The Dread Literary Review
Ideas from the dark side of the mind.

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Jul
Chapter 3: July 2025- “A Cosmic Horror”

Chapter 3: July 2025- “A Cosmic Horror”

Where there is no imagination, there is no horror. -Arthur Conan Doyle “A Cosmic Concerto”- Bradley Ramsey Alfred was
49 min read
23
Jun
Micro Monday #11: “Paper Birds” by Claudia Wysocky

Micro Monday #11: “Paper Birds” by Claudia Wysocky

I was a bird once, made of paper and thin air flying over the arid landscape of my soul. My
1 min read
05
Jun
Chapter 2: June 2025; “Friends, Strangers, and Enemies”

Chapter 2: June 2025; “Friends, Strangers, and Enemies”

How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes
44 min read
02
Jun
Micro Monday #10: “Brought Back” by Marston Kelley

Micro Monday #10: “Brought Back” by Marston Kelley

The third day of my brother’s death, I sat in my kitchen. The sun shone through the window, painting
7 min read
26
May
Micro Monday #9: “personal growth for anarchist gremlins” by mk zariel

Micro Monday #9: “personal growth for anarchist gremlins” by mk zariel

This work originally appeared in Backstory Magazine. since middle school, when i’ve had an interpersonal conflict, i’ve handled
3 min read
19
May
Micro Monday #8: “Exorcism” by Jacqueline Zalace

Micro Monday #8: “Exorcism” by Jacqueline Zalace

I think I was lying in bed when my chest burst open – was Sigourney there? I read that her name
1 min read
12
May
Micro Monday #7: “The Unnamed Kings” by Ian Brunner

Micro Monday #7: “The Unnamed Kings” by Ian Brunner

I. You’re walking down a semi-congested road a few days after the year has rolled over. It’s not
16 min read
05
May
Micro Monday #6: “The Shape on the Moor” by Eric Dodson

Micro Monday #6: “The Shape on the Moor” by Eric Dodson

I will tell you of my encounter with the Shape on the moor. It is a dark tale, and for
12 min read
01
May
Chapter 1: May 2025-“A Matter of Life and Death”

Chapter 1: May 2025-“A Matter of Life and Death”

“There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.” Edgar Allen Poe In this chapter, we will explore
32 min read
28
Apr
Micro Monday #5: “furniture’s revenge” by Jay Goldin

Micro Monday #5: “furniture’s revenge” by Jay Goldin

sunlight awakens the slumbering couch bringing to a boil its simmering rage likewise the carpet, the tables and chairs on
1 min read