Black Petals (online), Summer 2025

July 2025

Page	Type	Kind	Title	Author(s)
\|1	Essay	Non Fiction	Editorial (Black Petals (online), Summer 2025)	Kenneth James Crist
\|10.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Rapture of the Nerds	Robert Borski
\|11.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Reckoning	Floyd Largent
\|12.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Taking Care	Michaele Jordan
\|13.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Spiders, Rats, and an Old 1957 Chevy	Roy Dorman
\|14.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	What's in Your Closet?	Hillary Lyon
\|15.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	For Every Sinner	John Whitehouse
\|16.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Investigating the Hudson Street Hauntings	LindaAnn LoSchiavo
\|17.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Monster Outside My Window	Jay D. Falcetti
\|18.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Road of Skulls	David Barber
\|19.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Zombie Lover	Cindy Rosmus
\|2	Essay	Non Fiction	Mars-News, Views and Commentary (Black Petals (online), Summer 2025)	Chris Friend
\|20	Poem	Fiction	CraVe (bad intentions)	Casey Renee Kiser
\|21	Poem	Fiction	Dead Girls Don't Kick Back It's True	Casey Renee Kiser
\|22	Poem	Fiction	Fck Me Like a Dyed FlwR	Casey Renee Kiser
\|23	Poem	Fiction	Phil, the Chosen One	Nicholas De Marino
\|24	Poem	Fiction	"tame tastes or wild ones"	John H. Dromey
\|24.1	Poem	Fiction	"specters thrive on fear"	John H. Dromey
\|24.2	Poem	Fiction	"ghosts shun solid food"	John H. Dromey
\|24.3	Poem	Fiction	"noisy poltergeists"	John H. Dromey
\|24.4	Poem	Fiction	"gremlins don't swallow"	John H. Dromey
\|24.5	Poem	Fiction	"no more finger food"	John H. Dromey
\|24.6	Poem	Fiction	"prey chased by big feet"	John H. Dromey
\|24.7	Poem	Fiction	"fire breathing dragons"	John H. Dromey
\|24.8	Poem	Fiction	"some creatures are gross"	John H. Dromey
\|24.9	Poem	Fiction	"some gorge and some skimp"	John H. Dromey
\|25	Poem	Fiction	The Greater Uneasiness	Frank Losue
\|26	Poem	Fiction	Of Gender and Weaponry	Frank Losue
\|27	Poem	Fiction	Magister Renfield	Simon MacCulloch
\|28	Poem	Fiction	Bad Egg	Simon MacCulloch
\|29	Poem	Fiction	Ghost Train	Simon MacCulloch
\|3.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Any Port in a Storm	Stephen Lochton Kincaid
\|30	Poem	Fiction	Old Scratch	Simon MacCulloch
\|31	Poem	Fiction	Carthage	Craig Kirchner
\|32	Poem	Fiction	Confession	Craig Kirchner
\|33	Poem	Fiction	I know a tripper	Craig Kirchner
\|34	Poem	Fiction	The Revenent	Scott Rosenthal
\|35	Poem	Fiction	An Early Grave	Stephanie Smith
\|36	Poem	Fiction	Doppelganger	Stephanie Smith
\|37	Poem	Fiction	The Sounds of Night	Stephanie Smith
\|38	Poem	Fiction	Dead Ringer	Kenneth Vincent Walker
\|39	Poem	Fiction	The Red House (of Death)	Kenneth Vincent Walker
\|4.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Blind Men in Headphones	Richard Brown (US)
\|40	Poem	Fiction	Under Cover of Night	Kenneth Vincent Walker
\|5.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Cat of Malivaunt	Jim Wright
\|6.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Death Itself!	Fred L. Taulbee, Jr.
\|7.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Hook End Horror	Brian Sellnow
\|8.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	How a Werewolf Shattered My Windshield	Andre Bertolino
\|9.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Marlene and Hubby Take the Haunted Tour	Robb White

Page	Type	Kind	Title	Author(s)
	Editor	Non Fiction	Black Petals (online) - 2025	Kenneth James Crist
	Cover Art	Non Fiction	Black Petals (online), Summer 2025	Hillary Lyon
\|10	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Rapture of the Nerds	Sophia Wiseman-Rose
\|11	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Reckoning	K. J. Hannah Greenberg
\|12	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Taking Care	Hillary Lyon
\|13	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Spiders, Rats, and an Old 1957 Chevy	Michael D. Davis
\|14	Interior Art	Non Fiction	What's in Your Closet?	Hillary Lyon
\|15	Interior Art	Non Fiction	For Every Sinner	Andrew Graber
\|16	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Investigating the Hudson Street Hauntings	Darren Blanch
\|17	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Monster Outside My Window	Kelly Moyer
\|18	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Road of Skulls	Hillary Lyon
\|19	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Zombie Lover	Jack Garrett
\|3	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Any Port in a Storm	Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal
\|4	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Blind Men in Headphones	K. J. Hannah Greenberg
\|5	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Cat of Malivaunt	J. Elliott
\|6	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Death Itself!	April Lafleur
\|7	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Hook End Horror	Bernice Holtzman
\|8	Interior Art	Non Fiction	How a Werewolf Shattered My Windshield	Zachary Wilhide
\|9	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Marlene and Hubby Take the Haunted Tour	Cynthia Fawcett

Black Petals (online), Summer 2025

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