Songs of Shadow, Words of Woe by Matthew R Davis

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The beach where his teenage sister disappeared /

Time and dream melt in the mouth of deep weird—

An open mic night bears witness to a fury /

A life-changing performance before a dread jury—

A truck stop photo by a touring punk bassist /

A chase across the country and her most personal places—

Seven friends mourn a beloved queer icon /

A final bequest unleashes the deepest dark of an eidolon…

 

Songs of shadow, words of woe!

 

A lonely film student attends a free indie screening /

Will this obscure flick bring the end he’s dreaming?

—Two wilful women climb a hill to watch a storm /

And learn their town’s history of racism and scorn—

Grotesque gangsters in a burlesque club dive /

Trouble erupts when a new player arrives—

Invited to experience true terror, not a relic /

A horror film fan runs through a theatre derelict…

 

Songs of shadow, words of woe!

 

Thirteen morbidly melodic deep cuts from Matthew R. Davis, including the Australasian

Shadows Award-winning “Steadfast Shadowsong” and the Shirley Jackson Award-nominated

novelette “Heritage Hill.”