Haunted Passages: “Rooftops,” a new short story by Michael Cole

Rooftops Just after 9:30 in the morning on a Wednesday in June, the creature tore down Michigan Avenue, upending taxi … More

“Familiar,” a Haunted Passages short fiction by Betsy Sharp

Familiar Lara, taking the dark path behind. Lara, cold night air. Jacob in the kitchen, frying his ambition in kid-chatter. … More

Haunted Passages: “The Lamp,” a flash fiction by Scott Daughtridge DeMer

The Lamp Echo’s kids asked what secrets the lamp told. She didn’t answer, just stared at the bulb, lit to … More

Haunted Passages: “The Tunnels,” a short story by Jordan Dilley

The Tunnels They say the tunnels were built between two wars, but no one knows for sure. To know for … More

Haunted Passages: “A Guide to the Land of the Mist,” a hermit crab short story by Casey Reiland

Casey Reiland’s work has appeared in trampset, On the Seawall, The Puritan, and elsewhere. She lives in Washington, DC, and you … More

TERMINAL PARK, a novel by Gary J. Shipley, reviewed by Dave Fitzgerald

How do you write about the meaning behind a book whose core subject is essentially the end of meaning? How … More

Haunted Passages: “Ghost of Girl,” a short story by Morghen Tidd

Ghost of Girl The house is beautiful they say but bathtub flows over water spilling in drops then steady stream … More

“mundane objects: the therapist’s office,” a poem for Haunted Passages by E.A. Midnight

mundane objects: the therapist’s office This room is too big for its own good. Strangely oblong and withering, the way … More

Haunted Passages: Three Poems from MINERAL PLANET by James Pate

[In the garden of gray latex foliage] In the garden of gray latex foliage / mouths eating out and eating … More