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Poetry. Dark verse & prose poetry
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IBP-S-004Poetry
Reconnecting
by Jeffrey Zable
"Having lost contact with the upper half of my body, I frantically ran around in search of it..."
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IBP-S-003Poetry
The Haunted Starbucks
by John Grey
"It’s a coffeehouse – that’s all, but not quite, there’s something crooked in its angles..."
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IBP-S-002Poetry
The Experiment
by Jeffrey Zable
Jeffrey Zable
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IBP-S-001Poetry
My Halloween Bride
by Bartholomew Barker
"What I loved most about my first ex-wife was her hair, red as the fires of hell to which she consigned me."
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