Black Petals Issue #112 Summer, 2025

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Any Port in a Storm: Fiction by Stephen Lochton Kincaid
Blind Men in Headphones: Fiction by Richard Brown
The Cat of Malivaunt: Fiction by Jim Wright
Death Itself!: Fiction by Fred L. Taulbee, Jr.
The Hook End Horror: Fiction by Brian K. Sellnow
How a Werewolf Shattered My Windshield: Fiction by Andre Bertolino
Marlene and Hubby Take the Haunted Tour: Fiction by Robb White
Rapture of the Nerds: Fiction by Robert Borski
Reckoning: Fiction by Floyd Largent
Taking Care: Fiction by Michaele Jordan
Spiders, Rats, and an Old 1957 Chevy: Fiction by Roy Dorman
What's in Your Closet?: Fiction by Hillary Lyon
For Every Sinner: Flash Fiction by John Whitehouse
Investigating the Hudson Street Hauntings: Flash Fiction by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
The Monster Outside My Window: Flash Fiction by Jay D. Falcetti
The Road of Skulls: Flash Fiction by David Barber
The Zombie Lover: Flash Fiction by Cindy Rosmus
CraVe: Poem by Casey Renee Kiser
Dead Girls: Poem by Kasey Renee Kiser
Fck Me Like a Dyed FlwR: Poem by Casey Renee Kiser
Phil, The Chosen One: Poem by Nicholas De Marino
Paranormal Portions: Poem by John H. Dromey
Greater Uneasiness: Poem by Frank Iosue
Of Gender and Weaponry: Poem by Frank Iosue
Magister Renfield: Poem by Simon MacCulloch
Bad Egg: Poem by Simon MacCulloch
Ghost Train: Poem by Simon MacCulloch
Old Scratch: Poem by Simon MacCulloch
Carthage: Poem by Craig Kirchner
Confession: Poem by Craig Kirchner
I Know a Tripper: Poem by Craig Kirchner
The Revenent: Poem by Scott Rosenthal
An Early Grave: Poem by Stephanie Smith
Doppelganger: Poem by Stephanie Smith
The Sounds of Night: Poem by Stephanie Smith
Dead Ringer: Poem by Kenneth Vincent Walker
The Red House (of Death): Poem by Kenneth Vincent Walker
Under Cover of Night: Poem by Kenneth Vincent Walker

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Cover Art by Hillary Lyon © 2025

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EDITORIAL STAFF:

Kenneth James Crist—Editor
Hillary Lyon—Art Director
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
(In order of appearance)
Stephen Lochton Kincaid
Richard Brown
Jim Wright
Fred L. Taulbee, Jr.
Brian K. Sellnow
Andre Bertolino
Robb White
Robert Borski
Floyd Largent
Michaele Jordan
Roy Dorman
Hillary Lyon
John Whitehouse
LindaAnn LoSchiavo
Jay D. Falcetti
David Barber
Cindy Rosmus
Casey Renee Kiser
Nicholas De Marino
John H. Dromey
Frank Iosue
Simon MacCulloch
Craig Kirchner
Scott Rosenthal
Stephanie Smith
Kenneth Vincent Walker

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

Cover: Hillary Lyon

Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal

KJ Hannah Greenberg

J. Elliott

April Lafleur

Bernice Holtzman

Zachary Wilhide

Cynthia Fawcett

Sophia Wiseman-Rose

Hillary Lyon

Michael D. Davis

Andrew Graber

Darren Blanch

Kelly Moyer

Jack Garrett















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