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About me: We're Mark McLaughlin and Michael McCarty, authors of the poetry collection from Skullvines Press, ATTACK OF THE TWO-HEADED POETRY MONSTER. This book made the final ballot for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Poetry Collection of 2008. Huzzah!
HOT NEWS -- Hold the phone!: A digital chapbook by Mark McLaughlin and Michael McCarty, PROFESSOR LaGUNGO’S DELIRIOUS DOWNLOAD OF DIGITAL DEVILTRY & DOOM, has just been released! Here's where to find out more: Horror-Mall.com!
THIS JUST IN: Skullvines Press has released Mark McLaughlin's new book, TWISTED TALES FOR SICK PUPPIES. Visit Skullvines(dot)com to find out more about the book.
THIS ALSO JUST IN: Here's a little movie about Mike McCarty's new novel, a vampire satire entitled LIQUID DIET...
Here's the cover of Mike and Mark's first novel, MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL.
Here's another little movie you're sure to enjoy....
When It Comes To Horror Poetry, Two Heads Are Better Than One!
Attack Of The Two-Headed Poetry Monster features more than 80 horror and dark fantasy poems by your hosts on this MySpace page, Bram Stoker Award-winning author Mark McLaughlin and Bram Stoker Award Finalist Michael McCarty.
It even includes two long collaborative poems by the diabolical duo. The styles of the poems range from light-hearted to dead-serious -- from whimsical to Gothic to midnight-horrific.
The collection includes an Introduction by Bram Stoker Award-winning poet Rain Graves, an Afterword by prominent poet, editor and artist Sandy DeLuca, and cover art and interior illustrations by Mark McLaughlin.
To find out more about this terrifying tome, go to the website for Skullvines Press. Visit their page to find out about the Skullvines McMonstrous Contest.
Sample Poems from ATTACK OF THE TWO-HEADED POETRY MONSTER
by Mark McLaughlin and Michael McCarty
NOW IS THE WINTER OF MY DISCONTENT PTERODACTYL
by Mark McLaughlin
He absolutely hates the snow, so
he huddles in the attic, giving me
static, squawking, clawing madly
at that paisley couch up there,
keeping me awake. Stupid bird.
I raised him from an egg I found
down by the lake, buried in ooze
that crawled with yellow grubs.
I plucked that egg from the slime,
rubbed it down with paper towels,
kept it safe and warm.
Pretty soon: a crack, a scaly toe,
a toothy beak, pale blue eyes
and a whole lot of attitude.
Listen to that stupid bird up there,
making all that racket. He's cold
and crabby, but what can I do?
I turned the heat up, wrapped him
in some scarves. He does this
every year. He's nicer in summer,
when I let him out to fly and hunt.
He's kind of like a crazy cat,
who'll purr and lick your chin,
then scratch your hand. That's why
I only have one eye. He lashed out
but I know he didn't mean it.
He didn't realize how soft,
how dainty humans are. Stupid bird.
I love him, though. I'll take him up
some burgers soon, and oil his wings.
His icy eyes warm up when I do that.
I wonder if he knows he has a friend?
Probably not. He's just
my stupid bird.
SOMEBODY’S KNOCKING
by Michael McCarty
Somebody’s knocking,
don’t answer the door.
It might just be a looter, looking for more.
Whatever you do,
Don’t let him in.
It's a big-city riot
and your life's gonna end.
Somebody’s knocking,
don’t answer the door.
It might just be Jesus, Son of the Lord.
Whatever you do,
don’t let Him in.
It's the Second Coming
and mankind's gonna end.
Somebody’s knocking,
don’t answer the door.
It might just be Satan, foul to the core.
Whatever you do,
don’t let Him in.
It's the Apocalypse
and the world's gonna end.
OF THEE I SING
by Michael McCarty
Who'd have believed
the greatest nation in the world,
America, would fall to dust?
Once so alive, it is now extinct.
The survivors wander this sprawling graveyard,
wishing they were dead --
seeking food, shelter, salvation,
finding nothing.
The lucky ones lie dead on windswept streets.
Their dull, staring eyes have turned
away from their own country,
toward the nation of God.
WICKED QUEEN
by Mark McLaughlin
She was born
with a black umbilical cord.
She has blood-red lips, purple eyelids
and lustrously long, thick black lashes --
and that’s without her make-up.
Her scarlet nails naturally grow into
needle-thin points. Her insidious gaze
makes any mirror magical.
Glass paperweights become mystic
crystal balls when stroked gently,
lovingly by her claws. She is a creature
of beautiful horror and horrible beauty,
as cold and delicate as ice crystals
in a winter spiderweb. She is exquisite,
unique -- and without companion.
Nature does not dare to create
her mate, and no lesser creature
has the courage to woo her.
Shadows long and monsters tall,
who is the saddest one of all?
The answer can be found
in her mirror.
IT CAME FROM URANUS
by Michael McCarty
Uranians,
the sludgy brown creatures
from Uranus,
stink to high heaven
and leave skid marks
when they walk.
Only two people
could stand their stench --
an old man who’d lost his
sense of smell
and a street-person who
lived in a sewer.
When they asked the aliens,
"Where did you come from?"
and they replied,
"Uranus!"
even those two ran off.
The Uranians
really don’t mind.
They're used to being alone.
Uranus
is a lonely place.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
MARK McLAUGHLIN
Mark McLaughlin's fiction, nonfiction and poetry have appeared in hundreds of magazines, anthologies, newspapers and websites. His books of short stories include Slime After Slime, Motivational Shrieker, Pickman's Motel, and a three-way collection with Shane Ryan Staley and Brian Knight entitled At The Foothills Of Frenzy & Other Freakish Forays. His poetry collections include Professor LaGungo's Exotic Artifacts & Assorted Mystic Collectibles, Men Are From Hell, Women Are From The Galaxy Of Death, and Phantasmapedia, which have all been Bram Stoker Finalists for Best Poetry Collection. He is the co-author, with Rain Graves and David Niall Wilson, of the poetry book The Gossamer Eye, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Poetry. You can find out more about Mark's poetry at www.myspace.com/phantasmapedia.
MICHAEL McCARTY
Michael McCarty is a former stand-up comedian, coffeehouse musician and managing editor of a music magazine. His first book, Giants of The Genre, was a collection of interviews with the greats of sci-fi, horror and fantasy including Dean Koontz, Ray Bradbury, Peter Straub, Connie Willis and others. He also wrote Dark Duets, a collection of short-story collaborations, Little Creatures, Modern Mythmakers, and More Giants of The Genre, which was a Bram Stoker Finalist for Best Nonfiction Book. He is also the author of Ghostly Tales of Route 66, co-written with Connie Corcoran Wilson, and more forthcoming books -- a complete list can be found online at www.myspace.com/monsterbook. Currently he is a staff writer for Science Fiction Weekly, the website of the SCI FI Channel.
Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin are co-authors of the horror novel, Monster Behind The Wheel, published by Corrosion Press/Delirium Books and All Things Dark And Hideous, a short story collection published by Rainfall Books in England. You can find out more about their books at www.myspace.com/monsterbook.
Thank you for adding me as a friend. As you can see I am a fiction writer promoting my work on myspace. I have two published books and several more on the way. I frequently post short stories on my blog as a way of staying in touch with readers and for new readers to gauge my work. If you get the chance please check it out, and thanks again for the friendship. Best, Mark
Thanks for the add and your support Mark and Michael. Love your stuff. Very funny
Please check out my new Multi Award Winning film Little Chenier (above), Organizm and Prom Night which are all available on DVD. My latest film "Quarantine" is being released on DVD in February 2009 - I think you'll like it. And make sure you subscribe to my BLOG for the latest updates and ask all your friends to add me too
Thanks for the myspacial friendship, Mark and Michael! And here’s wishing you a week welling over with wacky whims, wonderful weirdness, and well-disposed weregnomes.
Thanks for the request, guys! I'd like to invite you to check out SINISTER LANDSCAPES, the gothic horror anthology I've edited. It was a number one bestseller on Amazon. com and features 18 creepy short stories from today's best independent writers including one from yours truly.
Thanks for the add, guys. It's great to meet another couple of writers.
I don't spend quite as much time on MySpace these days. You are more likely to find me on the discussion board on my website. It's a lively place where we talk about books, martial arts, single malts and pretty much everything else. I hope you'll stop by.
