Welcome back my friends. Last week there was a flurry of brilliance scattering through the veins of the internet and I’m *sniffs* so freakin’ proud of all you.
It was darker, more demented, and even funnier last week, so picking the poems for this week was a delicious challenge. Onwards to
Horror Haikuesday
First up is a poem by Kylie Goets that struck me with the delightfully macabre nature of it’s essence.
Circus of Horror
Tightrope made of barbed wire
Trapeze made of knives— Kylie Goetz (@eXtremeKylieG) April 19, 2016
And here’s the making of video:
Pochassic gave me a good laugh with their perfectly paired words and gifs.
#HorrorHaikuesday
Where’s Camp Crystal Lake?
Follow the sounds of the screams
Right on into Hell pic.twitter.com/NBTu1wisqd— Pochassic (@Pochassic) April 19, 2016
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The water looked great
I did not notice the shark
But he noticed me pic.twitter.com/6VsmdoEolx— Pochassic (@Pochassic) April 19, 2016
Now for a festering thought that brought images of Scott Sigler’s Blue Triangles into my mind:
Underneath skin, it
Burrows and feeds, blossoming
Into suffering#HorrorHaikuesday— Ben Walker (@BensNotWriting) April 19, 2016
Clive Barker‘s Hellraiser made a real impression this week as well, as you’ll see in the chain haiku from Nano Horror and Haiku of Horror:
Open it. We’ll come
To make you Legend. We have
Such sights to show you!#HorrorHaikuesdayhttps://t.co/rGE8QGFJAQ
— Nano Horror (@tweetsthecreeps) April 19, 2016
Fulfill your desires
Hook and skin; metal and flesh
Weep as you open#HorrorHaikuesday#Hellraiser#poetrypic.twitter.com/5t7tHs5WGL— Haiku of Horror (@haikuofhorror) April 19, 2016
And now one from David Bradley Bailey, that plays upon one of my favorite themes, insanity… and Alice in Wonderland:
Doors upon doors
Each falling deeper below
What once passed for sane.#horrorhaikuesday#amwritingpic.twitter.com/XGCDcxHrro
— David Bradley Bailey (@Dbfuturist42) April 19, 2016
I hope you all have a delightfully dark day, and I look forward to reading all of your poetry today on Twitter and Instagram using #HorrorHaikuesday!
*hugs*
~Jeanette
Horror Made 
Those are clever!
Been awhile since I’ve seen anyone post a two-sentence story, so:
The day Sarah’s parent’s moved into the tiny one-bedroom ranch on Oak Street, Sarah asked her dad, “Daddy, what are you doing?”
“Sharpening my machete,” Mr. Thomas replied.
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Yay! Hi Graowf! That story is so ominous, it makes me wonder who Mr. Thomas will be targeting.
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