The Brides of Dracula Ponder the Manson Murders
(What are humans but an amalgamation
of meat and electricity?) Read this unsettling poem by Avra Margariti.
TAKE ME
A cardboard box on the curbside. A magic marker missive: TAKE ME. Free books for someone to take. But what if these books shouldn’t be taken? What if they’re haunted?
Forever Autumn
A crow stares at a man through the window of a cabin in the woods. What does it know? What will it do?
In Bocca al Lupo
When climate change brings about the New Ice Age, along with the hatching of a hoard of monstrous Ningen, it is down to the five remaining members of the Polaris military base to lure the monsters to their doom. Only, the theory behind the lure isn’t all that sound. And the Ningen are like nothing they have ever faced before.
An Exercise in Peddling Fear
A true master of a trade takes pride in their work and the demonic plying of human fear is no different! An artisan breaks down the industry and walks two unfortunate souls through its current project.
Tailor Made
A tailor uses some very special material to cover over a groom’s deficiencies. Not all of us are what we appear to be.
The Orchid’s Crimson Maw
After her mother’s suicide, lonely Melody returns home to fetch the family orchid; a plant capable of altering reality—for a price.
Season’s Greetings
Depressed and suicidal, Flynn makes a pact with an ancient spirit, a monstrous being made of glass who writes eloquent letters promising to claim Flynn’s life and end his suffering. But when he unexpectedly finds love in the arms of Nan, they must fight to break the pact and save his soul.
Mr. McClane
All Amanda wants is a friend who’ll value what she has to say. Who would have thought she’d find that friend living in the giant, rusty boiler in the basement?
Her Attraction, When Invisible
Brian, a lifelong insomniac, thinks he’s almost moved past the death of his wife. However, the Horrors that live in his house and torment him at night tell a different story.