"Terms and Conditions" by M. Rose Seaboldt
By lunchtime, Ollie had processed thirteen 1085 forms, seven 91B forms, and opened two new case files. He saved his current work (an 89C...
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- Jul 23
- 30 min
"Sudden Silence" by Rhonda Zimlich
Bertrand ignored the wailing sirens as he hustled along the street, dodging parking meters and stepping over sidewalk cracks. He hated...
- Jul 9
- 4 min
"The Witch Goes To The Gym" by Maureen O’Leary
The Witch I’m trying to tell you that I love your aerobic dance class but jazzercise is isn’t cool anymore, right? It’s so bad for the...
- Jul 9
- 32 min
"Skipping Rope" by Marcel Gabbett
Each dab of the cotton ball diffused eye-watering powder into Nina’s face. Within minutes, pink makeup clouded the wall’s oval mirror....
- Jun 25
- 7 min
"Reaped and Sowed" by Sara Roncero-Menendez
“I mean, it’s a strange request.” “Is it?” she asked. She was fiddling with the pineapple garnish on her drink. He watched, almost...
- May 28
- 18 min
"Excerpt from For Ice Cream" by Nyla Jones
I scream… Reggie’s grogginess quickly turned into fear as he sped down the stairs into his store. The air was still and quiet, creating a...
- Apr 30
- 29 min
"The Immortal Price" by Hanna Nielson
The old pick-up truck rolled over parched gravel, kicking up blankets of dust that settled over the boxes tied in the back. Jostled...
- Apr 30
- 4 min
"A True Night Story" by Andy Gehlsen
I. Prologue/Epilogue The image of a screaming head, its mouth stretching, crackling like a splitting vine, the strands and follicles of...
- Apr 16
- 68 min
"Hex Beat" by Peter Emmett Naughton
When Christine woke on the morning of her fifteenth birthday, something felt different. It wasn’t that ethereal notion of being older...
- Apr 16
- 12 min
"Stuntman" by Daniel Mowery
The ground trembled when the trains came by, vibrating the bones in their ankles and knees as the countless boxcars barreled on, clanking...
- Jan 22
- 10 min
"Cold Bitter Grief" by C.J. Goodin
The air was cold, as it always was coming out of cryo-sleep. The Tamberlane Supply star freighter EREBUS was commissioned to travel...
- Jan 8
- 32 min
"Clamshell" by Eric David Roman
Matt avoided the large, reused Amazon box, which arrived via his mother. The second box of childhood items he’d received, as noted from...
- Dec 26, 2022
- 8 min
"We Need All Of Us" by Anna Lindwasser
CW: Hell, death, demons, alcohol. When we entered Hell, we got these little printouts that justified our damnation. The demon handing...
- Dec 26, 2022
- 9 min
“Olalla” by Stephen Myer
It had been nearly a century since my last visit to the chateau. My light carriage, drawn by two dappled steeds, ascended the steep,...
- Dec 11, 2022
- 9 min
“The Beacon” by Julius Olofsson
Dad woke me in the middle of the night, and I couldn’t find Donatello—he always slept with me. As he shook me awake that day into this...
- Nov 27, 2022
- 3 min
“The End of History?” by Sebastian Vice
Max drank whiskey on his porch, one bottle for him, the other upon Henry’s return. By his calendar, Project Annihilation should have been...
- Nov 27, 2022
- 4 min
“Paranoia” by Tejaswinee Roychowdhury
We thought you’d remember us. Trisha dreamt her kid tumbled down the stairs and opened the flesh below his knees. She’d woken up,...
- Nov 13, 2022
- 29 min
“Dash Two” by Sophie Kearing
“Richard, can you tell me why she still smells like urine?” Dr. Paolo asks the orderly. “Um…” “I told you to get her cleaned up. That was...
- Oct 30, 2022
- 7 min
“Mr. Penny’s Farm” by C.J. Goodin
Mr. Penny was a retired farmer living on his unkept land on Tibbitts Hill. He didn’t have much beyond his coffee, pipe, and gun. Once...
- Oct 17, 2022
- 42 min
“Children of Summer” by John Stadelman
Kevin sat with his face in his hands. The interrogation room at the Dune Shore police station was fucking freezing—the concrete walls and...
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