YOU COULD GET TO IT by a shortcut through the swamp. Or you could take the bridge near the … More
Tag: short story
“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
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
“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
“Our Mutual Friend”: A Short Story for Haunted Passages by Stephen Langlois
MY DAUGHTER ARABELLE, SHE WAS the first to hear them. They woke her Thursday night before last, tapping on … More
“The Shapes in the Carpet”: A Short Story for Bad Survivalist by Stephen Piccarella
BOTH OF MY PARENTS ARE dead. I live with Zeke, my older half-brother, and we take care of each other. … More
Haunted Passages: “Business Travelers,” a short story by Bernard Reed
FOSTER WAS IN TOWN AGAIN. We took a cab together and had a late lunch in an empty little … More
Bad Survivalist Short Story: “Along the South Shoreline” by Josie Tolin
LORNA SCANNED HER REFLECTION IN a full-length mirror, sucking in her stomach as she forced the button through the hole. … More
Fiction: “Devil’s Hopyard” by Jennifer Makowsky
I know something bad will happen by the end of the night. Maybe it’s the trees overhanging the winding … More
