Mama’s Hand of Glory
A woman has a planchette tattooed onto her hand before she dies, believing that it will permit her to talk to her daughter from the beyond. When the daughter discovers the hand defiled, something having taken a bite out of it, she must deal with the consequences.
Chickenscratch
Forced to live with unfriendly relatives on an Arkansas farm, Cooper accepts strange chicken feed from a sinister salesman that impacts the chickens in unexpected ways.
Shooting the Messenger
Paranoic Miles has a healthy fear of vampires.
Shadow Puppets
Kyle has a new neighbor at Valley Acres Trailer Park.
Bondye Bon
Heloise’s mother has a secret locked away.
The Hitman’s Ghost
Charles learns the hard way that some jobs aren’t worth the money.
Darkroom Liaisons
The poltergeists leave the darkroom the way they came: faceless. Read this beautiful poem by Avra Margariti, only on The Dread Machine.
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?