IT HAPPENED SLOWLY AT FIRST. Slits tracing shoulder blades down a pale canvas back, blood trickling like paint from … More
Tag: Fiction
“The Academic Agenda,” a satirical story by Darryl Lorenzo Wellington for #NoMorePresidents
How much did you learn in school? There are hours when the subjectivity of days and nights overwhelms you. To … More
Haunted Passages Fiction by Alexa T. Dodd: “His or Yours”
When you come home from work, the living room is littered with a grease-tattooed pizza box and dented cans … 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
“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
“Don’t Think About the Elephant”: An Interview with Andrew Farkas, Author of THE BIG RED HERRING
Andrew Farkas is the author of a novel: The Big Red Herring (KERNPUNKT Press), and two short fiction collections: … More
A Story from The Future: “Affliction” by Angela Woodward
I have fled to a floating island of trash to tell you stories of the peaceful north woods. Here’s one—A man … More
“Dissonance, Shock, and the Inevitable Truth”: Gay Degani Chats with Sandra Arnold, Author of SOUL ETCHINGS
Both the title of Soul Etchings (Retreat West Books, 2019) by Sandra Arnold, the cover with its crackled baby-doll faces, … More
Five Plane Crashes by Chance Dibben
The Disappeared The airliner is not at the bottom of the ocean. Nor is it blown to bits over … More
The Future Has Photography: “Men with Their Guns 2” by Margo Berdeshevsky
*** Margo Berdeshevsky is the author of: BEFORE THE DROUGHT (Glass Lyre Press/2017). She is the winner of … More
Fiction from The Future: “Rabid Dogs” by Jason Arment
Time before the alarms, when violence was only overseas, seemed disconnected from the now—silent countdown. Clark glanced at his watch. … More
