This image haunts me still
My sister?pallid cheeks
Wet from crying,
Hair wind-damaged
And unkempt
Once bright blue eyes
Gleaming over the horizon
Of an innocent world
Seeing all dreams
Pleasant from there
Now dull and glazed
Over by time
Lip bloodied and bruised
Eyeball barely in socket
Dressed in clothes
From a decade ago
Her hands shaking
Her voice breaking
And still she whispers
I love him.

Reprinted with permission.

Christina's wickedly fun horror tale Nite Bite appearred in the Septemebr issue of out mag:
 http://www.feministjournal.com/night_bite.html

In February #2 City Slab(http://www.cityslab.com),  check out my revealing interview with popular writer Elizabeth Massie....
See my review of her latest book, Shadow Dreams, at Midwest Book Review!!!
************************CityMorgue.com, Feb 03 issue, contains an article about film maker Wayne Harold!!  Don't miss it!
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Biting Midnight is a new collection of dark fantasy/horror poetry by Maria Alexander and Christina Kiplinger-Johns. The book is  published by Medium Rare Books and is available now.  The book has made it to preliminary nomination for a Bram Stoker Award!!
http://www.mediumrarebooks.com