The following version of this poem was used to create this guide: Grey, Sarah. “Bitch Moon.” Nightmare Magazine, https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/poetry/bitch-moon/.

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“Bitch Moon” is a free-verse horror poem by American speculative author Sarah Grey. It first appeared in Nightmare Magazine in 2022. The poet prefaces the work by explaining that she grew up in a community like the one presented in the poem, and wondered what would happen if women like herself and others in that community “grew teeth.” The poem uses lycanthropy and a pack mentality as a metaphor for the power of women in solidarity, and follows a group of women who enact revenge on a dangerous male.