Ritual for Becoming Unborn Become a secret that turns itself inside out become the remotest part of yourself become … More
Category: Haunted Passages
An ominous wind circles you in the middle of an isolated woods. Your friends wander into an empty factory, under the cover of dusk, never to be seen again. These are “Haunted Passages,” new features of unearthly delights.
WHISPERS IN THE EAR OF A DREAMING APE, a horror short story collection by Joshua Chaplinsky, reviewed by Avery Cook
Whispers in the Ear of a Dreaming Ape, by Joshua Chaplinsky. Clash Books, October 2019. 174 pages. $13.95, paper. Joshua … More
Layla Saleeby on SOFT FRUIT IN THE SUN, Oliver Zarandi’s debut story collection from Hexus Press
Soft Fruit in the Sun, by Oliver Zarandi. Hexus Press, September 2019. 168 pages. $19.99, paper. Despite its focus on … More
“Samples from a Wichita Mountains Ontology,” a hybrid haunting by Seth Copeland
One summer a man fell while rappelling in the Narrows//We could hear him moan up on a cliff/his … More
“The Over/Under: A Triptych,” fiction by Melissa Benton Barker
1. The Solid and the Vapor I was sitting on the sofa in my yoga clothes when the phone … More
“The Burial Party”: Vol. 9 Original Fiction by Adrian Van Young
In her invalid’s bunk on the steamer Virginia, the Nurse cannot stop throwing up. When the boat is in … More
“call the necromancer”: Four Poems by Leia Penina Wilson
volta OR these snapdragon flower seed pods look like little skulls because it’s all imagination & horror baby can … More
“We’re a Creepy Bunch”: Hillary Leftwich Talks to Sarah Read, Author of the Story Collection OUT OF WATER
Sarah Read is a force in the horror genre and has a long-standing history of publications in numerous top tier … More
IN THE DREAM HOUSE, a Graywolf Press memoir by Carmen Maria Machado, reviewed by Benjamin Kinney
In the Dream House: A Memoir, by Carmen Maria Machado. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, November 2019. 210 pages. $26.00, hardcover. … More
TALES FROM THE CRUST, an anthology of pizza horror edited by David James Keaton & Max Booth III, reviewed by Ann Davis-Rowe
Tales from the Crust: An Anthology of Pizza Horror, edited by David James Keaton & Max Booth III. San Antonio, Texas: … More
“Ghost Tree,” a concrete visual poem by Tara Campbell
In Muir Woods there are redwood trees that are completely white, lacking all chlorophyll. They’re called ghost trees, and … More
“The Butchers”: A Fiction Excerpt from The Future by Alana I. Capria
On Sundays, we butchered. It made us so happy, S— and me. We did not mind the blood or … More
