Tag horror

CORPSE FLIESby Preston Dennett The sound of dishes banging in the kitchen ceased and seconds later Geena appeared, waving her hands frantically. Stanley looked up from the TV. “What is it, honey?” “L-look!”  She pointed to the dining room where…

DAMAGE DEPOSITby Matthew Pritt Hunter found the damage while investigating the flickering lights. The breaker box was offset from the frame, exposing the wood behind it. There it was, yet another problem with the rental house. “I think we have…

BIG EMPTYby Aria Braswell The Big Empty smelt like the color black. It sat out back behind the farmhouse and was deep as anything could go. Mama didn’t think it smelt like I thought it did. Still, I wasn’t allowed…

A NEW SAVIORby Kat Hutchson The smell of ammonia filled Ruth’s nostrils when she entered the room. She couldn’t quite make out if it was just urine or if there was something more to it. A sticky residue clung to…

8.06by Justin Rulton They come to talk to me. They tell me things I don’t want to hear. They bring me answers to questions I don’t want to ask. Uninvited. Like a sudden dull pain in your temple, or a…

HARBINGERby R. Michael A murder of crows spiraled overhead, cawing in the waning light just above the canopy of an aged, twisted forest. Fog rolled in from the northwest, blanketing the underwood save for a single oil lantern that gently…

POOR CHARLIEby Alex Desiderius Then she died. She was old. I had to find out how old from mum. “Eighty” she said. That was an impressive number back then. A thousand wouldn’t have been much more impressive. Even after she…

CORDELIA’S CURSEby Priscilla Bettis Five-year-old Cordelia’s little knees trembled as she crouched in the tiny space. The bricklayer had given Cordelia an apple and her very own candle to chase away the darkness if she’d be a good girl while…

JUST A HIKE IN THE WOODSby Morgan Hazelwood When Pat pulled into the slim line of parking spots on the side of the road near the trail, he was a bit startled that there were any spots available, much less…

A BOWL OF SHADOWby Stephen S. Power The only lights in the low-ceilinged basement were a votive candle on the dirt floor, its reflection in the bowl of liquid beside it, and the glow in the eye of the woman…

TAPESTRY OF SCARSby Holley Cornetto “It is perfectly normal for a woman at your stage in life,” the doctor said, wringing his gnarled hands as he revealed to Esme the secrets of being a woman. As if the letters MD…