A Nightmare Diary
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Slice-of-life poems from a small town where black cats have overrun the cemetery, dead clowns clog the sewers, and no one acknowledges the low chanting coming from the woods.
Chris McGuinness
Chris McGuinness is a writer and poet. He lives in Belton, Texas.
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