screaming

by John Reinhart

What dreams do you fear?Here Reinhart expands from his sci-fi, experimental, and family standards for a darker pen dipped in blood, darkness, loss, confusion, disorientation, and fear. These 24 prose poems deviate in style from Reinhart's previous collections, but readers familiar with his work will recognize common themes of personal struggle, light in darkness, ants, papers, and Kevin Bacon.Reinhart describes himself as a transtemporal arsonist, so these vignettes serve as sparks in the night against time, little possibilities to light the morning path. His work has been nominated for multiple Rhysling and Dwarf Stars Awards, and Reinhart was awarded the 2016 Dark Poetry Scholarship from the Horror Writers Association. Darkness is beautiful, even as it eats away at each of us.To date, he has penned four collections of poetry, most recently “broken bottle of time” (Alban Lake, 2017). Find his work at and @JReinhartPoet

Genres: Poetry

34 pages, Paperback

Published August 12, 2017

About the author

An arsonist by trade, John Reinhart spends his spare time gluing things together.

A member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, he edits its quarterly print journal Star*Line. His latest collection is How to Ride a Turtle Through a Time Vortex.

Reviews

[DivaDiane SM · Rating 4 out of 5]

I support the author on Patreon and this chapbook was given as a thank you.

It leans more toward horror than is to my taste. The poems are prose poems, which are basically dreams or nightmares that are often surreal and disjointed.

The descriptions are vivid and very evocative and I appreciate that John is fearless in his quest to express himself in any way possible.

[Christina Sng · Rating 5 out of 5]

A darkly introspective narrative so immersive it sweeps you into its dreamlike nightmarish world. Each vignette ties to the next yet is powerful enough to stand on its own. The most haunting pieces are undoubtedly "neighbors" and "old kid". Highly recommended.

[John Reinhart · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm biased. Of course, I love it. It's different than my other work. Mostly. These are nightmares written in second person. Weird, fun, dark.

[John Reinhart · Rating 5 out of 5]

of course I'm biased, but I am both afraid of and wholly in love with this collection of nightmares

[Andrea Blythe · Rating 5 out of 5]

A haunting collection of poetry presenting beautifully surreal nightmares.