Pscyhos is an anthology edited by Michael A. Arnzen. It was first published in 1992.
Desription[]
A definitive anthology of horror poetry preoccupied with madness, psychosis and other psychological terrors that blur the boundary between reality and fantasy. Copiously illustrated, featuring most of the dominant names in speculative poetry from the early 1990s.
Contents[]
Poetry[]
- Lord of Infinite Diversions II by T. Winter-Damon
- The Parasite: A Love Story by Robert Frazier and Andrew Joron
- Skin by Steve Rasnic Tem
- The Savage by James S. Dorr
- Insomniac by Marthayn Pelegrimas
- Lost 5 by Wayne Edwards
- Buggety Boo by Kathleen Jurgens
- A View of Videodrome Godflesh by Chad Hensley
- Birthday Cake by Jacie Ragan
- The Cooking Lesson by Jonathan Yungkans
- The Knowledge by John Grey
- Red Robin Ripper: The Spree of Robin Gecht by Wayne Allen Sallee
- A Poem for Russel Edson by Don Webb
- Flipping Out by Jacki Marunycz
- The Exit of Johnny 99 by Richard L. Levesque
- Lovesque by Gregory L. Norris
- The Photographer by Don Webb
- Parallels by Joy Oestreicher
- Quatrina for a Rainy Day by Lisa Lepovetsky
- Dancing in Moonlight by Ree Young
- Real by Joy Oestreicher
- Nine Stations of Madness by Robert Frazier
- Nighttime in the Museum by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- Lich's Lament by Todd Mecklem
- Brain of Shadows by Steve Rasnic Tem
- Sciomancy by Steve Sneyd
- I Stood There Screaming by Andre Scheluchin
- Never Disappear by Thomas Wiloch
- Mirrors by John Grey
- At the Vet Hospice by Marge Simon
- A Dark Story by Wendy Rathbone
- Dimension of Ghosts by Andrew Darlington
- In an Ornamental Garden by Denise Dumars
- Thin Blue Walls by Ann K. Schwader
- Terror by Guy de Mauppasant (Trans. Steve Eng)
- Falling by Lisa Lepovetsky
- Against the Wall by Jacki Marunycz
- Cracks in the Sidewalk by Chad Hensley
- Blood from the Weather Vein by Mike Olson
- Venting Frustrations by Michael A. Arnzen
- Facing the Music: Division Street, Autumn 1991 by Wayne Allen Sallee
- Psycho Fire by Joey Froehlich
- so the collective nightmare by Denise Dumars
Interior Artwork[]
- Bob Crouch
- Harold D. Cupec
- Alan Giana
- Bucky Montgomery
- Renate Muller
- Virginia Rubio
- Marge Simon
- Ree Young
Praise[]
- "A definitive collection." – Back Brain Recluse
- "The design offers a good balance of text and eye-catching illustrations...This volume is full of poetry with the intention of giving the reader a vision of hte interior of a psychotic institution where the lines of reality are blurred....If you like macabre poetry, try this out." – Heliocentric Net