Haunted Passages: “Maxwell House’s Demon,” a short story by J. Thomas Murphy

SHE WOKE UP TO THE rain and a vague sense of unease. The unease she attributed to the melancholy weather. … More

Haunted Passages: “Derek, Ricky, Umar, Gael,” a short story by Jackie Sizemore

THE FIRST GHOST LAW WAS supposed to get everybody on better terms with their resident ghosts, but whoever wrote that … More

WHEN MY GRANDMA WAS ON the farm, she snapped around one thousand chicken necks and in one day killed, … More

Halfway through the year of 2020 1 About the flood season in 1978: My father’s boat was traveling to … More

We editors love reading at HFR—and talking books, writing, and publishing around the clock—so we decided to catalog our selections every … More

THE DISEMBODIED HANDS WERE STILL a long way off. I mean, we could hear them down the hallway, kind … More

WE WENT DOWN TO THE river yesterday to watch our beaver do his business. We have a beaver of our … More

Last Will & Testament When I die bury me at Randall Park Mall beside the pebbled fountain where coiny … More

NEW ONLINE FEATURE! Flavortown USA. Submissions now open. Read more below. What’s that smell wafting on the wind? A … More

IN XI’AN, CHINA, I HAD the runs. It had gone on for two days, and I couldn’t control it. I … More

Wednesday Work Day is a series started by editor Hillary Leftwich to showcase and support creatives who offer services, both … More

“THE RESTAURANT OF OBSCURE SORROWS isn’t the best place to work,” I told Alice, “but at least there’s no … More