Your Favorite Author’s Favorite Author: Donyae Coles on Francesca Lia Block

Your Favorite Author’s Favorite Author: Donyae Coles on Francesca Lia Block

Donyae Coles is the author of Bram Stoker nominated novel, Midnight Rooms. She is currently working on her sophomore Gothic horror, The Sunken, The Adored. Her short work has been published in a variety of places and she can be found on Blue Sky and Instagram. She is also a recent-ish transplant to my neck of the woods in the Midwest, making the ranks of the weird and creative just that much stronger out here in the middle of the States…

Your Favorite Author’s Favorite Author: Rachel Harrison on Paul Tremblay

YFAFA Rachel Harrison on Paul Tremblay

Rachel Harrison is one of the most prolific authors currently working in horror fiction. Having established a niche all her own in the genre, she is one creator who never fails to pair big ideas and beloved tropes with fresh approaches informed by character and the realities of modern life. The accolades and her catalog almost speak for themselves.

“We Are a Little Hotel” – A Short Story by Ai Jiang

We Are a Little Hotel - Ai Jiang

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“After the Fall” – A Short Story by Barry Charman

After the Fall - A Short Story by Barry Charman

The carcass fell without warning. A series of frenzied thunderstorms had unfurled abruptly across the sky one morning, followed by blunt stabs of tortured lightning; but there was no true hint of what was to come. The skies had suddenly cleared, and then it had simply tumbled down…

“The Art of What You Want” – A Short Story by Nat Cassidy

The Art of What You Want - A Short Story by Nat Cassidy

The businessman and the doctor sit in the doctor’s private office deep in the bowels of the massive new medical complex. “Holeeeeeeeeeee shit,” the businessman says. He’s barely in his forties, but comfort and success have kept the years from his face, making him look more like the homecoming king he once was than the adult he currently is…

Beyond the Tower – A Short Story by J.R. Andrews

Beyond the Tower

The first person I ever told was my father. I was only a child, but I knew he wouldn’t understand. “No one has the same dream every night, sweetheart,” he assured me. Then, after playfully pinching my nose, he added, “They come and go like the bedtime books we get from the library. New replaces the old. You’ll see.”…

Parker Family Memories – A Short Story by Sarah Fannon

Parker Family Momeories - A Short Story by Sarah Fannon

Callie’s face is bright pink with baby cheeks and cake. Aunt Trina leans down to leave a sloppy kiss on the top of her head as she carries two glasses of wine, one white and one red. They are both for her because she likes to switch back and forth between the flavors…