Goblin Fruit–recent temptations

The new issue of GF is live. http://www.goblinfruit.net/winter08/

We all enjoy that delicious thrill of something scary read from the comfort and safety of our own armchairs or from the warm cocoon of our own beds. Remember ghost stories at slumber parties? That’s the only reason I ever got invited, to tell a good ghost story. Or ghost stories around the campfire? It’s okay to have an icy finger run up our spines, when we’re in the company of friends and firelight. There are definitley some poems in this issue that will bring back that thrill. And there’s some wonderful language, see Sonya Taaffe’s “Cherries in Winter” and “Night Auger” by Lucinda Lawson. Then there are a few that are downright scary. More than the delicious chill, they make me look over my shoulder and hope what I’m thinking about isn’t there!  It’s the reason I prefer cozy mysteries and procedurals to forensic stories. So “St. Lucia”  is only for those who like the details. Scares me silly! I like my eyelids whole, thank you.