Joseph A. Pinto

barflypoet & author of dark fiction

Welcome to Coffin Hop 2013! While racking my brain trying to decide what to do for Coffin Hop this year, I decided – what the hell, I may as well give away three prizes. Besides the prose I offer below, I’m going to pick three winners from those who comment on this post and offer …

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Complete I‘ll take what’s left of you And reassemble your pieces No need for glue No use for twine For you’re perfect broken Shattered Pieces long gone. I’ll lay you across the table, my jigsaw. The sum of your parts Telling a story Filled with gaping holes That make perfect sense Only for me. Copyright …

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Treason (acoustic guitar)   My words they’ve been swept away Feeling much the castaway If only I could bring back yesterday now, It’s all treason It’s all treason Your eyes blaze like July. Still there’s nothing I remember Of your cold heart December Such subtleties whispering goodbye. My thoughts they’ve been led astray Searching for …

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Writing my blog is a bit of a trick.  Like a magician, I employ smoke & mirrors.  Not that I’m attempting to mislead you.  No, not by a longshot.  But more often than not, I fill the pages of my horror blog with anything but horror.  I’ve mentioned before that I’m trying to strike the right …

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