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"Revenge of the Slasher Film Archetypes" by John A. Tures
This story was originally published by Free Spirit “Speak of the Devil” Anthology. The casting director guided the girl with glasses in...
5 days ago14 min read


“Katherine Rose Connor” by Antheia
There were pills beneath the sink; crowding the bathroom countertop, fallen behind the toilet, swept under the rugs. When did Katherine...
5 days ago6 min read


"Let's All Kill Gary" by Johnny Allina
“Been slow.” Within the TV commercial extra world, Howie’s resemblance to a nursing home resident had been a disadvantage. Eyebrow, nose...
5 days ago5 min read


"Not For You" by James W. Miller
END 6 An unfamiliar woman waves at him from across the park. She sidesits on the ground with her baby. The child is lying prone on a...
Jul 303 min read


"Locks" by Thomas Behan
Rivers scrawl the history of the lands they mark up and divide. For thousands of years the Danube bent humanity over its will, vectored...
Jun 3010 min read


"Pop" By M.C. Schmidt
I. Sunday morning, my elderly father murmuring into a bottle of Pabst Blue Ribbon, a brand of beer he especially hated, though he wasn’t...
Jun 3021 min read


"From the Customer Love Department" by Lisa K. Buchanan
Congratulations on the purchase of your Red Shooz! In your email, you said you’d been seeking a socioeconomic boost from lack to luxury,...
Jun 302 min read


"Daryl is Sick" by Gavin Turner
It was down to me to make the announcement. I took a deep breath and then cleared my throat to get the attention of the office. Heads...
Jun 304 min read


"What You Wish For When in Pain" by Margo Griffin
Billy stands lost in the doorway, much smaller than I remember. Bruno barks, unsure of who he is, but eventually picks up Billy’s scent...
Jun 302 min read


"poor dogs of Budapest" by Daniel Frears
The poor dogs of Budapest were having a hard time, and it didn’t look like it was getting better any time soon. Over the past few weeks,...
May 2628 min read


"Blood(line)" by Priyanuj Mazumdar
(CW: Self-harm, suicidal feelings, blood) I barely slept last night. Bloody humidity kept me up, among other things. My stomach rumbles,...
Apr 2711 min read


"A Snack is Born" by J. Archer Avary
The concept was brilliant, a stroke of pure genius. There’s no way, other than sabotage, an idea of such brilliance could’ve flopped....
Apr 14 min read


"Incident at Jones Beach" by Martha Hipley
As the first tentacle rose out of the murky brown water of the bay and wrapped itself around the stage of the Jones Beach Amphitheater,...
Apr 116 min read


"Drinks" by nat raum
The inside of The Armory usually exuded a red glow from every surface. Tonight, this was technically the truth—the recessed ceiling...
Apr 116 min read


"Bruno" by Rebecca Tiger
“Open up, you useless fat fuck!” Someone is banging on Heath’s front door. It’s late. Heath lives in the upstairs apartment...
Jan 2610 min read


"Milagro" by Melissa Wabnitz Pumayugra
We went to the botanica to pick out something nice and easy to heal Tami’s marriage. I knew it was falling apart because of all of the...
Jan 265 min read


"All the beautiful souls there are" by Mark Marchenko
‘Compassion was the most important, perhaps the sole law of human existence. ~ ‘The Idiot’ by Fyodor...
Dec 15, 202412 min read


"Shelter" by Joseph Pfister
During those first awful weeks in March, when rumors swirled that the city was about to go into lockdown and the wealthy clogged bridges...
Dec 2, 202429 min read


"The Blob" by Alannah Tjhatra
I almost jumped when I saw the thing but had enough decency not to. It was small and whimpering, and for a second, I thought it was a...
Nov 17, 202414 min read


"These Are the Good Times" by Rolf Ebeling
On a sunny, bright blue June morning—likely the last day of his nine-month-long teaching career—Randy Shep slouched on a hot metal...
Oct 13, 202422 min read
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