candlelight dinner –
the mummy turned to stone
by the gorgon’s stare
(first published in Scifaikuest, February 2006, p. 12 )
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Valentine’s Day
the alien gives her
his bottom heart
(first published in Scifaikuest online, February 2013)
Francis “Wes” Alexander’s work has appeared in or is forthcoming in Space and Time, Illumen, The Martian Wave, Disturbed, and Outposts of the Beyond, as well as the Drabble Harvest, Anatomy of Hate, Trail of Tears, and The Haunted Life anthologies. He is the author of the Drabble collection titled When the Mushrooms Come.
Published 2/14/19