lilliput Review, issue #186 (Summer 2012) is a great issue to start with.  Every issue of LR has great short poems, but this one seems like it's full of them.  Haiku fans will enjoy finding poems by familiar names like George Swede, Ellen Compton, and Ayaz Daryl Nielson, and there are two very good haiku by Charles Gramlich and Ed Markowski.  The issue ends with a somber (but good) poem by Noel Sloboda.

Single issues of LR can be obtained for just $1, and a 6-issue subscription is just $5.  If you like short poetry, give Lilliput a try.  More info can be found on the Lilliput Review website.

Black Ink Horror & some more stuff to read

I just got a copy of Black Ink Horror #5 in the mail from the awesome team of Tom and Billie Moran. I gotta say, it's an amazing issue. "Twas the Night" by MontiLee Stormer is a great story, a twisted take on Christmas way different than anything I've ever seen before. "A Hand-Made Christmas" is another good story, by David E. Greske. There are plenty more stories and poems, including two short poems, "Mimic" and "Reap," by Kristine Ong Muslim. It's 158 pages of horror, nicely bound and printed, for only $10.75 (in the U.S.). If you've never read Black Ink Horror, this is a great issue to start with.

The new issue of NewMyths.com is now online, featuring a poem each by Josh Gage and Marge Simon.

If you're more in the mood for senryu, check out these two poems about veterans by bear creek haiku editor Ayaz Daryl Nielson.

And if you've heard of the massive spec poetry anthology Anomalous Appetites but haven't bought your copy yet, here's a review from New Zealand that can hopefully change your mind. (I think the price has gone down recently, but I could be wrong.)