DESERT SONG by Sandra DeLuca Magicians of mescaline dreams, bring you to parched Goddess, brown weeds adorn her hair, black stones slide from lips You sit by her, watch as she works red clay She offers you silver arrow from her necklace, you slice your wrists, hesitate for a moment as red trickles over jagged cuts; then you bleed into the bowl she lays at your feet River sounds pulse through your brain, memories of moist kisses, sweaty palms, tears But it's too late-- you belong to her now, and the sand covers you like a grave ***** Back to top

A DATE FOR THE PROM by Sandra DeLuca Nelly Waldruff; swollen, red pimples on her face, stringy hair, teeth layered with tartar; stole gramma's magic book from the cellar A love spell was in order; prince charming, and nothing less She lit candles in a circle; put on dress of silk; couldn't get the zipper up; didn't matter-- he'd love her no matter what Chanted to powers above, heard soft growls from below Floorboards broke; cross-eyed, sharp-fanged demon broke through Gazes locked; hearts thumped; black, oily bile trickled from scaled lips He wormed slimy talons into her wart-infested hand "True love is hard to find," he said-- right before he tore out her heart ***** Back to top

RAIN DANCE by Sandra DeLuca Hopi danced on dry, caked earth; rattlesnakes in his mouth Rain too far east; Arizona sun beats down He moved with slow drum beat, serpent tongues hissed, licked his ears, oily eyes gazed into his By nightfall scales of blue and green, covered him from head to toe; slithered beneath August moon Rain dreams turned to crimson storm ***** Back to top

Sandra DeLuca's fiction and poetry have appeared in such publications as The Edge - Tales of Suspense, Welcome to Nod and Darkness Within. Her fiction has also appeared in anthologies such as Divas of Darkness (from Thievin Kitty Publications) and in magazines such as Whispers From the Shattered Forum. She will be the Featured Poet in The Urbanite No. 13: The All-Horror Issue. Her poetry chapbook, A Burial Plot In Sagittarius, will be released from Thievin Kitty Publications later this summer.

Sandy is also an artist and her drawings and collages pop up all over the small press. Recently she completed the illustrations for The Red, Red Robin Project, an anthology from Lone Wolf Publications.

She is currently writing a dark novel, and is also collaborating with Michael McCarty on another novel. Also, she is planning to publish a collection of short stories early next year. She lives in Rhode Island with a tabby cat named Matty.

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