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...

The old pick-up truck rolled over parched gravel, kicking up blankets of dust that settled over the boxes tied in the back. Jostled...

I. Prologue/Epilogue The image of a screaming head, its mouth stretching, crackling like a splitting vine, the strands and follicles of...

When Christine woke on the morning of her fifteenth birthday, something felt different. It wasn’t that ethereal notion of being older...

The ground trembled when the trains came by, vibrating the bones in their ankles and knees as the countless boxcars barreled on, clanking...

The air was cold, as it always was coming out of cryo-sleep. The Tamberlane Supply star freighter EREBUS was commissioned to travel...

Matt avoided the large, reused Amazon box, which arrived via his mother. The second box of childhood items he’d received, as noted from...

CW: Hell, death, demons, alcohol. When we entered Hell, we got these little printouts that justified our damnation. The demon handing...

It had been nearly a century since my last visit to the chateau. My light carriage, drawn by two dappled steeds, ascended the steep,...

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...

Max drank whiskey on his porch, one bottle for him, the other upon Henry’s return. By his calendar, Project Annihilation should have been...

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,...

“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...

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...

Kevin sat with his face in his hands. The interrogation room at the Dune Shore police station was fucking freezing—the concrete walls and...

Aubrey was perusing the 5 for $15 underwear display when the text came through. Purple boyshorts with daring black lightning bolts, so...

Hugh and Floyd sat in the dive bar, drinking. "Hey Hugh! Remember that botched bank robbery years ago that you did? Man, when I heard...

In the still of the night snow accumulated swiftly—a gift from the heavens—undisturbed by adults who did not appreciate its unique...

Chapter 1 “Well, if I needed you, would you come to me? Would you come to me and ease my pain?” Drifting in and out of consciousness,...

CW: mentions/light description of sexual violence, murder, and cannibalism. Defendant name: Andrew F Moore (A.M.) Age: 36 Court: Leeds...