The Horrible

By John Edward Lawson

Lawson’s second poetry collection mixes the humorous with the grotesque in a bizarre collection of new and previously published poetry. This volume showcases his more story-like poems, many of which are favorites at his readings. Appearances by Pee Wee Herman, the hook hand of urban legend, and the Egyptian god Anubis will have you laughing despite yourself. This second edition contains over 30 pages of bonus material featuring Lawson at his most bizarre and irreverent.

"Collected poetry from previous publications, The Horrible gives you tiny tastes of the horrific dementia and wonderfully imagined regurgitations of Lawson's own nightmare bucket. He leaves you with images that will remain long after you've finished reading — something akin to shadows in the aftermath of an A-Bomb." -Kelli Owen for HorrorWeb

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raw Dog Screaming Press
• Release date: Nov 30, 2019

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Also by John Edward Lawson

Novels

The Steamologist’s Husband, or: On the Unfortunate Morphology of Peculiar Institutions

New Mosque City

Last Burn in Hell

Collections

SMEXI

Crimes Against Profanity

Paramourn: Unfortunate Romances

Truth in Ruins

Devil Entendre

Lawson vs. LaValley (with Dustin LaValley)

Discouraging at Best

Pocket Full of Loose Razorblades

Poetry

No Clean Way to Die

Wholesome Terror: Lawfully Combative Verse

A Ghetto Stylee: Haiku, Not Self Improvement…Get Yourself a Life!

SuiPsalms

The Troublesome Amputee

The Plague Factory

The Scars are Complimentary

Nonfiction

Zombies as a Racial Proxy

Illustrated Books

Verminomicon (with Anthony DeBartolis)

A Child’s Guide to Death (with Dustin LaValley, Darin Malfi, and Mark Sullivan)

As Editor

Tempting Disaster

Sick: An Anthology of Illness

Of Flesh and Hunger: Tales of the Ultimate Taboo

Acknowledgements

Adventist Flesh first publishd in Doorways Magazine

The Barking Beagle Who So Boisterously Misbehaves first published in Cemetery Poets: Graves Offerings

Belly of the City first published in Dust Devil

Deus Ex Mecha-Lekka-Hi Mecha-Hiney-Ho first published in Cemetery Poets: Graves Offerings

Dialogue at 10:44 first published in Psychopoetica

Diseased Sleep first published in Cemetery Poets: Graves Offerings

The Educational Value of Professional Wrestling first published in Horrorfind Fiction

Get on the Anubus first published in October Rush

I Shovel first published in Cemetery Poets: Graves Offerings

Infracturation first published in Scared Naked

Inoperative Heart first published in Horrorfind Fiction

The Jackal Intern first published in Decompositions

Liana first published in Muse Apprentice Guild

Love Poem #13 first published in Decompositions

A Monster Runs Through It first publilshed in Spoken War

Monster’s Ball first published in Decompositions

Nerf Sex Doll first published in Cthulhu Sex Magazine

Rare Tiles first published in Cemetery Poets: Graves Offerings

Rock Star Buried in Black (for Mourners) first published in Wicked Hollow

Super Ate Family Films first published in The Goreletter

Suture Sound first published in Cemetery Poets: Graves Offerings

They Escaped From His Head first published in Cemetery Poets: Graves Offerings

Trickle Down Syndrome first published in Doorways Magazine

Victims Aren’t the Only Ones first published in Horrorfind Fiction

The Violation Committee first published in Cemetery Poets: Graves Offerings

Contents

Also by John Edward Lawson

Acknowledgements

The Dreamatorium

Dialogue at 10:44

Gramma Snuff

The Jackal Intern

Inoperative Heart

Oothecan Purgatory

The Slush Pile

The Violation Committee

Rock Star Buried in Black (for Mourners)

Liana

Infracturation

Pedophile #187

Diseased Sleep

Love Poem #13

Puckering Petfood

The Barking Beagle Who So Boisterously Misbehaves

The Educational Value