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Browsing the "horror fiction" Tag

West Forest [Short Fiction]

by Nick Medina: If it hadn’t been for the forest between our homes, Justin West and I wouldn’t have done what we did. And I wouldn’t be in the chains I’m in now. We were just kids when we met; [...]

Short Fiction

Anti-Wish

by Tyr Kieran: The flames swayed in the light breeze of the ceiling fan. Still, they burned strong and bright. To Dustin they were scorching eyes straight from Hell, all ten of them. Beads of red wax rolled down the candles and [...]

Arts and Literature, Short Fiction and Poetry

All the Little Children [Classic Adaptation]

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by Rob Smales: The screams went on for a long time. They had woken him, and it seemed the shrieks were well underway by the time they yanked him from sleep. [...]

Arts and Literature, Friday Frights, Short Fiction and Poetry

Short Sips: Coffee House Flash Fiction Collection 2

by Alex Mcdermott: In the horror world, there are two camps out there. There are the gore/ splatter/ violence fans and the dark, Gothic fans. Short Sips: Coffee House Flash Fiction Collection 2 is definitely for the literary horror community. [...]

Arts and Literature

Uncommon Cents

by Michael C. Keith: For good ye are and bad, and like to coins, Some true, some light . . .  –Lord Tennyson Eleven year-old Sammy Medford had established a rule about picking up lost pennies from the ground. If [...]

Arts and Literature, Short Fiction and Poetry

Dead Ends

by James M. Barton: At the metallic click of the doorknob Jack jerked his head toward the heavy oak door.   Outside, a grey shadow appeared through the small stained glass window. Buttoning his suit jacket, he hurried to greet [...]

Arts and Literature, Short Fiction and Poetry

The Unwishing Well

by Don F. Muchow: The heavy gray clouds hung low and seemed to close in around the weary man as he picked his way up the barren hill toward the lone landmark, a small stone structure.  March winds pelted him now [...]

Arts and Literature, Short Fiction and Poetry

Mother

by Emily Nakanishi: It was upon my return home to my family estate that this most woeful and disgraceful tale unfolded. I had gotten word a month earlier that my father had passed away after a sudden and violent sickness, [...]

Arts and Literature, Short Fiction and Poetry

Life Minus Ten

by Gerardo Delgadillo: Halloween slaps Kalvin’s mind hard, a reminder of life minus ten. His nightmare started when he found out Melly, the hottest girl in the universe, was attending college’s Halloween party, so he rushed out and hopped into his [...]

Arts and Literature, Short Fiction and Poetry