05
Nov
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
17 min read
M. Anne Avera
M. Anne Avera is the Chief Editor of The Dread and a lover of all things horror.
28
Oct
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
2 min read
23
Oct
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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47 min read
20
Oct
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
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
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
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
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
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
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