2024-Issue 16

The cold, black barrel of the Colt .357 invaded my mouth like a steel tongue depressor. The>>Read more...

I had a premonition last night. There was a place not to go, a drink not to have, and there were>>Read more...

Whether you’re launching a new book, or relaunching a book, the principles are the same. You>>Read more...

Declan walked down the street looking at houses he was casing for the night. Ah, small towns. He>>Read more...

Judgement day comes loudly trumpeted yet completely unexpectedly. Outdoors the dogs bark>>Read more...

Jeff was filled with excitement. He’d been begging his parents to bring him to the opening night of>>Read more...

Writing metaphors with psychedelic ink, but they are living things; taking me to hell in a basket of>>Read more...

“I’ve been on a lot of dating sites, and you wouldn’t believe the characters I’ve met. It’s came to>>Read more...

January 8 A cargo plane carrying medical supplies crashes into a crowded market in the Democratic>>Read more...

There’s a light drizzle merging in clingy, bulbous raindrops. It seems to upset the spiders that I>>Read more...

No plea can change your fate now, I’m afraid, For it’s too late to back out of our deal. I’ve slain>>Read more...

As a child, I would come here all the time. I don’t know how it feels to be back here again>>Read more...

The bartender leans against the wall, polishing glasses with his rag, watching two sullen men>>Read more...

Peter Jenkins peeked through the upstairs window at the van outside his house. A garish cartoon bull>>Read more...

It’s Friday The parasite planet, writhing with worms with blood-red sound machines that are>>Read more...

Dark necrotic flowers, Tints of purple Of bruises, the Sickly ocher of Decay on petals curled in>>Read more...

When Reggie was a little girl, her mother had been a firm believer that children ought to get out in>>Read more...

It was a hard thing, being dead. Watching the rise and fall of the seasons without the heat of the>>Read more...

Two flies circled the computer monitor, bumping in a dalliance. With a lazy wave, Sung-ho shewed>>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...