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Tag: horror

“floating away; on a vessel long derelict” by Kate Shannon

Posted on February 27, 2023

if you are listening, I am here, wracked with a Martian longing dreaming of stowaway spiders who would weave sickly webs over semi-important fixtures: reviled queen who presides over her silken court,an army […]

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“Unsettled Cemetery Dust” by Em Dietrich

Posted on December 5, 2022

In a house, in a heart, a demon lurked.  The girl found it in her dead brother’s skull buried in the backyard. She looked into its hollow sockets and thought […]

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“Tangled” by Gary Carr

Posted on October 14, 2022

When I think about it, none of this would have happened if Roger weren’t such a slob.  After Roger left for the gym, I decided to vacuum the apartment and […]

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“Text Me When You Get Home” by Helen Nancy Meneilly

Posted on May 20, 2022

night falls like a brick.  urgent tongue of wind stuck to the back of my neck, hair wrapped around my throat. fist of keys in my coat pocket. wraiths of […]

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“Retribution” by Ash Evan Lippert

Posted on May 2, 2022

Ash Evan Lippert is a clay artist and emerging queer poet residing in the South Carolina upstate. Their poetry and fiction center on the exploration of liminal states of consciousness, […]

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“String Man” by Hadley James Hoyles

Posted on September 6, 2021

A heaviness paws at the groundsupporting the birch-wood tablewithout sound, left in the lurchwith this godforsaken mourning shroud. He lives so little, his face can matchthe umbra where the light […]

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“We Built a Fine Madness House” by Lorna D. Keach

Posted on March 19, 2021

Before their house was built, Jan and Stan spent hours staring at the blueprints, hunting for a 90-degree angle. Their architect told them the construction would reject mundane angles and […]

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“Take it Off” by Evan Rodenhausen

Posted on November 20, 2020

It’s odd. I’ve never felt anything like it. I’ve been here for a very long time, as long as I can remember, as long as anyone can remember, but it’s […]

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“Foe” by Matthew Chamberlin

Posted on October 30, 2020

Hidden under sheets of ice invisible as dreams in glass comes smoldering behind, my foe who shoulders fire and steel aside, rides elevators high and low and sneers at all […]

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“Volitions of Desire” by Oisin Breen

Posted on October 16, 2020

I speak- Of climbing trees, and, of being terrified, but jumping, ‘fifteen feet!’ onto the brown mound beneath, momentarily and relationally also jumping through a nostalgic hustings of inner time, […]

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“The Destiny Tree” by Hibah Shabkhez

Posted on October 2, 2020

The destiny tree, Dark gnarled and secretly wick, Claws at you and me Across eye spaces Twisting phoenix-glass specks prance Bloated toad-faces Yearning for their ilk, Bucking the frothing cream […]

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“When My Ear Fell Off” by Stratos Moustakas & Dora Mezei

Posted on August 7, 2020

When my ear fell off I first thought of the client delegation sitting at the conference room, waiting for the meeting to begin in earnest. My boss would now be […]

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“Nightchild” by Paul Negri

Posted on January 27, 2020

She shone bright in the headlights of Emerson’s car. White dress, white shoes, white ribbon in her hair. A very white little girl walking along the railroad tracks, going slow […]

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“The Outcast Dead” by Ken Allan Dronsfield

Posted on October 21, 2019

“In the dead and dark of night,/
upon a haunted gorge they rise.” #metaworkermonday

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“The Hitchhiker” by Michael T. Smith

Posted on April 16, 2018

It was late enough that she didn’t even feel tired anymore. Clarissa squinted so hard her eyes hurt.  She tried see through the fogged-over windshield as the onslaught of rain […]

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I Am Scared of the Night by Indunil Madhusankha

Posted on October 16, 2017

As the dusk creeps through the summit the once luscious sun dips below the rocky mounts And flocks of birds soar away weaving intricate patterns in the grayish sky Thus […]

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“The Living Dead” by John Short

Posted on December 12, 2016

I opened my eyes, emerging from a dream but couldn’t remember anything at all. Shame really because I’d always considered dream space a bit like going to the cinema without […]

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“Every Night” by Ellen Webre

Posted on February 22, 2016

Every night I’ve lain awake with baited breath. Shadows flash across the ceiling as cars pass by the window. There is a woman out there, I know it, hissing at […]

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“Battlegrounds” by Marina Shugrue

Posted on October 12, 2015

The needle pricks my skin and I gasp as I shake out my hand. A little speck of red blood lands on the grey flooring. I take my towel and […]

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