Tomorrow and Tomorrow
By Michael G. O’Connell
And in the end,
the world will mend,
without men.
Amen
Michael G. O’Connell is an author/illustrator whose poetry can be found in The Raven Review, Words and Sports (WAS), Dracula Beyond Stoker, and Winter Wonderland. His poem, O Jacksonville, was the runner-up for the JaxNext100, celebrating his hometown’s two hundredth anniversary. O’Connell has always been a storyteller. While he is a native of the Sunshine State, his work often takes a darker turn. He earned his first writing credit in 2010 by participating in a Twitter experiment collaboration with Neil Gaiman and hundreds of others. His short fiction has appeared online and in print including Bacopa Literary Review, Free Flash Fiction, and the anthology, Wyrms 2. He was thrilled to have to work with Kasey Lansdale on the narration for a piece for Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories. He is currently writing and illustrating a middle-grade horror.
Artwork Source: “Better Living Through Chemistry,” Howie Good
Artist Statement: My collages are made the old-fashioned way – with paper, scissors or razor, and glue. They are intended as a counterweight and rebuke to the colonization and homogenization of culture by digital tools and marketing techniques. They are also meant to provoke an authentic response in viewers by combining images in a way that upends old habits of seeing. Lastly, the collages often represent a moment or episode in a story whose ultimate meaning remains an intriguing mystery.
Howie Good’s latest book, Frowny Face, is a mix of his prose poems and handmade collages from Redhawk Publications. He is a professor emeritus in the Digital Media and Journalism Department at SUNY New Paltz. He co-edits the online journal UnLost, dedicated to found poetry.
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