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,…
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…
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…
Dreams of Metal by Radar DeBoard The blaring alarm shocked Devon from his sleep. He slammed his hand down onto the alarm. Sweat poured down the sides of his face and hands….
Double Barrel Horror: Volume 3 Review by S.J. Budd Brace yourself for another two-barrel blast of unrelenting horror and suspense. Volume 3 of the ‘Double Barrel Horror’ anthology series delivers two chilling tales from…
Poetry 101: Heroic Couplet by James Matthew Byers Greetings from the Darque Bard! Today we are delving deeper into form. Iambic pentameter, as we previously discussed, is a line of poetry made up of five…
Bones by Andrew Cull Reviewed by Morgan K. Tanner After reading Andrew Cull’s excellent novel Remains it was only a matter of time before I got round to checking out his short stories….
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qn42i-df207b Sam Crichton is an actor who has lived all over the place, now currently residing in Stavanger, Norway. He is the star of many films made by the Stavanger Filmmakers club, where has…
Day Drinking at the Bridge by L.L. Asher “Gimme some more.” Sarah elbowed Jessie. Jessie swung her backpack around, swaying, and fished out the orange soda bottle. She swung it like a clock’s…
The Third Corona Book of Horror Stories Review by S.J. Budd I finally got round to reading this one and I’m so glad I did, this is a superb collection of 18 diverse horror…
