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

“Maggie Siebert’s Dead Kitten as the Persecution of Consciousness by Reality’s Imitation of Eternity”: Charlene Elsby’s Review of BONDING

“Every Day for the Rest of Your Life” is the final story in Maggie Siebert’s Bonding, and it’s the kind … More

“Ghost Town,” a Haunted Passages Short Story by Chris George

Ghost Town We stayed in the van while our mom gave the ghost tour. These nights scared my sisters. They … More

MASTER OF RODS AND STRINGS, Jason Marc Harris’ debut novella, reviewed by Maxwell Malone

“The life of puppets […] is the dance of the fingers. Puppeteers of old—they say—would connect wires from their veins, … More

Haunted Passages: Two Poems by Romana Iorga

Fairy Tale After James Schuyler I heard a rooster crow three times this morning.What does it mean, whom have I … More

“I Couldn’t Stop Looking,” a flash fiction by Lisa Korzeniowski for Haunted Passages

I Couldn’t Stop Looking I am standing in the backyard in front of the shed. My brother is at the … More

Haunted Passages: “Raynaud’s Berries,” a new short story by Tony Burgess

Raynaud’s Berries —for Carrie On our way to the emergency room, we realize it is the twelfth day in a … More

“Father Calls,” a Haunted Passages short fiction by Andrew Bertaina

Father Calls Two weeks after my father dies in a freak accident, a dramatic fall while trimming fruit trees in … More

Connor Fisher: Two Poems for Haunted Passages

An Aphid Complex An aphid complex emerged frombeneath the burning barn. Horses were theprophets of agriculture. I threw a tractor … More