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

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23
Oct
October 2025: Horror in the Mundane

October 2025: Horror in the Mundane

"No new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace." -H.P. Lovecraft "
47 min read
20
Oct
FEATURE: “Chester” by Elizabeth Powers

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
4 min read
16
Oct
FEATURE: "The Red Wheelbarr..." by Anita Dime

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
1 min read
07
Oct
FEATURE: “The Other Side” by Saint-Lazare

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.
9 min read
02
Oct
FEATURE: “Something in the Way” by Gale Huxley

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.
5 min read
24
Sep
POETRY FEATURE: “Garden of Earthly Frights” by Julietta Bekker

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
1 min read
18
Sep
Chapter 5: September 2025

Chapter 5: September 2025

The dead one tried to show me hell, but it was a pale imitation of the horror I can paint
49 min read
03
Sep
FEATURE: "The Dead Zone" by Julia Rajagopalan

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
4 min read
27
Aug
FEATURE: “The Vulture King” by Jamey Okpebe

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
20 min read
17
Aug
FEATURE: “A Winter’s Tale” by John RC Potter

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
4 min read