Tuesday 11 October 2016

The Official Launch of Horror Haiku and Other Poems! #OctoberFrights Day 2




On this second day of the October Frights Blog Hop, I am officially launching my new book of horror poetry, Horror Haiku and Other Poems, so today I give a peek at this delightfully dark book. Plus, there's a small poetry excerpt from the book, the book trailer, a link to the Facebook launch party, and two giveaways for copies of the book and a poster of the creepy cover art.


Horror Haiku and Other Poems






Words linger... 
In the darkness of shadows, in the distant screams. 
They whisper past the drip, drip of blood. 
The strange beauty of words hide, waiting for you.

Embrace the horror.

Venture past safe reality, into the world of terror told in verse. Horror Haiku and Other Poems brings forth surreal dread and spins it in artistic countenance. From small chilling bites of poetry, to murky morsels of fright, come find where the words haunt you, where they live and die. 








Horror Haiku and Other Poems is available on:




And for the month of October you can get it for only .99 cents!



And now a bit of how the book came to be...

This compilation was born from the murky recesses of social media (otherwise known as Twitter) and the blood-dripping delights of #HorrorHaikuesday. As part of that weekly event I had written many creepy poems in the haiku style, so I took those bits of verse, mixed in a few more longer style poems, and pulled Horror Haiku and Other Poems out of my publishing hat. The book contains thirty-eight haiku style poems and eighteen longer form poems to form its black innards, along with some appropriately spooky accompanying photos.



An Excerpt:





Shadows over rust
Forsaken carnival fun
mask the gate to Hell

~*~




I can’t see well. Pain.
My wife is holding something.
My eyeball. I scream.

~*~


Book Trailer





I'm holding a poetry slam over on Facebook today if you'd like to drop by: 


The Horror Haiku Poetry Slam




And now for the Giveaways!


You can check out my Halloween Horror Haiku Giveaway! (live until October 31st) by clicking on the Giveaway Tab at the top of the blog or this link: Halloween Horror Haiku Giveaway!

And here's my October Frights Book Giveaway!



And now you can continue on your journey, and check out the rest of the Blog Hop and the delights these wonderful people have in store.


6 comments:

katie M John said...

Really loved these <3 <3 Congratulations on your launch day. Wishing you all the best!

A. F. Stewart said...

Thanks, Katie.

Winnie Jean Howard said...

This is soooo cool! Congrats on the new book!

A. F. Stewart said...

Thanks, Wendy. So far launch day has been a success.

Unknown said...

Loved the trailer for the new book. I'm bummed I missed out on the Horror Haiku Poetry Slam. Oh well... maybe next time.

A. F. Stewart said...

Thanks. It is a shame you missed it, and you're definitely welcome at the next one.

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