Happy (Disturbingly Dark) 2020 from Thirteen Myna Birds! Dive into this new flock (the first of 2020) and try not to drown!

The first Thirteen Myna Birds Flock of 2020 has arrived and it is sad, dark, unsettling, spooky, and filled with dolls!

Sad broken hooked dolls filled with black holes and death!

Offering poetry and art by Daniel Snethen, Sandra Feen, John Grey, MISH, John Sweet, Ashley Cox, Eileen Murphy, Aaron Pride, and Wayne F Burke.

"through enameled bobbing horses against the centripetal force - You’re awakened in early light by blood dripping from the ceiling - Something's Up - the sound of baby bones breaking - in broken-down beds - I am a terminal node branched away from the circuit of perfection - my eyes crash through their sockets and I flail at the darkness - sometimes it hurts to be alone - Nurse, can you up the pain meds?"

Read me please - https://13myna.blogspot.com/

lost boy by Ashley Cox and MISH

NEW in Burning House Press - The New World Doll Dresser by Juliet Cook and j/j hastain

"...Hollyhock dolls with prisms in their eyes
and corpses hiding under their dresses
until the dresses rot away.
After all, every doll dies,
but first they sacrifice a human."

within the poem "The New World Doll Dresser" by Juliet Cook and j/j hastain, up at Burning House Press's Vision issue 🖤

read more HERE - https://burninghousepress.com/2020/01/14/the-new-world-doll-dresser-by-juliet-cook-j-j-hastain/

NEW in the January 2020 issue of Ghost City Review! - OTHERWORLDLY FORCE FIELD by Juliet Cook and j/j hastain

"A herd of deer across the street stare at me, as if
trying to determine if I'm friend or foe
but I don't know the answer. What if I'm rabid?
All I know is I want my hair to be the color of a fawn,
but it just keeps turning white."

from the poem "OTHERWORLDLY FORCE FIELD" by j/j hastain and Juliet Cook

delighted to have this poem appearing in the NEW January Issue of GHOST CITY REVIEW and excited to read the rest of the issue 🖤💙🖤

HERE - https://ghostcitypress.com/poetry-120/2020/1/10/juliet-cook-and-jj-hastain

NEW in Pink Plastic House (a tiny journal) - Keychains as Treats by Juliet Cook!

""I imagined them eating human feet
that tried to escape from the pen
in which they were planted.""

in Juliet Cook's poem "Keychains as Treats" which appears in Pink Plastic House a tiny journal today! (Yesterday it was on Instagram; today it's in the tiny journal).

Here's what poet/editor Kristin Garth says about it and you can read more and decide for yourself, HERE - https://kristingarth.com/

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"Today in the Pink Plastic House (a tiny journal) we will visit the kitchen. Bring your appetite for a bit of grotesque glitter witch magic because Juliet Cook is cooking and she is serving "Keychains as Treats," and they are intense." 🖤

Happy New Year from Blood Pudding Press!

How have we already reached the last day of 2019?!?!

A uniquely Happy New Year from me and my Blood Pudding Press!

If you would like the beginning of your New Year to be surrounded by some strange creepy wonderful irrational fearful doll-phobic poems, why not buy yourself a copy of the NEW Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, PEDIOPHOBIA by Daniel G. Snethen (with cover art by Josh Birrittieri) and help support a tiny indie small press and strange poetry?

Or choose another Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook that sounds more interesting or appealing to you.

Find out a bit more about PEDIOPHOBIA and other Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbooks here - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

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"Cabbage Patch Doll tossed

Like salad in French dressing

Dead child dripping orange"

in the poem "Nightmare of Dolls" in PEDIOPHOBIA

The new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, PEDIOPHOBIA by Daniel G. Snethen is included in Eileen Murphy's recent book recommendations! AND Daniel G. Snethen has a poetry reading coming up that showcases PEDIOPHOBIA!

Below is a photo posted by Eileen Murphy this past weekend in one of her book recommendation posts, that includes the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, PEDIOPHOBIA by Daniel G. Snethen! 🖤

Here's what Eileen Murphy had to say - and for those who might want to acquire their very own copy of PEDIOPHOBIA for the New Year, you may do so HERE -  https://www.etsy.com/listing/762123585/new-pediophobia-by-daniel-g-snethen-2019?ref=shop_home_feat_4💜

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"Eileen Recommends: (selected from my incoming mail)

LEFT: Pediophobia is a new poetry chapbook by Daniel Snethen from Blood Pudding Press: the title means "fear of DOLLS." Handcrafted, the chapbook is gorgeous, and includes some real doll's curls incorporated into the book's cover art. The poems will knock your socks off, too.

MIDDLE: Writing in Wet Cement by Jayne Lisbeth explores one woman's experiences with psychological abuse and her successful escape into joy and safety. It's a suspenseful as well as thought-provoking read. Five stars.

RIGHT: Trinity Sight by Jenn Givhan is a debut novel---a powerful, engaging story set in the post-apocalyptic future, with a few major twists. Jenn Givhan is already an award-winning, established poet. This book successfully combines the poetic magic she's known for with a story that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

photo by Eileen Murphy

Why not read all three? I guarantee you'll find lots to like."
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Also, here is a bit of information from Daniel Snethen about a poetry reading on Saturday January 4, that will showcase his work from PEDIOPHOBIA. If you live near here, consider going to see him read some poems from his new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook and other books too.

If you don't live near here and still want to partake of PEDIOPHOBIA's poetry innards, you can acquire a copy from the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/762123585/new-pediophobia-by-daniel-g-snethen-2019?ref=shop_home_feat_4

On Saturday January 4th, starting at 6 PM, at Lucky Eagle Tattoo located at 408 Main Ave,  Brookings, South Dakota, 57006!

From Daniel Snethen - "Come visit Lucky Eagle Tattoo in Brookings, SD Saturday January 4th. I will be showcasing my newest chapbook Pediophobia hand published by Blood Pudding Press with cover art by Josh Birrittieri. I will be doing readings from Pediophobia, Anne I Weep for Thee, Bird and perhaps a few other poems. I will have several poetry items for sale including several editions of DARKLING and will be signing books. Start time is 6 pm. Everyone is welcome especially other poets."

photo by Daniel Snethen

NEW in Thimble Literary Magazine - Doll's Eyes Could Kill by Juliet Cook

"how to rip themselves apart,
plant and uproot,
create their own eyes,
and grow comfortable not fitting in
to anyone else’s fairy tale
or carrying case."

in Juliet Cook's poem "Doll's Eyes Could Kill", in the NEW VOL. 2 NO. 3 of Thimble Literary Magazine

read more HERE - https://www.thimblelitmag.com/2019/12/18/dolls-eyes-could-kill/

PEDIOPHOBIA has found a new home (and it could haunt your home too)...

John Burroughs has received his copy of the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, PEDIOPHOBIA, by Daniel G. Snethen! 💜

You can find out more about this chapbook and/or acquire your own copy in the Blood Pudding Press shop, HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/762123585/new-pediophobia-by-daniel-g-snethen-2019?ref=shop_home_feat_4

Thank you very much to John Burroughs for taking this photo of PEDIOPHOBIA by Daniel Snethen, in the middle of two books by Tim Heerdink. 🙃

Lyric Essentials: Juliet Cook Reads Tory Dent

On The Sundress Blog's Lyric Essentials, Juliet Cook talks about poet Tory Dent and reads one of Dent's poems, "The Part of Me That's O".

https://sundressblog.com/2019/12/18/lyric-essentials-juliet-cook-reads-tory-dent/

Dead Dolls are Coming Back to Life in PEDIOPHOBIA (new from BLOOD PUDDING PRESS)

"Seventy times seven solstices later,
myriad discarded broken dolls
rose up from the city trash-piles,
the ash-heaps and the long
forgotten hallowed doll graves"

in the poem "The Second Coming"

within a NEW chapbook from Blood Pudding Press, as of December 2019!

PEDIOPHOBIA with poetry by Daniel G. Snethen, cover art by Josh Birrittieri, and bound with yarn and doll hair.

Read more about it and acquire a copy HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/762122669/new-pediophobia-by-daniel-g-snethen-2019?ref=shop_home_feat_1