**** I can’t decide. You are all freakin’ awesome. Drop me an email at axelhow@gmail.com and allayouse poetic maniacs win a copy of NIGHT SHADE for your Kindles.****

Alright. Let’s do this.

A couple days late, a few dollars short, and a whole big bag of kickass #CoffinHop posts bouncing around the internets, haunting your dreams and shaking your trees…

Today is the day. Dia De Los Muerte Poetic Jelly

Here’s how it works. This be a Death Poetry Jam… I’m gonna just slam out some poetic vibes on you right here. You leave me your own amazing poetry in the comments section (haiku, tanka, onomatopiea operatic, jailhouse knife taunt, electric boogaloo, hardcore rap throwdown, rural vista, iambic pentameter, Homeric Epic… whatever the funk moves you!)

I will pick (3) winners to receive Kindle copies of the incredible NIGHT SHADE volume 1, put together by the equally incredible Katie John (and also featuring work from our beloved Red Tash)

This lovely dark and terrible tome features two of my own dark poems, “Ghosts” and “Cold Sunrise”. Speaking of which, go visit Katie John on Dark Heart & Night Shade for a little blurb on yours truly! All part of the #CoffinHop fun.

And, as always, be sure to hit the list on WWW.COFFINHOP.COM to visit all 80-some members of the #CoffinHop Coven and get your spookarilla on!

Now here’s my 2013 #CoffinHop

“Death Sits Pretty On His Lips”

He sits forlorn

In painted rooms

That reek of rotting vermin

Sickly sweet

And tangy rose

Ballooning from within them

Lovers leave

And fathers bleed

Mothers cry forgotten sons

One last complaint

One kiss forgot

Dead eyes of Devil’s fortune

 – © Axel Howerton

So come up with something (take, say, 5 minutes) and post it in the comments and you could win NIGHT SHADE Vol. 1

Check me out on @AxelHow in about an hour for the #CoffinHop LiveTweet of BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW, which you can check out on Netflix now!

DIA DE LOS COFFIN HOPS DOS on the ol’ #CoffinHop express and I have a one day contest/giveaway scheduled.

Continue reading Working Dead! #CoffinHop Day 2! Win you some Zombie tale… →

Yeah, baby. World Series action tonight. Check out my fackin’ angry champeen beahhdy face… GO SOX!

On top of that, I need to do another recording of Amy K. Marshall‘s super-boss story The Ghosts of Kuskulana for the #CoffinHop

Yeah, I guess I also have to start writing posts for #CoffinHop

I’ve pretty much spent what feels like about 10 hours per day the last week getting everything set-up for the Hop, finalizing DEATH BY DRIVE-IN publishing with the absolutely amazing team from Sirens Call Publishing, chasing down lollygaggers and miscreants, updating website lists, twitter handles, email rosters, blah blah blah… on top of working my two day jobs.

As I mentioned yesterday, COFFIN HOP: DEATH BY DRIVE-IN is now available and entirely benefitting the good folks at LitWorld.org as does the newly-refurbished COFFIN HOP STORE, now featuring exclusive COFFIN HOP PRESS gear. Pick that shit up. Wear it to yo office Xmas party. Get a little drunk. Chance a little grabby. Send me a copy of your mug shot.

Now… OFF TO HOPPIN’! Check back tomorrow for the first of any posts and prizes and check out www.coffinhop.com for all the fun starting tomorrow morning!