“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

Short Story for Side A: “Dead Calm” by Jim Daniels

Dead Calm The clumsy enormous leaves of banana trees rattled in the sea breeze on their hotel balcony. “They look … More

HolyLand, USA We’re having trouble getting the Red Sea to part, and my boss is flipping out. It’s our highlight … More

Rooftops Just after 9:30 in the morning on a Wednesday in June, the creature tore down Michigan Avenue, upending taxi … More

What Makes You Feral PIPE BURST. COME EARLY. She rushed. What did she expect? A pipe shattering in mid-air, hard … More

Adults Told Me 1. My science teacher told me that life was slapdash. I talked to him after class sometimes; … More

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

*Ed.’s Note: click on images to view larger sizes. Casey Reiland’s work has appeared in trampset, On the Seawall, The Puritan, … More

Ghost of Girl The house is beautiful they say but bathtub flows over water spilling in drops then steady stream … More

Dad’s House I go to the café with my machine, but I’m followed by a smell. No one else around … More

Lurking For P.A, C*, J, P, D, and friends The campus’ hallway remained silent since the university’s closure earlier this … More

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

Catalog of Nameless Girls I have been sleeping with a married man for the past few months. I know, I … More

Bear, Flower, Ferryman For a long time that morning, the bear occupied herself with a cardboard box. Its walls were … More

Widower One spring afternoon, while Widower was gathering lettuce from the garden, his daughter Lew called out from her siblings … More