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My brothers and sisters always tease…
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Amor Fati
by Charlotte O’Farrell
Trevor arrived at the group’s…
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Spreading My Wings
by Annie Percik
I have been waiting so long. The hour…
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Taran’s Hunt
by Tracy Davidson
No longer a child. Time to prove…
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That Healthy Glow
by Ryan Benson
Donna gazed at her reflection.
Sigh.
The…
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Sigh.
The…
Second Time’s the Charm
by Becky Benishek
He came to her when she had too…
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Better Latte Than Never’s
by A.L. Blacklyn
I'm about to burn. My final thesis…
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First Time
by Liam Hogan
The hunter waited, trembling. Across…
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The Bell
by C.M. Saunders
Cancer.
The very word is enough…
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Awful Alphabet
by Evan Baughfman
“Daddy, they taught me my ABC’s!”…
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The Glutton
by John A. DeMember
The infernal flames licked at…
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Headmoths
by J. Motoki
His last words hiss under the pendulum…
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Your Ride Has Arrived
by Evan Baughfman
The hearse came to a silent stop…
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A Psi of Relief
by Shawn M. Klimek
Once the mushroom’s psychotropic…
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Other Oceans
by Blair Frison
An epidemic of suicide and madness…
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Cosmic Horror
by Dustin Pinney
Ray saw the asteroid long before…
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The Tailor
by Ezekiel Kincaid
I slipped on the suit. The sleeves…
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Scarecrow
by Denzell Cooper
The wheat grew past our heads, ears…
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When the Cat’s Away…
by Thomas Kleaton
Norman scratched his head, pondering…
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Allison’s Ghost
by W.T. Paterson
The house wasn’t haunted when she…
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Muse
by Connor Greenaway
He put the pen down, defeated.…
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Devil’s Triangle
by Caleb Echterling
During the drinking game Devil’s…
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Big Bad Consequences
by Tim Hawken
Pneumoconiosis has taken its toll. The…
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Eyes of Innocence
by Ximena Escobar
Behind her sweet caress lies a lie. …
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Awakened
by C.D. Augello
In the night he feels her…
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Flesh Art
by Gary Ferrill
Flesh was torn. Limbs flayed open.…
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Trophic Dynamics
by Gabrielle Bleu
Sixteen dogs used to roam the back…
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After Glow
by Liam Hogan
Huh. Zombies.
Of course it was zombies.…
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Of course it was zombies.…
Where Her Heart Was
by Adam Breckenridge
My girlfriend opened the door…
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Reflections
by Lynne Lumsden Green
My friend Ben and I loved jumping…
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AA
by Shane Sinjun
“Welcome to AA,” the convenor…
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We’ll Always Have Venus
by Shawn M. Klimek
To humanity’s great relief, the…
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Hand
by Belinda Brady
“Fancy a drink?” Dave asks.
“I’m…
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“I’m…
Quietus
by Chitra Gopalakrishnan
Release travels to me through…
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The Carrion Maven
by Casey Douglass
It seeps through the streets like…
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Buzzards
by Vonnie Winslow Crist
The trouble began when Jimmie…
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Mother Cat
by Rickey Rivers Jr.
Rick accidentally ran over a…
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Nytemare
by Daniel Bagley
Deep inside lives a monster, born…
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Automated Control
by Ryan Benson
The small civilians pelt me with rocks…
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Pin This Picture Upon the Refrigerator
by Steven Holding
Furious scratching as crayon scrapes…
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Time to Retreat
by Gabriella Balcom
As Pam picked a dahlia, something…
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The Gun
by James WF Roberts
The gun on the table mocks me.…
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Inheritance
by Charlotte O’Farrell
All my life, Uncle Harry’s…
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Aberrant Foliation
by Dennis Mombauer
The train stopped. Sanesh awoke…
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Darkness Falls
by Kim Plasket
Darkness falls across a sea of blood.…
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A New Mourning
by Kevin Hopson
Michael knew of the man. He visited…
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Treasure Hunt
by Holly Schofield
The penthouse door shut behind…
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All the Little Vampires
by Gregory L. Norris
While the family slept, all the…
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Rags and Bones
by Carys Crossen
The villagers decided she was a witch.…
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The Capital D
by A.L. King
I’ve seen Death. That’s with a capital…
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O Fear and Fortuna
by L.P. Melling
They rained from the sky, shaped like…
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Singer
by Steven Sheil
She fell backwards into the crowd…
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Lady in White
by A.R. Johnston
I slowly walked toward the river,…
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The Butcher of Redcreek Farm
by Zoey Xolton
Jacob shivered in the cage, naked as…
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Excalibur’s Prelude
by Dave Ring
Emrys and Fatou le Fay had been practicing…
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Grandma’s Gift
by J.D. Bell
Weathered hands work the long braid of…
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What Squirms Beneath
by Paul Alex Gray
Chunks of muck splattered Ernie…
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They Hang
by John Saxton
They hang; some in bunches, others…
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Soul Food
by Mike Murphy
The eternal soul fluttered about the…
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Ghulskelche
by Russell Hemmell
"Welcome to The Morgue. At 5 pm,…
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Learn
by Belinda Brady
“Shapeshifters? Why are you reading…
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It’s So Dark
by Stephen Herczeg
I wake. It’s dark. So dark.
My…
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My…
The Rich, The Poor And When Earth’s Time Is Up
by Aditya Deshmukh
An ashamed sun drags itself up…
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The Hot Bunk
by Shawn M. Klimek
Lieutenant Kent ached. His leaden…
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Quick Salvage
by Eddie D. Moore
I found the derelict in a degrading…
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On the House
by Colleen Anderson
Jordan hated everything; wife…
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The 97-Year-Old Science-Fiction Writer’s Untimely Time-Machine Computer
by J. J. Steinfeld
The 97-year-old science-fiction…
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Protected Class
by Adam S. Furman
To the citizens and subjects of…
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Nodes and Modes
by Beth W. Patterson
There was no sound in space,…
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A Breath So Sweet
by Stephen Coghlan
Oh, The Horror!
I must escape!
I…
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I…
Expire
by Alex Gounaris
I floated in space, heading for an endless…
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