Things in the Swamp
The black backwater bayou
Harbours many foul secrets
Within its dark stagnant pools.
Unnatural beasts lurk amongst
The mossy bald cypress trees
And lie unseen in the shadows.
Swampland natives weave dreadful yarns
About unspeakable horrors.
Gators, snakes, and trackless wastes
Aren’t the only mortal perils.
Terrors beyond comprehension
Also call the swamp their home.
Blind to the horrible dangers,
Fools plunge deep into the wood
Determined to probe the unknown.
They pass beneath grey-shrouded boughs
And trudge through the quagmire
In search of the terrible truth.
Insects hum in the stifling air
As frogs croak an eldritch chorus.
Then sensing the coming of death
The cacophony falls silent
As abominations arise
From their water-logged lairs.
Hideous fell creatures crawl
Out of the miry muck
Hulking, squirming, monstrous things
Devour human flesh and blood.
Bare white bones sink slowly down
Into the sucking black ooze.
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Authors: Richard H. Fay. Form: Illustrated, Poem. Length: 30 lines. Editor who accepted this story: Previous Editors. Reprint History: Poem & illo originally published in the 2008 issue of the yearly print horror magazine CHAMPAGNE SHIVERS.
Author Bio
Richard H. Fay is a published artist, illustrator, poet, and writer of non-fiction, as well as an amateur medievalist, folklore nut, fan of classic speculative literature, and avid reader of true tales of the supernatural and the unexplained.
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