COVER & TOC REVEAL: HWA Poetry Showcase XIII

ByJennifer Barnes

The Horror Writers Association has revealed the cover and table of contents for the macabre and mysterious 13th volume of the its Poetry Showcase. The cover was designed by Canadian artist Jenn Brisson. This edition includes 50 poems of dread-filled dark verse, including the featured works of Nate Atkins, Lee Murray and Yi Izzy Yu. The HWA Poetry Showcase is edited by Colleen Anderson and Raw Dog Screaming Press will be publishing it this October.

Table of contents for Volume XIII

Congratulations to all the chosen poets! 

  • PRESSING by Lee Murray
  • SERIAL-KILL ME by Kathryn E. McGee
  • THE SWIMMER by James Aitchison
  • BE NOT AFRAID by Mike Allen
  • GRINDING by Kathryn Ptacek
  • THE GALLOWS BALLET by Devin M. Anderson
  • PLAY AND REWIND by Geneve Flynn
  • GEOCIDE by John Yu Branscum
  • A SPIRIT OF INQUIRY by Chris Turner-Neal
  • PUNCTUATION AS A BLOOD SPORT (OR MAYBE I’VE ATTENDED TOO MANY WRITING WORKSHOPS) by David Sandner
  • PAPIER-MÂCHÉ IN REVERSE by Katherine Quevedo
  • CREATURE FEATURE by Xavier Searle
  • HORROR MOVIE SOUNDTRACK by G.O. Clark
  • FINAL (GIRL) EXAM by Patrick Barb
  • THE HASTE OF HALLOWEEN by Michael A. Arnzen
  • A NOTE FROM THE WATCHER ON THE LAWN by Adele Gardner
  • O BODY, AUBADE by Daniel Roop
  • A SORT OF HOMECOMING by JG Faherty
  • ETERNITY COMES SOON by Ashley Dioses
  • THIS LIFE IN DARK INTERLUDES by Denise Dumars
  • THE SKIN RITE (RUN-TA-TUN-TUN-TUN!) by Nate Atkins
  • BY SKULL, BONE, & SPELL by Allie Marini
  • TROISIÈME CAVERNE, GOYET CAVES by Ann K. Schwader
  • OLD-TIMER’S STORY by Maria S. Picone
  • GHAZAL by Joshua Gage
  • DINNER AFTER THE DEVIL’S BARGAIN by Cassondra Windwalker
  • HORROR MAKES A SPLASH IN HER HAGFISH DEBUT by Kate Boyes
  • CHARTING DISTANCE FROM THE HEART by Michael Bailey
  • A SUBTLE GHOST by Brenda S. Tolian
  • EX NIHILO NIHIL by Eugen Bacon and Dominique Hecq
  • PANDORA LOOKS INTO THE MIRROR by Jacqueline West
  • GENERATIONAL TRAUMA by Vince A. Liaguno
  • EXCULPABLE: A TEMPTATION by J.M. Wannan
  • TERATOMA by Glen Creed
  • SLIP SLIDE by Donna J.W. Munro
  • GROUNDING by Holly Lyn Walrath
  • RANPO NOIR  (MIRROR HELL) by Evan J. Peterson
  • LESSONS OF THE VOLKHV by Grace R. Reynolds
  • LADY MACBETH by Brooke MacKenzie
  • TRESPASS UPON AN UNDEAD WEDDING: MIDNIGHT PROCESSION OF THE CHURAIL by Saba Syed Razvi
  • LOVE SPELL by I.R. Sullen
  • WHAT LIES BENEATH THE STILL WATERS OF THE FJORD by Christina Sng
  • STAIN by Cindy O’Quinn
  • THE DEATHWATCH DANCE by Sara Tantlinger
  • PANTOUM FOR A TOTAL ECLIPSE by Shannon Kearns
  • ALPINE DIVORCE by Lauren Elise Daniels
  • SKY BURIAL by K.S. Kasati
  • RE-BIRTH/RE-DEATH by Lisa Morton
  • TO FILL THE SEA by Megan Jauregui Eccles
  • THE OCEAN WHICH DROWNS by Yi Izzy Yu

Cover Revealed

Here is the cover created by Jenn Brisson:

About the Artist

Jenn started her art career drawing for the Animation industry for many years, and has since then, become a prolific painter, illustrator, street artist and now an international muralist. Her work is figurative, often showcasing mischievous quasi-human beings living in colourful and textural worlds, usually adorned with fauna and flora.

All those years drawing cartoons have really influenced her style and how she builds her characters. Mixed with a curiosity for the macabre, it is the perfect combination of sweet and strange.

Being an odd imaginative child, it makes sense that Jenn creates worlds ruled by witches and goddesses, where she and her imaginary friends can get lost in.

Often using mixed materials in her backgrounds, such as spray paint, stencils, splatters and ripped paper, there is a slight juxtaposition between the chaos of the background and the calmness of the character living there.

Jenn’s art has been making appearances in the street art scene and as of a few years ago, has been getting more into mural painting. She has painted murals for downtown Vancouver, New York City and has just returned from a month long mural residency in Sicily with the collective 13 Feet Off The Ground. Jenn is excited about sharing her art in this way in public and private spaces all around the globe; whisking people away to other worlds; inspiring viewers and adding more colour to their everyday lives.

Currently living/working in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, Jenn continues to chase magic beings and is living life to the fullest.

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About the Editor

Colleen Anderson has been widely published across eight countries, with works appearing in publications such as Weird Tales, Cemetery Dance, Amazing, and Flame Tree’s Moon Falling. Rhysling Award winner for “Machine (r)Evolution” and a two-time winner of the SFPA’s dwarf poetry contest, she has been nominated for Pushcart, Aurora, Elgin, Rhysling, and Dwarf Stars Awards. She is a Canada Council, BC Arts Council, and Ladies of Horror Fiction grant recipient. Her poetry collections include I Dreamed a World, The Lore of Inscrutable Dreams, Weird Worlds, and Vellum Leaves and Lettered Skins as well as two fiction collections A Body of Work and Embers Amongst the Fallen. Her fifth poetry collection, To the Last Ion, will be launched in Fall of 2026.

Colleen freelances as an editor, and has served on the SFPA executive. She has edited three anthologies and lives in Vancouver, BC where she searches for mermaids. www.colleenanderson.wordpress.com.

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