Check out my most recent published projects, all accessible on my website:
1. An #AwardWinning #PictureBook, "Usha and the Big Digger", illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat and published by Charlesbridge.
2. An adult #SpeculativePoem, "My Mother, the Exoskeleton", featured in Tower Magazine.
3. An adult #SciFi #InteractiveFiction piece, "Bridges Must Fall", on StoryLoom.
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Poem "The Birth of Sentience on Aggraboth V" originally published Mar. 2008 in The Fifth Di..., Edition 10, #1, and also published Oct. 2009 in the online version of Abandoned Towers.
Background illustration reworking of illustration originally published Oct. 2009 in the online version of Abandoned Towers
Poem and Illustration Copyright © Richard H. Fay
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Poem "Marriage of Earth and Antares" originally published Feb. 2008 in Issue 2 of Sounds of the Night and also published in the September/October 2010 Issue of the webzine Aphelion:
http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/poetry/2010/09/MarriageofEarthandAntares.html
Background image by Richard H. Fay
Poem Copyright © 2008 Richard H. Fay
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Scifaiku "temporal crack" originally published in the webzine APHELION, May 2009, and also published in the online version of ABANDONED TOWERS, June 2009.
"Temporal Crack" illustration ("Charging Knight" and "Allosaurus") originally published in the online version of ABANDONED TOWERS, June 2009.
Scifaiku and illustration both Copyright © Richard H. Fay
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Poem "Souls Adrift" originally published Apr 8, 2010 in Fear and Trembling and also published May 2011 in the webzine Aphelion and Dec 2, 2012, in Issue 17 of the horror poetry newsletter Dark Metre.
Background illustration "Tortured Souls" previously unpublished in a zine.
Poem and illustration both Copyright © Richard H. Fay
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Cinquain "Fairy Bandits" originally published December 2009 in the webzine Aphelion":
http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/.../12/FairyBandits_.html
Cinquain Copyright © 2009 Richard H. Fay
Photo of "Pantry Door" by Richard H. Fay
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Poem "Texas Stargazin'" originally published Nov. 2010 in Issue #7 of Abandoned Towers.
"Texas Stargazin'" illustration by Richard H. Fay previously unpublished.
Poem and Illustration Both Copyright © Richard H. Fay
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Poem "Wondrous Gobbledygook" originally published Apr. 2011 in the webzine Aphelion:
https://www.aphelion-webzine.com/poetry/2011/04/Gobbledegook.html
and also published Oct. 2016 in Altered Reality Magazine and Feb. 2022 ) in HimmelSkibet (in Kenneth Krabat’s review of Peter Graarup Westergaard’s poetry collection Warning Light Calling).
Illustration "Blue-Green Fuguwordle" previously unpublished.
Poem and Illustration Copyright © Richard H. Fay
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Poem originally published Aug. 2011 in the webzine Aphelion:
https://www.aphelion-webzine.com/poetry/2011/08/LastThoughts.html
and also published online Oct. 2016 in Altered Reality Magazine:
https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/last-thoughts-of-a-cosmic-fighter-pilot-by-richard-h-fay/
Background image by Richard H. Fay
Poem and Background Image © Richard H. Fay
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Poem originally published Spring 2009 in Vol. IV Issue 4 of Tales of the Talisman and also published March 2010 in the online version of Abandoned Towers and April 2012 in Issue 8 of Shelter of Daylight.
Background illustration a reworking of an illustration originally published July 2010 in the online version of Abandoned Towers.
Poem and Illustration Copyright © Richard H. Fay
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Horrorku "pale shadow" Copyright © 2010 Richard H. Fay
Originally published in Scifaikuest (print), Vol. VIII No. 2, Nov. 2010
Background image by Richard H. Fay
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Poem "The Lambton Worm" (Visual Version)
Poem "The Lambton Worm" originally published Dec. 2007 in the webzine Aphelion:
http://208.113.131.217/poetry/2007/12/LambtonWorm.html
Background illustration "The Lambton Worm" by Richard H. Fay.
Poem and Illustration Copyright © Richard H. Fay
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Poem originally published Dec. 2012 in Issue 43 of Aoife's Kiss and also published Oct. 2016 in Altered Reality Magazine (online) and Feb. 2021 in Spaceports & Spidersilk.
Illustration originally published Dec. 2012 in Issue 43 of Aoife's Kiss and also published Feb. 2021 in Spaceports & Spidersilk.
Poem and Illustration Copyright © 2012 Richard H. Fay
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Horrorku "glimmering embers" originally published September 2009 in Issue Four of The Monsters Next Door and also published June 2010 in the webzine Aphelion:
https://www.aphelion-webzine.com/poetry/2010/06/GlimmeringEmbers.html
Horrorku Copyright © 2009 Richard H. Fay
Background rendered by Richard H. Fay using GIMP.
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Poem "Galactic Road Trip" originally published Summer 2008 in Tales of the Talisman 4-1, and also published Oct. 2008 in the online version of Abandoned Towers.
Illustration "Galactic Road Trip (2018)" originally published Feb. 2021 in Spaceports & Spidersilk.
Poem and Illustration Copyright © Richard H. Fay
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Poem "Death's Ship" originally published in Aphelion, July 2011:
https://aphelion-webzine.com/.../2011/07/DeathsShip.html
Background illustration "Death's Ship" by Richard H. Fay
Poem and Illustration Copyright © Richard H. Fay
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My latest Dark Poems to read FREE: “Aquarium Girl”, “The Spooks”, “One Tear”, “Happy Helloween”, and “If Houses Could Talk” in The Sirens Call, Halloween 2022, Issue 59, http://www.sirenscallpublications.com/pdfs/SirensCallEZine_Halloween2022.pdf
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