TESS IS EVE UNDER HER her coat. She made the costume last year, three felt leaves sewn strategically onto … More
Tag: Fiction
“Homestead”: A Flash Fiction for Bad Survivalist by Bryan Harvey
YOU COULD GET TO IT by a shortcut through the swamp. Or you could take the bridge near the … More
“Static Pressure,” a flash fiction for Haunted Passages by Cooper Shrivastava
I AM 612 FEET BELOW the surface, and I am furious. Eric is connected to my dive belt by … More
“Leap of Faith,” an ekphrastic short fiction for Haunted Passages by Mark Blickley
I’M A DEAD FROG AND I don’t say this with any pity or understanding or shame, it’s just an observation … More
“Cobweb Lake”: A Short Story for Haunted Passages by Hernán Ortiz
MY FRIEND AND I WERE skipping stones near the bodies that floated on the surface. We imagined that if … More
“.DECEMBER.”: OCTOBER PEOPLE novel excerpt & audio by Pablo D’Stair
…It was twenty-years ago today (as someone – I can’t think who – was known to say) at the ripe … 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
“Print Isn’t Dead”: Submissions for Vol. 11 are OPEN
Submissions for the Vol. 11 print annual are … OPEN. Deadline 12/31/2020 @11:59 p.m. CDT. Submissions to HFR are … More
“A SLOW RADIOACTIVE DEATH (IN AN ENDLESS LOOP)”: A Short Story for Bad Survivalist by Joshua Rodriguez
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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
“Into the Pool of Magma”: An Interview with DIRECTORY Author Christopher Linforth by Tyler Dempsey
Has a book made you mad? It’s so good, you realize drugs exist—without your knowing—that send authors to parallel planes? … More
