Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• 1 • Introduction (A Student of Hell) • essay by Charlee Jacob
• 3 • Poised on the Division Bridge • (1999) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 5 • University of Pity • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 7 • Marrow • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 8 • Sunday, While the Sauce Simmers • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 10 • Maleficarum Sunrise • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 11 • Not Yet of the Flesh • (1997) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 13 • Children Seen Only in High Beams • (1998) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 14 • Divinity As Witness to the Depth of Our Darkening Love • (1999) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 15 • Measured Unto You • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 16 • Walking My Dog Through Perdition • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 17 • Rue • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 19 • A Countenance More in Anger Than in Sorrow • (1999) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 20 • Waiting to Cross • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 21 • Judgment • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 22 • Patience • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 23 • Soft and Sweet Cool Whisper of Revenge • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 25 • Sponging My Syrup Off the Formica • (2000) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 26 • When the Delicate Fragrence Grows Too Great • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 27 • Lazarus, Beckoning • (1999) • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 28 • A Dull Blade Slicing Off a Portion of Prayer • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 30 • When the Sea Sleeps Against Your Neck • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 32 • Taking the Bull's Ear Between My Teeth • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 33 • Within the Twining of Tiny Cries • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 35 • Ankle-Deep in the Surf of a Thumbnail Moon • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 37 • Living Pillars on a Dead Monday Night • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 39 • On the Couch, Sharing a Few Beers with My Fears • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 41 • In an Effort to Remove the Seventh Sin from My Fifth Rib • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 43 • Upon Receiving an Invitation Etched in Gold and Offered by a Fleshless Hand • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 44 • Jealousy • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 46 • My Dead Dad Can Beat Up Your Dead Dad • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 47 • Driving Through the Heart of Kansas, Kansas Driven Through My Heart • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 48 • In Lieu of the Garrison of Rome • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 49 • Upon Releasing What Needs to Stay Caged • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 50 • House of Worship • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 51 • Mist Settling on the Faces of My Family • poem by Tom Piccirilli
• 54 • Afterword (A Student of Hell) • essay by Scott H. Urban