The Black Book And Other Poems

By Rik Hunik

Poems in this collection: Fantasy & Horror; Vampire Kiss, On Full moon Night, Defiance, The Skull, Dead Baby, Trees, Out On The Town. Sonnets: The Black Book, The Awakening, The Shell, The Gong, The Church, The Box, The Lake, The Tree, The Page, The Bracelet, Temple, The Hound, Old Enemies, Escape, The Wicked Witch Of The North, The Portal. Mainstream: Dreams, Life, Threads, Falling, Generic Love Poem, Defiance 2. Nonsense: Rhyme Time (A Lament), Poetic License, Is She Dead. Witches' Spell, The Ghoul. Bonus Poems: Black Sabbath 1980, Forever, Prelude. Pot Poems: Pot Pantoum, Little Jack Horner.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rik Hunik
• Release date: Oct 26, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370618897

Rik Hunik

Rik Hunik was born in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, in 1957, and has lived his entire life in BC, except for a few summers in Alberta, and a few days in Washington State climbing rocks. He has lived in Ymir, Wells, Quesnel, Prince George, Quesnel, North Vancouver, Quesnel, Burnaby, North Delta, and Quesnel. I live with my wife Jo and a blue-eyed, white cat named Mister. I mostly build houses and shops to earn a living but I'm also a writer, poet, artist, photographer, role playing game designer and independent e-book publisher. I’ve written dozens of stories, including fantasy, horror, sword & sorcery, mystery, humor, erotica, and science fiction, frequently combining genres. Forty have been published in small press magazines and e-zines, from the 200-word "The Hole" in Ascent Aspirations, to the 10,000-word novelette "Levels" in Buzzy Mag, published in May, 2012. Some of them are available now as ebooks at Smashwords. Contact me at: [e-mail]

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THE BLACK BOOK

AND OTHER POEMS

by Rik Hunik

copyright 2016 by Rik Hunik

16,550 words

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Publication History:

Poems in this volume:

Fantasy & Horror

Vampire Kiss (first publication)

On Full moon Night (Smashwords

Defiance (Smashwords)

The Skull (first publication)

Dead Baby (first publication)

Trees (first publication)

Out On The Town (first publication)

Sonnets

The Black Book

The Awakening

The Shell

The Gong

The Church

The Box (first publication)

The Lake

The Tree

The Page

The Bracelet (first publication)

The Temple

The Hound

Old Enemies

Escape

The Wicked Witch Of The North (first publication)

The Portal

Mainstream

Dreams (first publication)

Life

Threads (first publication)

Falling (first publication)

Generic Love Poem

Defiance 2 (Smashwords

Nonsense

Rhyme Time (A Lament)

Poetic License

The Eagle (first publication)

Is She Dead (first publication)

Witches' Spell (first publication)

The Ghoul

Bonus Poems

Black Sabbath 1980 (first publication)

Forever (first publication)

Prelude (first publication)

Pot Poems

Pot Pantoum (Smashwords

Little Jack Horner (Smashwords

A brief introduction:

Way back in the early 1980's, before I managed to write any worthwhile stories, while I was still heavily influenced by H.P. Lovecraft, I wrote poetry. Looking back at it a few decades later I find most of it pretty damned good, though I have less in common with the poet than I thought I would, considering he's me, or I'm him. Some of those poems weren't good enough to include in this book, and there is a chapter at the end for poems that barely made the cut.

Chapter One: Fantasy& Horror

Intro: Considering that fantasy and horror are my favourite genres for poetry, this chapter might seem rather short, but the sonnets in the next chapter, and the longer poems that make up the later