No one noticed when Icarus fell
either, one leg kicking
out of water,
the ploughman too deep
in his work to hear
the splash,
thinking about the next
...
(after The Blob That Ate Everyone by R.L. Stine)
There’s a scene in my story
where the blob hides in the basement,
licks its lips hungrily, waiting for fre...
John Sara is a writer from Parma, Ohio. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Ashland University, where he teaches as an adjunct and edits for The Black Fork Review. His work has been featured in such places as Maudlin House, Blood+Honey, Bending Genres, BRUISER, Cul-de-sac of Blood, and more. His debut poetry collection, The Poet Who Cried Monster, was published by Alien Buddha Press in January of 2026.