October 2025: Horror in the Mundane
"No new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace."
-H.P. Lovecraft
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FEATURE: “Chester” by Elizabeth Powers
Dead things hang from every wall, in almost every room. They even stare down from the walls of the dining
FEATURE: "The Red Wheelbarr..." by Anita Dime
No. More like I depend on my red four-wheeler to get me here to
there, and the only glazing over
FEATURE: “The Other Side” by Saint-Lazare
It was one of those days at the shop. As if a gust of wind had pushed them all inside.
FEATURE: “Something in the Way” by Gale Huxley
There was something in the way.
It had been like this for a long time—one year and three days.
POETRY FEATURE: “Garden of Earthly Frights” by Julietta Bekker
Am I no more than a bloomed fever
hours unchecked,
a wilted promise, small as petals
on a child’s
Chapter 5: September 2025
The dead one tried to show me hell, but it was a pale imitation of the horror I can paint
FEATURE: "The Dead Zone" by Julia Rajagopalan
The legend had seemed cute from the safety of her couch. An eight-foot-tall, half-human, half-elk monster haunted the campground, seen
FEATURE: “The Vulture King” by Jamey Okpebe
The skin was being flayed from his palms, but he knew he had to keep going. Under a hot Mojave
FEATURE: “A Winter’s Tale” by John RC Potter
Winter nights are long and cold in the heart of the snowbelt, that area of southwestern Ontario that has Lake