The Difference Between Lay and Lie
Some of you are getting your beds and chickens in a muddle…
Dean Kershaw
Dean is co-founder and editor of Black Hare Press. Having found that his BSc in Bioengineering and BA in Digital Media were as useful in real life as calculus and geometric proofs
Hades 11 by Paul Warmerdam
There are few paths history could have taken that leads humanity to set foot on the Moon. One of the roads paved by time, an intersection avoided over fifty years ago now, leads to a different outcome of the arms race on rocket fuel than the one we remember.
Gift Wrapping
by Glenn R. Wilson
“We’ve gathered here to celebrate the ascension of our newest member,” says the headmaster while pointing at me. “Bring in the reward.”
Within moments a cart appears in front of me. Upon it, something squirms within a canvas bag sealed with rope tied in a bow. I reach out and open the card attached to it.
“Congratulations!” it says.
A smile graces my lips as I hurriedly expose its contents.
The sound of applause drowns out the screams of the young girl as my teeth press deeply into her throat. I watch her eyes close as I get my fill.
Glenn R. Wilson
Glenn thrives on unusual tales in unusual settings. Through these stories he follows his muse as he builds a base on which to grow and expand. He’s had a few successes so far and strives for more. He welcomes the challenge.
Nicole Little
Nicole Little is a short story writer living in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Thus far, her work has been published in nine different anthologies
Blood and Silk by Zoey Xolton
Failing to heed his mother’s dire warning Takashi soon discovers that the ancient yōkai of legend are much more than myth, and that not everything is always as it seems.
Jacob Baugher
Jacob Baugher was a slush reader for Flash Fiction Online from 2014-2016. He earned his MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in 2017 and currently teaches
Dealing with Rejection and Story Mechanics
As someone who’s read slush before (not for BHP, for Flash Fiction Online) and as someone who subs to pro markets fairly regularly and has their MFA in fiction, and who teaches fiction writing at the university level, I just want to offer my thoughts. Hopefully they’re helpful.
As Above, So Beneath by Joshua D. Taylor
Mankind had conquered the stars…sculpted alien worlds to their whim…assumed they were the kings of all they surveyed. But now, a darkness spreads—from above and beneath—and mankind will soon realise they are but a temporary blip in the history of the universe.
LOCKDOWN PARANORMAL ROMANCE #2
Paranormal Romance stories for LOCKDOWN.