by Susmita Ramani Waking, I’ve never experienced such absolute darkness and silence. Peeling apart my clasped hands, I feel around. Above me and to my sides is wood. Below me is satin. I smell fresh earth. I can’t stop sweating and shaking, feeling waves of heat like I’m being dipped into boiling water. I […]
Susan Moore is a shy girl who she seeks revenge on her classmates at her 20-year high school reunion with delicious results!
by Alyson Hasson The doorknob slipped from her grasp as the oversized emerald door swung open, exposing the darkness within. Her heart pounded—the door should have been locked. Frigid water encompassed her feet as she stepped into the void. The walls leaned inwards around her, thick moss coating their surface. The door slammed shut, […]
Christina and Jacqui, best friends since university, face an increasingly terrifying situation—either madness or something far beyond their comprehension.
by Kimberly Rei The churchyard trembled at night. Pauly said that wasn’t possible. Pauly was full of shit. Stand off the property and it was fine, but so much as one toe over the edge and there it was. The ground was afraid. The old small church was scared right down to it’s last […]
After a big fire at a circus, a few pages of a diary are all that is left to tell the story of an immigrant running from persecution and prejudice.
by Dale Parnell The nurse at the main desk said my father had been moved; G-ward, at the other end of the hospital. I had missed visiting hours, but they said the rules were relaxed for certain patients. I knew what they meant. It’s surprising how quiet a hospital can be. Long corridors with […]
“Do you know what happens when you stare into television static?”
“I don’t have a television.”
Given the choice between a contented life and a meaningful one, which do you want?
“Should I begin with the tale of the cannibalistic peacocks, perhaps? The molten field of liquorice mushrooms? Or maybe you’d like to hear about the obsequious coffee beans dancing to the tune of Hickory Dickory Dock?”