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April 27, 2026
John Patrick Robbins

John Patrick Robbins

John Patrick Robbins is a Southern Gothic writer and his work is often dark and always unfiltered.

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About John Patrick Robbins

John Patrick Robbins is a Southern Gothic writer his work has been published here at Piker Press, The San Pedro River Review, Disturb The Universe, Impspired Magazine, Fixator Press, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Fearless Magazine, Horror Sleaze Trash, Schlock Magazine and The Dope Fiend Daily.

He is also the author of Midnight Masochism and Are We Dead Yet? published by Black Circle Publishing.

His work is often dark and always unfiltered.

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  • On My New Direction

    John Patrick Robbins is a barroom poet whose work has appeared in Red Fez, Spill The Words, Horror Sleaze Trash, Inbetween Hangovers, Ramingos Porch,Your One Phone Call, The Outlaw Poetry Network. His work is always a hundred percent unfiltered.

  • How the Race Is Ran

    "...Maybe those words would affect someone who truly gave a damn..."

  • No Hidden Agenda

    "...Love the chaos and hate the ordinary path..."

  • Looking Back

    "...I never understood what I was asking for..."

  • Grind

    "...how could I say no..."

  • On Publication

    "...When in hell we create the art that is to be our escape..."

  • Depression

    "...I wasn't letting happiness in without a fight today...."

  • Stay Out of the Shadows

    "...They always find you when you are too flawed..."

  • No Words Needed Today

    "...We cannot replace what is taken from this life..."

  • Think About It?

    "...Smoke and mirrors fool most..."

  • My Truth

    "...long nights alone just eat away at your soul..."

  • Career Change

    "...Never claim to be crazy around a artist..."

  • Dead End Dream

    "...Promises kill tomorrows and time exposes the flaws..."

  • Last Rights and New Revelations

    "...because I'm just like all the rest..."

  • Words Not To Live By

    "...Burn the candle at both ends and maybe burn a little something extra too..."

  • I'm a Hound of Many Things

    "...I am often in a haze and seldom alone..."

  • There's Always a Promise

    "...I felt no regrets or worries over tomorrow..."

  • There Is a Fine Line

    "...My next tour will be fully financed but I never question by who..."

  • An Open Letter to a Closed Heart

    "...I never stopped, I just can never stay..."

  • Ode to the Mediocre

    "...I am never an outlaw, but I am a rebel to a lost cause..."

  • Case Unclosed

    "...nobody could solve the mystery that he had created..."

  • I Am Truly All Heart

    "...do you think using drugs would improve my writing?"

  • Dear Kid

    "...I never claimed this would be easy..."

  • Bourbon Trail

    "...a dash of water and bitter truths..."

  • Pun

    "...soon to become an endangered species..."

  • Tattoo

    "...Idols are for mantles and shrines..."

  • Judas in Theory

    "...I desire silence over false praise..."

  • Alcoholic Writers

    "...Would I repeat my choices if I had to start all over again?"

  • Ode to the Backyard

    "...I am truly a literary renaissance man..."

  • My Two Cents to Writers and Editors Alike

    "...two seconds to read and what seems like an eternity to craft..."

  • The Definition of Liar's Poker

    "...in truth you're lucky to be holding a seven..."

  • No Fools No...

    "...She handed me crazy in spades and happiness by default..."

  • Stop, Was Her Sign

    "...Just how often can that woman truly be washing her hair?..."

  • Within Her Paradise

    "...To now quench thirsts within her oasis ever beckoning promise..."

  • Dead Are the Dreamers

    "Love is like a lobotomy..."

  • No Olives To Branch

    "...I will meet you there, as I did promise..."

  • Magic Fingers

    "...fragments in time perfectly in tune..."

  • A Moment in Off Time

    "...As rain so shall wash the world anew..."

  • I'm Forever the Ice

    "...As I allow you to fall..."

  • All Scenesters Are on Crack

    "...I need false praise like I need the clap..."

  • Nah Nah I'm Gonna Die Before You

    "...enjoy your ice cream and cookies..."

  • Don't Forget To Take Your Happy Pills

    "... luckily the smell gave it away..."