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Venom and Bite
by Jay Sturner
A
spider
slipped into my cocoon
as
I slept, as
I dreamed;
the
mechanics
of transformation
infused
with
symmetry and venom.
More
balance,
more bite—
cannot
wait
to
emerge.
Jay Sturner is an
award-winning poet, fiction writer, and naturalist from the Chicago suburbs. He
is the author of several books of poetry and a collection of short stories. His
writing has appeared in such publications as The Magazine of Fantasy
& Science Fiction, Space & Time, Spectral Realms,
Not One of Us, and Star*Line, among others. He
mainly writes fantasy, horror, and science fiction, but occasionally writes in
other genres. Sturner is also a professional birdwalk leader and former
botanist.
Joseph Richkus is an enthusiastic
illustrator, photographer, writer, and reader. He has been an essential oil perfumer for
more than 20 years, and has worked as a history teacher, chemist, security guard, and circus
canvasman. He bemoans the limits of time and regrets that he is not 10 people, one of whom
would happily devote every waking hour to reading the Sunday New York Times.
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