2025-Issue 27

A Kolkata Cemetery by Sarah das Gupta

From my window only darkness in the nearby cemetery. Then I hear the jackals, howling in the night. Sheets of lightning show dark silhouettes of ghostly trees, broken headstones, tangled...

Capitalism at Its Finest by John Leahy

Location, location, location was my father’s mantra. He reiterated it to me so much I thought my head would explode. Elementary school, prep school, college… all the way up until...

Cog by Eric J. Juneau

Four people away from me on the conveyor belt, Wilkins screams. One of the robots behind us marches toward him, taking its time. Wilkins is clutching his wrist—not his hand,...

Dancing Cheek to Cheek by Sarah Das Gupta

Lovers, dancing cheek to cheek. Outside, snow drifts pile against walls and windows. Fingers of moonlight touch snow-dressed trees, pools of darkness flood the lonely house. The music quickens, the...

Death From Above by Armand Rosamilia

The flapping of wings brought Clarence out of a good dream, one where he wasn’t being attacked. He searched in the darkness for his family, but they were long gone....

Gosh Darn It, I’m Wet! by Glenn Dungan

All right, fine. Okay, so the rubber duck bobs in the water, ignorant of the vapor steaming from the pool and rising to the banisters and balustrades in the warehouse....

How Beautiful Things Disappear by Euan Lim – Part Two

Shortly after, Alexandru flutters his fingers in goodbye and slips out the back door of the abandoned house, Vasile takes the bus to Old Town, struggling under the weight of...

Mairi by Caroline Ashley

Mairi was my hero.When I fell and scraped my knees, it was always Mairi who ran to my side—It's just a scratch, Gracie-Lou. Let me kiss it better. When boys...

On Donevan’s Hill by Chris Bunton

The dark stone house on Donevan’s Hill seemed to swallow up the sunlight. A foreboding place where the ancients sacrificed to evil fallen ones. A gateway place where this world,...

Past Perfect – Part One by Paul Hodgins

Can you conceive of a less likely place for a haunted house than Irvana, California’s ultimate master-planned community, with its row upon row of tidy pseudo-Tudors and downsized Tuscan villas...

Shadow Life by Chris Bunton

Do you see the shadow people? Out of the corner of your eye? Lurking, watching, waiting. They are always there, but never when you look. Just a shape that moves,...

Swipe to Unlock – Part One by Joshua Ginsberg

Back at the small apartment he rented, Chase was surprised by what he had done earlier that night. He couldn’t remember ever having stolen anything in his life, but the...

Taking Care of Our Own by Kelly Matsuura

“This isn’t the way…” Tears streaked my face, and I couldn’t finish my words. This isn’t the way I want to say goodbye to my brother! If only I could...

The Poet Laureate of Dagus Mines – Part One by Dennis McFadden

Sherm Bullers was waiting for me outside on the porch of the Coolbrook General Store. There isn’t a lot to the place, Coolbrook, maybe a dozen houses, a couple of...

Unbeliever by Suzanne Paul

Editor's note: the following passage includes a racial slur in character dialogue to illustrate bigotry. It appears solely in the speaker’s voice and does not reflect the publisher's or author’s...

Ω Editor Dean Shawker

Dean Shawker Dean Shawker hails from Bracknell, UK, and now lives in Melbourne, Australia. Dean is co-founder and editor of Black Hare Press. Having found that his BSc in Bioengineering...

Ω Editor Jodi Christensen

Jodi Christensen Small town Utah is where Jodi calls home. She spends her days in a turn-of-the-century farmhouse, reading, writing, editing, and mentoring other writers. Her daily companions consist of...

Ω Editor Kara Hawkers

Kara Hawkers Kara Hawkers is a poet and author of short, dark fiction. As Editor-in-Chief, Kara devotes most of her time to operating The Ravens Quoth Press, along with her...

Ω Editorial Associate Janet Wright

Janet Wright Janet Wright lives in the wilds of North Yorkshire, UK, where foxes shriek and owls hoot at the bottom of her garden. An avid reader since childhood, she...

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