Hexman by Levi Krain
by Levi Krain I am made of witches’ brooms, toadstools, hemp, and old maids’ revenge. A man paces beneath the tree at the far end of a backyard. His feet are restless, like…
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River Song by Emma Johnson-Rivard
by Emma Johnson-Rivard It starts like this. The dead girl was not buried. She was stuffed into a burlap sack and thrown from a bridge to float two miles downstream before coming to…
Kobudai by Jake Kendall
by Jake Kendall Sean paused outside the wine bar. He took a deep breath, wiped the sweat of his palms against his jeans and walked inside. His date was watching from a table…
Ditchers By Aeryn Rudel
By Aeryn Rudel “This will let me see who rings my doorbell?” Gary asked the technician from SpyDoor, a beefy guy in a blue work shirt with the name Bob stenciled across the…
The Walking Shadow by Max Griffin
by Max Griffin Enoch leaned into the freezing wind and plodded through snow drifts on leaden feet. Snow needled his cheeks and hid the street in a white miasma. He clenched his jaw…
Peeper by R.D. Steadie
By R.D. Steadie It started a few weeks ago with some creepy guy peeping on me while I was doing my laundry. There’s a storage room door in the laundry room where I…
Gimme A Smile by Mike Strange
by Mike Strange The Tacoma City Mall had been abandoned for some time. Aside from the odd squatter or two under the entrance, no one had been back inside the place since it was…
Gramps by Jack Somers
Gramps by Jack Somers There were three of them coming down the aisle—a tall guy in a Santa outfit and two shorter guys dressed as elves. Santa was in the lead. He was…
The Burning Bride by Liam Martin
The Burning Bride by Liam Martin I stared over the top of one of my bookshelves at the strange parcel that lay on the edge of the counter. It was wrapped in thick…
Sherrick and the Train
by Dan Maltbie PART ONE Sherrick dipped and dived his tiny speeder through the heavy traffic surrounding the central spire on Transysco Prime. The clean glass and steel tower rose high above the…
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