Bottles of Wine
The police officer straightened the camera toward the pale face of the interrogatee. „Good. Now, I want you to repeat what you said when we picked you up.” He pressed a tiny button and the camera made a short sound.… Continue Reading
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Romanian Horror, a Young but Powerful Addition to Horror At Large
Ciprian Mitoceanu – Dark Tales of Sorrow and Despair Kindle Edition, 2014 Amazon Digital Services, Inc. The Romanian horror scene is a poor one. There isn’t any legacy to build on, there are but a handful of writers… Continue Reading
Seeing Cortazar
I came because I gave in to your persistence; those kind of parties don’t humor me and, honestly, I hadn’t thought until recently that such a mess and such a hubbub of souls gathered under the same roof are even… Continue Reading
The Blade Masters
The pain hit Spinner everywhere at once when he came back online. He ran a quick diagnosis on what still worked in his system and winced. Or tried to. He was still losing blood through two major wounds in his… Continue Reading
The 7th House
A caravan of blank, white-paneled moving trucks pulled off blacktopped State Route 53, and turned onto an abandoned dirt road. The dry dirt had permanent ruts carved in from years gone by and was overgrown with tall grass and weeds.… Continue Reading
Not the Children!
The fat guy got off first, face like a flattened canister and pinkish skin. The skunk. He was hauling a ginormous bag. Sweating, the damn stinker. He’d sat next to me the whole trip, stuck in the seat, incapable of… Continue Reading
Jamais vu
Cătălin Pînzaru – Jamais-vu Ethan McQuincy-Popescu had just about everything a young man could want: brains, good-looks, confidence and the woman he loved. He was also determined to bury everything that stood in his way. In order to do… Continue Reading
Helen Marshall: “History is something like a horror story: everyone dies at the end”
Helen Marshall is an award-winning Canadian author, editor, and doctor of medieval studies. Her poetry and fiction have been published in The Chiaroscuro, Abyss & Apex, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Tor.com and have been reprinted in several Year’s Best anthologies. Her debut collection of short… Continue Reading
A Dash of Kindness
‘The knockings you hear are only the most modest act in her repertoire. Calista has the bad habit that all ghosts have to move swiftly around your back or to sneak at the edge of your vision. I’m fed up… Continue Reading
Gnomus
Snapping his eyes open at the thunderous knocking at his front door, Steven rolled out of bed, put on his robe and slippers and walked out of the bedroom. The morning air was chilly inside the small, four-room house. Shivers… Continue Reading