Ouija House is a film that makes me die inside quicker than high fiving Pence after a P90X3 CVX marathon with his staff. I was intrigued...
“Taking Care of Mother” by Todd M. Guerra Gotta take care of mother. Mother is why I’m here. She’s the reason I’m alive. She kept me...
“That Second Chance” by Trisha McKee Tessa escaped to the smaller family room, not bothering to turn on any lights. She removed the headband with the...
“Hoard” by Brianna Ferguson I cherish no illusions that this account will find me alive when the sun finally does come up, but I must write...
Hot off the heels of the successful Resident Evil trilogy, Dino Crisis, and Silent Hill games (and by hot, I mean hot, there were four survival-horror titles released for...
“Mad Dog” by Kristin Harley “Stop screaming, Karen!” hissed Stephen Jeffries. “It’s not as if he’s sprouted fur, or a tail.” He cradled his son’s...
One of Mexico’s most well-known short story authors is at last in translation. Amparo Dávila’s 12 stories in The Houseguest & Other Stories, translated by Audrey Harris...
“Hunting Season” by Nick Roberts Barren McNeil had always been good with a gun. Ever since he was eight years old and his father took him...
The credits roll and the lights don’t completely come up. No one in the cinema moves. On an isolated island in the middle of nowhere, Winslow...
“The BKR Killer” by Eddie Brophy On this atypical warm fall afternoon September 26, 1996, the juxtaposition between customer and clerk felt palatable. Case in point?...
Low Pressure by Martin Toman Phillip drove without thinking. He looked squarely ahead at the strip of bitumen, a single carriageway heading away from the small...
“Sweet Tooth” by Tiffany Promise It didn’t seem that late on Halloween eve—the frothy, mossy stink of recently-scooped pumpkin still permeated the air—but only the goth...
Frank’s Hideaway by Bryan Fontenot Last week I received word that Frank had died in a bar fight, his throat cut by another man. Frank wasn’t...
The Thing In The Bell Tower by Alex Taylor I knew it was no tornado that brought Ashland to the dust. Despite what I heard,...
The Reconstructivist by Emma Parrella I take a step out the door, and my foot sinks about an inch into the grass. We’ve had night and...
Among The Flayed by Ben Spencer Mygento sold their agrochemical seed steroid under the trade name “Sorocom,” but after a year on the market, a period...
JICAMA by Laura J. Campbell “I about had a heart attack checking my social media account this morning,” Meredith Stemple said, stirring her vodka-and-orange juice...
Opaque by Matias F. Travieso-Diaz Even in the early days, before the city expanded deeply into the suburbs, the property was an anomaly. It was a...
Hazzard Manor by Dawn Coen It was a cold December morning in Los Angeles. The sort that made Margaret grateful she no longer lived in the...
Perfect Lighting by Karen Heslop Melody Chambers stood before the floor length mirror that had been installed in her master bathroom a few days ago. She...