It’s Friday the 13th, and just over a fortnight until Samhain / Halloween itself – so being the seasonally appropriate little elves we are, please accept our offering of the 2017 Samhain special.

This edition was edited by Kate Garrett, with several members of the Three Drops from a Cauldron editorial team: Becca Goodin, Loma Jones, Amy Kinsman, Holly Magill, Grant Tarbard, and Claire Walker.

Featuring spooky-perfect poetry and flash fiction by Abigail Elizabeth Ottley, Spangle McQueen, Gaia Holmes, Jackie Biggs, Kailey Tedesco, Matt Macdonald, Barry Charman, Victoria Gatehouse, Faye Boland, James Dorr, April Michelle Bratten, Louise Warren, Diana Powell, Charlotte Begg, Halo Quin, Sanda Moore Coleman, Kevin McGuirk, Helen May Williams, Meg Kingston, Lara Gularte, Eilish Fisher, Sarah Deeming, Helena Astbury, Siaara Freeman, Nico Knox, Catherine Edmunds, Em Morley, Paul Beech, Nico Solheim-Davidson, Thomas Lloyd, Jonathan Humble, Katherine DiBella Seluja, Caroline Hardaker, Joseph Allison, Maggie Mackay, Angi Holden, and Ali Jones.

The free-to-read online issue can be accessed on Issuu below, or email Kate at threedropspoetry@gmail.com if you need a PDF because of any visual impairment. The print version can be purchased at tinyurl.com/samhain2017

Happy reading!