MY FRIEND AND I WERE skipping stones near the bodies that floated on the surface. We imagined that if … 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.
John-Michael Bloomquist: Four Father Nescio Poems for Haunted Passages
Father Nescio and the God Pill —after Carl Sagan When the machines grew all our food and drink, there … More
Su Nadeau: “Juniper,” a short story for Haunted Passages
THE TWELVE-THIRTEEN TRAIN DERAILED on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. It was the only one that passed through this way. … More
Amanda Chiado: “A Pretty Girl’s Hair,” a short story for Haunted Passages
WHERE’S MAMA?” BOBBY ASKS. “SHE went to the moon,” Dad says. He sucks hard on a Marlboro. Most of … More
Aaron Teel: “The Quality of Mercy,” a short story for Haunted Passages
WHEN I WAS A BOY no older than you, but taller of course, and squarer of jaw, I came … More
“Our Mutual Friend”: A Short Story for Haunted Passages by Stephen Langlois
MY DAUGHTER ARABELLE, SHE WAS the first to hear them. They woke her Thursday night before last, tapping on … More
Haunted Passages: “Business Travelers,” a short story by Bernard Reed
FOSTER WAS IN TOWN AGAIN. We took a cab together and had a late lunch in an empty little … More
Haunted Passages: “Dear Becca,” a short story by Kate St. Germain
DEAR BECCA, I’VE WANTED TO write you for a long time. But on the last episode, GO FOR IT, … More
Emma Aylor: “Ossuary,” a poem for Haunted Passages
On the farm, our border collie lab killed small animals. I’d tell people they died from Joy. Once a … More
Meagan Masterman: “The River Runs Red in Spring,” a Haunted Passages short story
THE RED IN THE RIVER wasn’t blood, at first. It was iron. Just sediment eroded from mountain rocks that … More
Haunted Passages: “Black Magic,” a short story by Karen Petersen
A RUNAWAY HIPPO, TYPHOID FEVER, and a charge of theft had not figured in my plans for a tranquil … More
Haunted Passages: “The Unhaunted Poem” by Kim Sousa
X-Files child, I always wanted to brush up against the paranormal. Grant me a final girl foggy day. Though, … More
