Category: Stories
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Gather Round
Halloween night. A group of people in costumes gathers in a clearing deep in the forest, sitting around a crackling campfire. Sparks drift into the air, carried by a light breeze that seems determined to make the night even colder. And, as inevitably happens in gatherings like these, someone starts telling a spooky story. And…
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Social Media Horror
Peter Davidson is a former member who left us to pursue his interest in photography some months back. When he approached us with this fine little story asking if he could share it here, we were happy to oblige. Note that Peter is British; American readers need not be alarmed over some of the spellings.…
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INNOCUOUS
Welcome back, fellow travelers on the highways of American lore. I see you’ve returned to Delaware and have been asking about our stories. All right. Pull over up ahead and let me take you back to back in the day. Don’t worry. You’ll be on your way soon enough though, perhaps not quite in the…
Will Mowass
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The Threads, The Strings, They Sing, They Sing
She often plucked the threads. Hearers turned their heads. The threads sang a tune. Musical notes so light and dark and everywhere in her room. The stings sang a becoming tune. Outside they could hear notes singing and calling, calling them, calling them. Irresistible reaching out note by note. The song traveled far and wide. …
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THE WAVERING
STAGE ZERO “Thus far any and all vaccination attempts have proven unreliable.” -Sentinel News Network, seven years ago We fretted over the Wavering up North, but it was the Skulks who shook the world. Same creature to a degree, different name based on region. I felt in my marrow we had escaped the…
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The Torturer’s Apprentice
The door was more than anything Mika could ever have imagined a door to a dungeon could be. Much more. Then again, he’d never seen a door to a dungeon before. Few had of course. And those few mostly never ever came back to talk about it. Mika was delighted. At fifteen, out of school…
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Jiang Shi
A story by David Lee Summers from the collection Vermillion Highways, published by Hiraeth Publishing. The Encephalon approached a world covered with blue oceans and white clouds. Scanning the planet, the machine intelligence determined the planet contained abundant life, capable of creating dwellings and structures to store food and conduct commerce. The planet’s lifeforms had…
David Lee Summers
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A BRIEF TREAT
by William J. Jackson Ilsa Waters found her future waiting, pink and fragrant, atop the marble island in her remodeled kitchen. Surrounded by wood paneled walls and white countertops, a stainless steel sink with elephantine faucet, it greeted her quietly. Softer than love in sugary whorls over placid fondant. “I can’t believe you got me…
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A Risk Worth Taking
I feel I must apologise to the real writers here as I feel somewhat of an imposter. I really can’t offer any insight or advice about the writing process or the genre of horror. Like Jack has recently declared, I too am not a real writer. Not in the sense of being driven to write.…
