What are your thoughts on “triggers” in horror? The whole piece really highlights Poe’s mastery, as well as just being a timeless work that showcases great examples of rhythm, rhyme, atmosphere and more. There are so many to choose from, but a favorite classic I often go back to is Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel Lee.” The imagery and language are stunning, plus the raw pain of the words shows so clearly through the narrator’s voice. I’d like to try more structured things in my next collection like a few villanelles since those are some of my favorite types of poetic structures to read like with Plath’s “Mad Girl’s Love Song” and Thomas’ “do not go gentle into that good night” (which I have a quote from tattooed on me). The Devil’s Dreamland also uses a narrative arc to tell a story. I used a little more rhyme in The Devil’s Dreamland than I did in Love for Slaughter, but both collections are primarily free verse. What’s your favorite type of poetry to write (narrative, dramatic, or lyrical)?Īll types! I am very open to experimenting and pushing my own boundaries. II and V, the Horror Zine, Unnerving, Abyss & Apex, the 2018 Rhysling Anthology, 100 Word Horrors, and the Sunlight Press. Sara’s poetry, flash fiction, and short stories can be found in several magazines and anthologies, including the HWA Poetry Showcase Vol. She embraces all things strange and can be found lurking in graveyards or on Twitter and at The anthology is set for a 2020 release with Strangehouse Books. Currently, Sara is editing Not All Monsters, an anthology that will be comprised entirely of women who write speculative fiction. She is a poetry editor for the Oddville Press, a graduate of Seton Hill’s MFA program, a member of the SFPA, and an active member of the HWA.
Sara Tantlinger is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Devil’s Dreamland: Poetry Inspired by H.H.
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