NIGHTLY HORTICULTURE
For Nisha
Gloom of the Black Disk.
We starve, but a pink seed grows.
All hope is not lost.EVERY OOZE A DIFFERENT FLAVOR
For Korrin
Undead cows graze guts.
Udders swell, milky delight.
The cowherd tops up.THE WINGED DOOR OF PÖX
For Christian Eichhorn
It flutters above.
A challenge impossible.
We lie here broken.WEAPON OF MURDER
Whirl, embers and smoke.
Hot metal hammered in shape.
Thinking of vengeance.AFTER THE BATTLE
Lo, the frigid north.
Frozen blood spilled on the ground.
The halcyon bathes.ANGELIC BREW
The bitter and black.
Roasted in blazing fires.
Fresh beans from Mount Doom.TO ASHES
Our cocktails fly high.
Blazing trails of hate and hope.
Burning the machine.CAPE OF BLOOD
Hard to sinister.
The winds of death fill our sails.
Skull and bones alive.RUSHING
For Akira Kurosawa
A brook and fruit trees.
Traveler, shed your travails.
Sit by the wayside.DIGITAL SWAMPS
For AJ
Wading in rank bits.
Foul code bubbles rise and burst.
A cold clasp; the scream.INDEFINITELY
For My Little Love
A life's short story.
Love blossoms, love grows, the end.
Reset and restart.AUGMENTED DESPAIR
To Those Who Are Lost but Seeking
You fumble about.
A blurred world of corp truths.
Fog (electronic).EXCUSE ME SIR, DO YOU HAVE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT...
For Deakin
A whirlwind of guts.
Barbarism begins at home.
My door smooshes shut.HOT [GUN] METAL
For Casebeer
Full auto fire.
Chromium execution.
The white-hot sizzle.EYES WIDE OPEN
For Mara
Warm drizzles, cold skin.
A wet corpse with neon wings.
Sprawled out on ad space.SLOW DAY
The corp alarm rings.
Caffeine injector: full force.
Three shift Saturday.NEO GUMSHOES
Crime scene: RGB.
AIs erased in cold code.
A server room mourns.BERGEN CRUSADE
The battle line breaks.
Rattling war chariots slice.
High fly the meat gobs.TRANSMUTATION
The timer runs out.
Unchained flavourdynamics.
Free neutrons pierce flesh.INDULGENCE
Fideistic priests swipe.
Invest in your afterlife!
Salvation credits.TIME TO DUEL
A well thought out choice.
Unicorn hyperbeast go!
High hooves of thunder.CRYOSLEEP
Cold graves hiss and moan.
Heated blood floods ancient veins.
Where and when unknown.THE SETTLERS
Orbits stabilized.
Bays open, megadeath rains.
Colonization.2.7 KELVIN GRAVEYARD
For The Abyss
Necrotic debris.
Hydraulic puss seeps from cuts.
The scavengers weld.NANO LOVE LETTER
For Mahsa
Fiery lasers brand.
Her fingers glide on the dials.
Secrets on hair strands.STRONG VOID FORCE
For Jconfidence
Beyond the beyond.
Abstracted to extinction;
but the void rebuilds.DERELICTION
Tungsten bullets bite.
Our bridger craft spills its guts.
Derelict future.INTO THE MAW
For Tim
Cultist swarm ships fall.
All void fodder for the Maw.
Gastro salvation.DEATH IN SPACE
The static calls us.
At the edge of space, we fall.
Whirling in void foam.HIGGS' POSTULATE
Flesh rips, matter dies.
Metastable fields ignite.
Vacuum decay.TIME
For Jonas
Your wick, still burning.
A dim light among billions;
approaching darkness.WE WELCOME THE SINGULARITY
For Hobbie
Hallowed cyclotron.
Our null cone curves toward death,
when protons collide.INTO THE VATS OF RESURRECTION
Lower the lambs, now!
Miring in molten gold vats.
Reborn in mutton.WARM AND RAW
For Alastair
My bones gnawed, flesh gone.
Paralyzed, eaten alive.
Mandibles clatter.YEV KASSEM
For NatX
I made a mistake.
My mouth, sewn shut by the CVLT.
Lo, no soup for me.ALL ARE SUMMONED [A-SIDE]
Again, her heart breaks.
A body sacks, a head rolls.
The cursed scythe broke spine.ALL ARE SUMMONED [B-SIDE]
Sacrificed for naught.
The children of Galgenbeck.
They lie forgotten.THE LONG WALK HOME
Shot down by shrapnel.
Trapped behind enemy lines.
My knife, oh so sharp.ALLOPUMILIOTOXIN 267A
For Mayaahom
The yellow and black.
A creature covered in death.
Irresistible.7:7 [Viewpoint 2]
For Dakota
Yellow vapor swells.
Human, clutch thy melting meat.
A world of white bones.HUMAN ON A SADDLE SURFACE
When right angles bend,
bones break, flesh squishes, thoughts seize.
Non-Euclidean.PERSEVERANCE
For Heather
Letters hand-crafted.
Carefull illumination.
An old scribe's oeuvre.PERSEVERANCE II
Inert again. Next:
Sample RX-891.
Twelve years of nothing.NECRO MINING
For Bishop's Catacomb
One last hearty swing.
The blood–brain barrier breached.
Digging up giants.TITAN NIGHTS
For Prince "Profaneknowledge" Maxi
Rhea ascendant.
Dione spins above high.
Ripples in methane.HUNGRY PALETTE KNIFE
Freshly draught pigments.
Royal crimson, iris blue.
Mixing his colors.IMAGINATION
For Jordan Lee
All candles consumed.
Across his face, claw marks burn.
The writer struggles.OWL
For Patch
An owl's silent strike.
The first and last time you fly.
Consumed by hatchlings.THE MOUTH OF MÚR
They float in the bay.
Milky eyes gaze beyond life.
Nibbled by fishes.DEFILED
Stolen by brigands.
Worn as a loincloth most foul.
The Shroud of Arguhl.WOE TO THE CONQUERED
A hard-fought battle.
Embedded in guts and bones,
our standard flies proud.FAITH
For Rachel
A wisp of incense.
Seeking shelter from the hordes.
The iron gate wails.RAGE
Froth and spittle soar.
Through his throat, a scream barrels.
The day's work: fell deeds.JUDGEMENT
Squirrels scurry.
Nooses swing on spry branches.
Life and death in trees.THE CVRSE
Seven days have passed.
Atrophy, malformation.
The goblin rises.DRYING IN THE SUN
For Nikki
Looking behind you.
Churning storms dispelled by time.
Azure horizons.THE CARNIVAL
For Michael
Jig-dancing ravens.
Melting heads, puddles of rouge.
We—dark souls—feast free.NINE TO FIVE
For Pippa & Rue
The clatter of keys.
An eternity ending.
My human is home.ENTANGLED
For Emily W.
A subtle pull.
Tugged by invisible strings.
Longing for union.TEA GARDEN
For Prince "Profaneknowledge" Maxi
Light breaks the surface.
Aquamarine refraction.
Sunrise from koi eyes.THE GRAIL
Bent over the tome.
Ravaged by thirst and frostwind.
Secrets elude her.SUPREMACY
A dynasty dead.
Worms fattened by traitor meat.
The crown sits firmly.RENT FREE
For DIYPossum
They gnaw, they infect.
Hairy rats romp in your mind.
Eaten from inside.SELLSWORDS
Betrayed for silver.
Strings cut meat, gristle, and cords.
A surprise garrote.ROAD TO RECOVERY
Bent, cut, and broken.
Yet, his eyes firing with vim.
Healing for vengeance.UNCLEAN BAZAAR
Experience bliss.
Memories trapped in powder.
Marked down, six silver.BOOM TIMES
A most blunt shovel.
Eternal war, I welcome.
Undertaker's feast.FORGOTTEN
For The Flesh Bags
The faithful decayed.
Torpid, ancient gods fester.
Dreaming misery.PROMISES KEPT
For Rose
A nightly dagger.
Licked for luck, straight to the heart.
Elbow deep vengeance.DESPERATE LOOP
For Humanity
The sky remains black.
Our priest groans, lighting the stake.
One more sacrifice.KNOWN UNKNOWNS
For Scvmbag
Surges of chaos.
Cupcakes and carburetors.
The mage: unswerving.KNIGHT ERRANT
Me, fallen from grace.
On the run, frost on my heels.
The Queen's head packed tight.THE KUR POTTER
A sculpted body.
In the soul oven, it bakes.
Whimpers trapped in clay.APOCRYPHA
The goats' corpses rise.
Eyes yellow, envy and hate.
Hoofbeats in lockstep.ECO//TERROR
Heat seeking glory.
The chemship's steel gut exposed.
Blood rains toxic hot.ASIMOV REQUIEM
Cold calculation.
Fatal error; kill on sight.
Rogue machine conscience.KERGOZ'S GUTS
In the sewers, deep.
The heirs dabble with genes.
Change; flesh melts, bones sprout.GUTTER_PVNK
Bullets fly cryin'.
The PVNK falls, shot through the heart.
A gutter blood grave.SUMMIT
The archfrost bites deep.
Necrosis blackens your flesh.
Oh, what sweet pleasure.PAIN
Transmitters explode.
Chems gush up the red river.
The needle broke skin.RAPIDS
Grasping for roots;
in the currents of destiny,
you drown in the flux.INJECTION
Climax ignition.
Tires scream, like newborn life.
V12 turbo birth.DARK ENLIGHTENMENT
For Prince "Profaneknowledge" Maxi
Wax mixes with blood.
No answers wrought from the sun.
The wise die and grin.GRAVEN-TOSK
For Xeria
Below, hordes burrow.
Dig. Dig toward Galgenbeck.
Oh, do they hunger.LOVE
For Cameron
The final embrace.
Without tears or words, farewell.
A warm grave for two.SLEEP
For AJ Lenowicz
Centuries asleep.
Deep, the call to rise rings clear.
Time to live again.SKELETONS
For Jacob
Preserved inside meat.
Pink skin parts, finally free.
Raising skeletons.MOTHS
For John
On white silk, nibbling.
Hairy moths enjoy their feast.
The wedding rots.CHANCE MEETING IN A DEAD WORLD
They talked all night.
Sword, beauty, and everything.
Unending eclipse.7:7 [Viewpoint 1]
For Eli
When dying stars cry,
fiery tears shatter the land.
We melt in glory.Kings and Queens
Passionate chopping.
A crowning interrupted.
Skulls roll, blood squirts.Dogs
For Brennan
Time for fetch today?
Patiently, a good boy waits.
His stick on a grave.The Last Moment That Will Never Pass
For Bezel
A world without sun.
Shrouded in crystals of ice.
Preserved in darkness.Last Supper
Fresh-cut meat, well-done.
They held him back for too long.
The taste of freedom.