Editor’s page, Black Petals issue #113, October 15th,
2025
Hi, Boys and Ghouls!
We’re back with another
great issue of Black
Petals. This is our Halloween issue and it’s packed with good stuff.
In our opener, “Deadly
Depictions,” Carolyn
O’Brien takes us to visit a strange man who is gathering samples that match
what he’s seeing in fences and walls. Very strange, and the ending is even
stranger…
“Recess,” by
Stephen Lochton Kincaid, was a
story I held over from last issue. I had too much material, but I couldn’t let
this one go. It was one of those that bothered me and I hope it bothers you,
too.
Cindy Rosmus is with us,
too. The editor of our
sister mag, Yellow Mama, brings us a brand-new story I’m sure you’ll like.
“Icing It” is about spells and pranksters and the whole evil-eye, Italian
experience. A good fit for Halloween, too.
We have a couple of our
regulars back, Roy
Dorman and Gene Lass, and we are giving two college students their first ever
publications. Welcome, Emely Taveras and Kalliope Mikos. We hope we’ll get to
see more of your stuff, soon.
In our Flash
Fiction section, Hillary Lyon gives us a double shot with “Acme
Bio-Refrigeration Services, Inc.”, and “The Beast of Warehouse 9.” The first is
just creepy and the second is a good old Sci-Fi story. We don’t get enough of
those.
The poetry section
is loaded for bear, too, with great poems by old friends, Joseph Danoski, Donna
Dallas and Peter Mladinic and newcomer John Yamrus. We’re pretty sure we’ve got
your ghoulish needs covered this time around, so have a good time and I’ll let
ya get to it!
P.S: As we “go to
press” we are short a couple of illustrations and we will post those when they
arrive. Thanks for your patience!
Kenny
October
15th,
2025
