The Poisoner's Garden and Others

by Douglas Clegg

Overview

A poisonous flower, an evil doll, a well of memory and dream...

Award-winning author of dark fiction, Douglas Clegg gathers 22 of his poems for the first time ever into The Poisoner's Garden & Others, ranging from those with a dark gothic edge to rhymes of whimsy with strange twists. Plus a Foreword and Afterword by the author. 110 pages in its print edition.

Included in this Volume:

The Poisoner's Garden


Why My Doll is Evil


The Salt of Undone Collars


Swimming in Underwear


Medea in Transit


My Younger Self


Toast to the Damned


Cenote of Dreams


October Wind


On All Hallow's Eve


Song of Lupercalia


For St. Valentine's Day


On the Ides of March


Birthday


Winter Solstice


The Christmas Smite


Elegy on a Dead Frog Found in Swimming Pool


At the Station in the Rain


Still Life


That Hardscrabble Life You're In


Assam Tea


The Crime

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161265352
Publisher:	Douglas Clegg
Publication date:	05/07/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	705 KB

About the Author

Douglas Clegg is the author of many novels and stories of horror, gothic, fantasy, and suspense, including Bad Karma, Neverland, and The Hour Before Dark. His first poetry collection, The Poisoner's Garden & Others, was published in 2019.

His books have been published by Simon & Schuster, Bantam Doubleday Dell, Signet, Penguin/Ace, Kensington, Dorchester, Cemetery Dance Publications, and Alkemara Press.

Douglas lives and writes on the New England coast, where he lives with his husband of more than 30 years. He is currently working on new stories, novels and poetry.

Date of Birth:

April 1, 1958

Place of Birth:

Alexandria, Virginia