Haiku Horror Stories

By Carey Burns

These are not traditional haikus! Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry. A haiku has three lines with five syllables in the first, seven syllables in the second, and five syllables in the third. Traditional haikus have a specific subject matter, but my haikus are not traditional. Here is an example of one of my haikus:

Once the howling stops
Is when you should really run
They can taste your fear

I have enjoyed writing haikus since grade school (which is many, many years ago) and recently began to twist them into micro flash fiction stories with rather dark subject matter.
This is a collection of my favorite haiku horror stories with a handful of individual haikus mixed in for good measure. I hope you enjoy reading them.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Carey Burns
• Release date: Nov 12, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301594689

Carey Burns

Carey Burns is a horror writer whose works have appeared in several print and online anthologies. She has a strange fixation with Hello Kitty, she enjoys cupcakes of nearly every flavor, and she cannot dance well.

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Haiku Horror Stories

By Carey Burns

Copyright 2012 Carey Burns

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Front cover art by Jill Hejl

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This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblances to actual characters, places, incidents, or people (living or dead) are coincidental.

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About this book

Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry. A haiku has three lines with five syllables in the first, seven syllables in the second, and five syllables in the third. Traditional haikus have a specific subject matter, but my haikus are not traditional. Here is an example of one of my haikus:

Once the howling stops

Is when you should really run

They can taste your fear

I have enjoyed writing haikus since grade school (which is many, many years ago) and recently began to twist them into micro flash fiction stories with rather dark subject matter.

This is a collection of my favorite haiku horror stories with a handful of individual haikus mixed in for good measure. I hope you enjoy reading them.

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When the cold wind blows

And the moon is overhead

I believe in ghosts

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Toy Collector

Down the dusty streets

The cart rattled to a stop

And the driver sighed

He pulled off his cap

And hopped down from his high seat

Then rang a brass bell

One by one, mothers

Came out to his small wagon

Clutching worn