Weapon Words

A tongue
can strike
harder
than a
hammer,
at times.

— Brian Azzarello, Wonder Woman No. 7 (2012)

Dante's Inferno Bubble Gum

Road Map of Hell
Colorful map shows locations
of people and places of
interest. Folds to pocket size.
Send 75 comics to: Inferno /
P.O. Box 1300 / Brooklyn, IT.
Print clearly.
Not valid where prohibited.

— R. Sikoryak, bubble-gum prize ad from
his "Masterpiece Comics"

Toothwaste

Rideout returned the smile,
exposing teeth that
were little more than
tiny eroded gravestones.

— Stephen King short story "The Little Green God of Agony" (from "A Book of Horrors" edited by Stephen Jones)

Dark Weather

Rain
slowly

slides
down

the glass,
as if

the night
is crying.

— Patricia Cornwell, "Book of the Dead"

Cool-looking authors No. 45

Alix Ohlin, author of the novel "Inside" and the short story collection "Signs and Wonders"

Photo credits: Emma Dodge Hanson Photography; Michael Lionstar

Jack Gilbert

His poems seek out
the colossal
within the quotidian.
Everyday grandeur
without grandiloquence.

— John Penner writing in the Los Angeles Times' Jacket Copy blog about poet Jack Gilbert.

Poetry and Video Games

Original poetry can be found in video games. List courtesy of Topless Robot. 

Click here.

Cool-looking authors No. 44

Dolly Parton, author of "Dream More" and "Coat of Many Colors"

(Photo from The Agency Group Ltd.)