Surrogate Corpse by Mark Anthony Smith
She is always replacing things. Just as I get comfortable with a sofa – it’s gone. I can never relax at home. She can’t tell me why she feels the need to do it….
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Review Corner: Green Fingers by Dan Coxon
Green Fingers by Dan Coxon Review by S.J. Budd “A series of micro-collections featuring a selection of peculiar tales from the best in horror and speculative fiction.From Black Shuck Books and Dan Coxon comes Green…
Poetry 101: Narrative Poetry Continued (The Ballad)
Poetry 101: Narrative Poetry Continued (The Ballad) By James Matthew Byers Greetings from the Darque Bard! Narrative poetry continues this week with the ballad. Most of us associate the term “ballad” with a…
Review Corner: The Drive-Thru Crematorium by Jon Bassoff
The Drive-Thru Crematorium by Jon Bassoff Reviewed by Morgan K. Tanner (Originally Published in Issue #9 Interstellar) Well this was one weird-ass story. Although the narrative flows effortlessly, it’s a story that takes some…
Episode 023 – Marshall Riley
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jns4z-e0b06d Marshall Riley is a Seattle-based musician who made, among many other brilliant tracks, Losing the Plot’s intro tune!! Their last release, “Emerald Shitty”, is now available on cassette tape through Captain Crook Records:https://captaincrookrecords.bandcamp.com/album/emerald-shitty?fbclid=IwAR2blAk5uUjpXv5wYTdth0ogc6V06VJwbClQJPzS09ERVAwOwVXR_n1WTJ4…
What They Caught at Loon Lake by Michael Carter
What They Caught at Loon Lake by Michael Carter A rod tip bobbed above cattails swaying in the summer breeze. Little Amanda held the cork handle of her rod firm as she traversed…
Review Corner: The Balance by Kev Harrison
The Balance by Kev Harrison Review by S.J. Budd “When myth becomes nightmare…The price of blood is always blood. Natalia’s in trouble. She only looked away for a second, and now her brother’s hurt….
Poetry 101: Narrative Poetry (The Idyll)
Poetry 101: Narrative Poetry (The Idyll) by James Matthew Byers Greetings from the Darque Bard! Heroic couplets make great structures for epic and narrative poems. Last week we took a look into Chaucer’s world,…
Review Corner: The Lamppost Huggers by Christopher Stanley
The Lamppost Huggers and Other Wretched Tales by Christopher Stanley Reviewed by Morgan K. Tanner In my opinion there are two ways of reading flash fiction collections. You either race through them bam bam…
Episode 022 – Philip LoPresti
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-392zp-df2129 Philip LoPresti is a New York-based poet, photographer, and fiction author, most recently of the novella “The Things We Bury”, out with NihilismRevised. We talk about depression, tragedy, meaninglessness, cruelty—and awaiting our awards…
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