Shortlisted for an Imadjinn Award in 2021,
"Last Moments of Bliss and Other Empathies" is a collection of dark poetry by Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author Steve Dillon.
Dillon's poems have previously been published in his first two collections of dark fiction and poetry,
'The Beard and Other Weirdness' and
'Deeper, Darker Things and Other Oddities' and elsewhere.
The Horror Writers Association chose his poem 'Creature, Monster' for inclusion in their publication "HWA Poetry Showcase Volume V" edited by Stephanie M. Wytovich and it was subsequently read at the TAF* 2019 'Noir at the Bar' evening.
Table of Contents: - Please Complete the Following...
- In Between
- A Day for Growing Up
- Last Moments of Bliss
- Suppose
- Stars in Their Eyes
- Shame
- The Mimic
- The Fire that Burns
- These Feet
- No Saints Here
- Lawful Hate
- Winter Sadness
- Cold Comfort
- Iamme
- Mother's Milk
- Others
- It's Okay
- Limerick for the Pandemic
- Hi-Vis City
- She Slips
- Contemplation...
- Not Knowing
- Safe at Night
- Tricksters Visit
- A Mutual Attraction
- Reflections
- Ding, Dong Bell (Reprint)
- Judges and Juries (Reprint)
- Where is Charlie Chaplain Now that We Need Him? (Reprint)
- Plague Dreaming (Reprint)
- The Watcher of Bliss Park
- Demon is as Demon Does
*Terror Australis Festival.