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In these poems, Ashley Dioses evokes an unrelenting sequence of raw, carnal images sure to delight all fans of the morbid and the macabre. Down frightful corridors both internal and external, the poetess leads us through the cobwebs of the natural world, through the entrance to a realm of sorcery, demons, and the undead. Emerging from this twilight Otherworld, harrowed by haunting sensations, we find ourselves questioning sanity as we stumble upon a surgical suite filled with delectable selections of bloody delights. Treat yourself to some cemetery necromancy, or sit back and enjoy a nice cloying sorbet with The Withering. With a foreword by horror/sci-fi/cyberpunk legend John Shirley, and featuring cover art and numerous interior illustrations by noted British weird artist Mutartis Boswell.

ASHLEY DIOSES is a writer of dark fiction and poetry from southern California. Her debut collection of dark traditional poetry, Diary of a Sorceress, was released in 2017 by Hippocampus Press. Her poetry has appeared in Weird Fiction Review, Cemetery Dance Publications, Weirdbook, Black Wings VI: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror, Vastarien, and others. Her poem "Cobwebs" was mentioned in Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year Volume Twelve. She has also appeared in the Horror Writers Association Poetry Showcase in 2016 and 2020 for her poems "Ghoul Mistress" and "Her Heart that Flames Would Not Devour" respectively. She was also a nominee for the 2019 Pushcart Prize. She is an active member in the Horror Writers Association and a member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. She blogs at fiendlover.blogspot.com.