“Crabgrass,” a new short story by Michael Cole for Haunted Passages

Crabgrass Diane woke calling out for someone, startled, in the same way that she would occasionally wake with a laugh, … More

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

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

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

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

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 This room is too big for its own good. Strangely oblong and withering, the way … More

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

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

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