“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

Sarah Read is a force in the horror genre and has a long-standing history of publications in numerous top tier … More

Andrew Farkas is the author of a novel: The Big Red Herring (KERNPUNKT Press), and two short fiction collections: … More

I have fled to a floating island of trash to tell you stories of the peaceful north woods. Here’s one—A man … More

Both the title of Soul Etchings (Retreat West Books, 2019) by Sandra Arnold, the cover with its crackled baby-doll faces, … More

The Disappeared The airliner is not at the bottom of the ocean. Nor is it blown to bits over … More

*** Margo Berdeshevsky is the author of: BEFORE THE DROUGHT (Glass Lyre Press/2017). She is the winner of … More

Time before the alarms, when violence was only overseas, seemed disconnected from the now—silent countdown. Clark glanced at his watch. … More

I am eighteen when I decide. I stand by the bed of the creek, watching the light on the surface … More

On Sundays, we butchered. It made us so happy, S— and me. We did not mind the blood or … More

Angelica finds herself in the nexus of several intersecting red corridors. Everything is red: the walls, the stucco ceiling, … More