FEATURE: “Shrieks and Giggles” by Anselm Eme
Preface
The Gwari people once said:
“Inyamiri nà zoo, òmùkpà na-ama jijiji.”
(When the stranger comes, the roots tremble.)
Long
FEATURE: “The Road to Bitter End” by Justin Carlos Alcalá
We sped along a dark highway chained down by somnolent villages and crooked woods. Mellony sat drunk on borrowed dreams
FEATURE: “Performance Review” by Nathan Pasko
I was an hour early because to be even one minute late was to face automated retirement at the hands
December 2025
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of
DOUBLE FEATURE
Apothecary’s Tale by Robin Hickson
Death doesn’t scare you. Only the pointlessness of a bound existence could do
November 2025
“Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't
FEATURE: “The Haunting of Piedras Blancas” by DC Diamondopolous
story first appeared in Antarctica
There is no end to my love for Jemjasee. I pace the ragged cliffs, searching
FEATURE: “Simon Says” by John Mark King
Six months after I strangled my wife and buried her under the compost pile in our backyard, I saw a
FEATURE: “Burnt Toast” by Barbara Kivowitz
She woke up to an empty bed and the metallic smell of burnt toast. Like a living creature, the odor
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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