2023-Issue 8

Tarjal the Pauper followed me into the basilisk’s den. Idiot! Poor fool thought he could pick my>>Read more...

I went to the library to see a man about a dog. Fifteen minutes later, another man, a large one in a>>Read more...

His cheeks are shrunken, skin is yellow like paper left out too long in the sun. Flies buzz about>>Read more...

For five nights in a row, it was the same dream. I am walking through a waist high field of green>>Read more...

The Dreaded Red Pen Let’s back up a step. We’ve talked about building your brand, we’ve covered>>Read more...

Blue eyes so deep and so cold looking like a glacial lake telling me they never give more than you>>Read more...

Pale, ethereal, no need to speak, its skin tone is its voice. Beckoning from curtain fold, from end>>Read more...

Hope and Deceit sat across from each other, playing cards. “Threes.” “Go fish.” Hope drew a card>>Read more...

Gertrude feels the boredom settling into her bones. She and John are all the way up on the>>Read more...

They drove until dark. Ren cringed every time another explosion thundered, but soon the blasting was>>Read more...

“Try this,” the voice says, handing me a pipe. Already I can see the flame rise and fall, dancing. I>>Read more...

Her breath blows cold today. Facing both dark and light, a note escapes. An almost name is mouthed>>Read more...

They finalized their plans through the week. If the house was accessible, they would stay overnight>>Read more...

Dean Shawker Dean Shawker hails from Bracknell, UK, and now lives in Melbourne, Australia. Dean is>>Read more...

Jodi Christensen Small town Utah is where Jodi calls home. She spends her days in a>>Read more...

Kara Hawkers Kara Hawkers is a poet and author of short, dark fiction. As Editor-in-Chief, Kara>>Read more...