15
Jul
“Bloodford Creek” by Jay O’Shea
The way I count it, the night my brother had that run in with the dog was around when the
21 min read
M. Anne Avera
M. Anne Avera is the Chief Editor of The Dread and a lover of all things horror.
23
Jun
FEATURE: “Jackalope” by Colton Merris
They tell you when you’re quitting anything that it’s normal for the dreams to come. You pick your
7 min read
19
Jun
FEATURE: “Oscarquiet” by Riley Passmore
SITUATION REPORT
On the morning of Monday, 03/05/2007, at 08:31am, Concealer MELISSA MARIE BENNET (Asset# OSCARQUIET) failed
4 min read
10
Jun
FEATURE: “Eyes on the Side” by EJ Trask
Derailment, Alex thought, when he felt himself rise out of his train seat against his will.
The train shrieked and
8 min read
04
Jun
FEATURE: “Acquisitions” by Sascha Goluboff
Tall and handsome with a mind for finance, Bryce Martin quickly made a name for himself in the Louisiana real-
2 min read
30
May
FEATURE: The Poetry of Jennifer Ruth Jackson
Woodland of the Fair Folk
We were misled, through woods where boughs
of pine ate starlight from the ground. Our
3 min read
22
May
FEATURE: The Poetry of E.G. Ware
A Hymn to the Mother-Sire
What hand first stirr’d the calculus of clay,
and bade the mineral think,
12 min read
16
May
FEATURE: The Poetry of Melissa Shepherd
Sonnet for a Gravestone
Not for nothing would I kiss your chloral
corpse, grandmother—panic-flung near Fresh Kills
(before
3 min read
08
May
SPRING 2026: Lyric and Elegy
Some of you have been with The Dread long enough to remember when this was a looser, less intentional space.
10 min read
26
Mar
FEATURE: “The Journeyman of Suspicion” by Andy Mallory
You might find such a claim disagreeable, but what I contend is this: there exists an interminable impermanence to human
16 min read