"Rain Graves writes really nasty poetry.
She is a mistress of creating images that stick, the kind that you cannot get
out of your mind—not even using steel wool and a small, extremely sharp
knife."
— Neil Gaiman
Barfodder: Poetry Written in Dark Bars & Questionable Cafes
by Rain Graves
Worlds created; nightmares given. The universe is a tiny grain of sand, and
by turns, it opens up into a revolving world of horrific little poems in Barfodder by Rain Graves.
Each poem tells a distinct story—from serial killers, to love and loss,
to the raising of Cthulhu in a haiku.
Each poem in this collection was inspired by and written in a dark bar or questionable
café throughout her travels...called forth by ominous candles, succulent
liquors, and velvet curtains to delight the reader with a sensory of dark, demonic,
luxurious imagery.
It slides off the tongue like river slime...or a very good port (depending
on if you swallow).
About the Author:
Rain Graves is a Bram Stoker Award winning poet and writer (2002), currently
living in San Francisco with one large black cat, and one small white cat. She
has been published in the horror fiction and poetry genre since 1997, in various
magazines, books, and webzines.
Praise and Reviews:
"Bukowski meets Lovecraft in this collection of more than 100 short poems from Stoker-winner Graves (Blood of a Black Bird). She explores a diversity of themes, including love, the search for self and the ubiquity of death in all its forms, from a scorned woman contemplating murder to a flying dinosaur devouring all in its path. Grave's cynical wit and macabre imagination are showcased in “Ladies of the Night,” where female barflies are likened to melancholy vampires; the brilliantly allegorical “Unwanted Yellow Flowers,” where lawn mowers have “metallic teeth” and dandelions “lay in wait/for the kiss of death”; and “Slick Eddie Dog One-Fifty-One,” where a killer describes his victims as matchbooks full of dormant fire. Though there's no real narrative thread of progression to the hodgepodge of dark imagery, horror aficionados will enjoy the wry, nihilistic verse."
— Publishers Weekly
"Rain Graves' poetry is, by turns, surreal and very real, grand
and romantic as the tango and nasty—even downright gross—as bugs
crawling through your bed at night, burrowing through your sleeping bones. She
can be funny and spooky and angry and tender and sometimes truly haunting, essaying
life's tragedies and joys and triumphs with equal vigor. She's erotic and she's
wicked."
— Jack Ketchum
"Rain Graves writes really nasty poetry. She is a mistress of creating
images that stick, the kind that you cannot get out of your mind—not even
using steel wool and a small, extremely sharp knife."
— Neil Gaiman
Available exclusively as a trade paperback from Cemetery Dance Publications ($20.00)
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04/08/2009 - by Miss Blue from West Hollywood, CA US
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And yet so very creepy. ..Rain knows how to dig in and hold on to little pieces of your sub consciousness one verse at a time. I could not bare to read poetry until I started reading Rain's delish verses. She captures the imagination and weaves such vibrant pictures with her words you are very glad her stories are (mostly)fiction.
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