you can hear it
the cracking, the slurping
(the screams cut short)
you know what it means
but you mustn’t look back
you can feel it
a whisper of fabric
light as thought
whooshing behind you
but you mustn’t look back
the fragrance follows you
cloying floral notes mixed with
the stench of iron
memories almost make you smile
but you mustn’t look back
you recognize the hummed lullaby
unheard for a decade
you don’t know how Mom
returned, how she found you
but you mustn’t look back
These 23 works of dark speculative fiction demand readers consider the following:
Who do we become when we only have ourselves for company? What remains when we've sacrificed too much? Where do the babies really come from?
These 23 works of dark speculative fiction demand readers consider the following:
Who do we become when we only have ourselves for company? What remains when we've sacrificed too much? Where do the babies really come from?
Amelia has The Vanishing, a disease caused by unrooted immigrant identity.
The gift of life after death takes an eerie turn when a beloved grandmother’s roots dig a bit too deep.
Beulah Khware longs to become a Celeronian, but only the most committed pass the citizenship test.
An alluring insect seduces an unhappily married man on a second honeymoon with his equally unhappy wife.
The best spot on the ledge is still just a spot on a ledge.
Two bankrollers make their escape after a botched job, but one of them may be far more than what he seems.
