Carpe Noctem by Robert Borski

Carpe Noctem—"seize the night," in modern mundane parlance—is the latest collection of speculative horror poetry from Robert Borski, the Blood Wallah of weird verse. Death may be, in his words, “the ultimate expression of starless skies” … but Death’s skeletal manifestation also includes a plethora of funny bones, “waving more arms than are really there,” as amply demonstrated here. Drawing on an impressively ecletic body of experience from a lifetime’s interests, Borski retools classics spanning from Frankenstein to Nightmare on Elm Street, the miracles and deficiencies of modern science and medicine as well as science fiction tropes into sleek, finely tuned monstrous engines of fascination.

EDITIONS

Trade Paperback

• Color Cover
• In Stock

CONTRIBUTORS

Author: Robert Borski
Editor: Joe Morey

PRAISE FOR ROBERT BORSKI

“Robert Borski is, quite simply, one of the best speculative poets writing today, and fans of this genre (as well as non-fans who love strange, thoughtful, and haunting work) should definitely pick up this volume…. And sometimes, Borski’s poetry is just heart-stopping in its beauty and intelligence.”
— Joselle Vanderhooft, The Pedestal Magazine

“Whether deftly reorienting a familiar fairytale or legendary monster, paying homage to a master from history, or retelling a classic children’s story, Borski has the skill to make something new and make us like it.”
— David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Star*Line