“The Farm” by Lizz Shepherd Just after dusk was the best time to feed the livestock. The sun had just faded and the air was cool,...
“Coffin Birth” by David Simmons When another person is going on about something you find disagreeable and you wish to make them stop talking, the best...
“JANE” by J.C. Alan 1 Derrick Randolph returned home from work, his hands were covered in filth and a blanket of sweat coated his forehead, his...
“Dis” by Tim Brown Steven didn’t recognize the doorway in front of him. Coated in red velvet and pincushion buttons the door stood in vibrant defiance...
“Love in the Age of the Inquisition” by Nathan Batchelor When the people want blood, you give them blood. And that day in the square of...
“Immaculate Conception” by Valter F. Machado (transcription obtained from Catherine Hider’s audio diary) The soul force I once had abandoned me at this fastidious hour, dragging...
“Alone on New Years” by Robert P. Ottone Julian’s girlfriend left early in the evening on New Year’s Eve. She was working the second of a...
“Hanging By A Thread” By Charles Rainey Gaspard Boucher died at midnight—as my death list prophesized with full accuracy, so much so that under the bold...
“Check The Children” by J.M. Brannyk In the still night, he watches his steps. Balancing his weight from one side to the other, he moves slowly,...
“The Keys are Red witih Roses” by Silas Adams He stands and waits. I know to stay out of sight. The lead pipe in my hands...
“Monsters” by Linda M. Crate Judy breathed in heavily. She hated that the council had decided she was the one to do this. When she had...
“Nigh” by Berni E. Carrol ‘You’ll die in the ocean,’ the fortune cookie reads and as the table laughs while sharing their own, my breath catches...
“Paint Night!” by Gabriel Munro “Now, now, now,” scolds the instructor, dislodging Harriet’s paintbrush from its neck, “stabbing isn’t a part of paint night!” ...
“Burst” by Gordon Blitz The flat Santa Fe skyline painted our drive from Albuquerque. The volcanic red pressed against the dark highway as we stare beyond...
“The Body In The Middle” by Meera Dandekar On a gloomy night, Alice woke up in a dark room, placed neatly in a chair, as if...
“From The Papers of AvH” by Kathy Sherwood Of all my experiences and studies of the undead, the first time I encountered them face-to-face has haunted...
“Awakening” by Frances Ippolito Chum enjoyed death more than anything else. Particularly, he enjoyed the many deaths he had personally secured. Chum was prideful in this...
“Skeletons in the Closet” by Jennifer Weigel It started in March. That was the beginning of the collapse. The effects supposedly hadn’t made it here yet. ...
“Queen of Crows” by Holly Baker Arnold pocketed the dark phone and flicked the butt of his glowing cigarette to the asphalt, crushing it under a...
“Song Of The Guillotine” by Lamont Turner It was several years after that season of madness when the shadow of the guillotine had loomed over...