by Steven Holding All it took was one look at her hook nose and Danny knew that his granny was a witch. A familiar black cat, dark pointy hat, although her number of nipples remained firmly under wraps, despite Danny lurking on the landing at bath time, desperate to administer a dunking. He took […]
by V.A. Vazquez There weren’t many eligible bachelors in Dunwich, but even then, all the women stayed away from Wilbur Whateley. His beard was coarse and knotted, like the hide of a mountain goat, and he smelled like cracked eggs that’d gone off. “Disgusting,” my sister would say, turning away to avoid his stare. […]
by Jacqueline Moran Meyer Elspeth haunts me. At night, I hear her ankle chains scrape along the floorboards towards the bedroom I share with my new bride. She’s getting closer, with her bloated body now splattering water on the rug around our bed. Last night, I took to drink in the hope of not […]
by Matthew Wilson I have had dark moments since I escaped that hospital filled with fools who didn’t grasp my greatness, so I had to burn them. I wished to run into the light, but Whitechapel only has darkness and more laughing women who do not appreciate me. The doctors I burned? I have […]
by McKenzie Richardson The corpse swings on its rope when my fingers wrap around its wrist. Tendons and muscles fray as I sever the flesh. Cracking bones, I saw through until the hand falls into my grasp. Before dissolving into the darkness, reeking of congealing blood, I collect slabs of fat from the murderer’s […]
by K.T. Tate I just wanted a muse. Something unusual to fuel my writing. But that dusty tome with its ancient rites gave me more than that. It was not a muse summoned there, but a thing. Indescribable, even to a seasoned author in its unique horror. Stars burned and died within its shifting […]
by Joshua Gessner I see a girl, hidden behind a curtain of trees, with poisoned lips and rotten teeth. Somewhere, in the pit of her, her heart is just as rotten. I believe if you slit her open, maggots and soot would be all you’d find. There is a shadow of her before she […]
by Celestine Trinidad Father Fernando kept on chanting prayers, ignoring the screams of the demon that possessed the boy. “You don’t know what this child is!” the demon shrieked. “Without me here to stop him, he’ll—” “I cast thee out!” A final scream, and then, silence. “He’s gone,” Father Fernando said. “Niño is safe, […]
by Callum Pearce Swept down from heaven on the wind of Satan’s expulsion. My crime—merely witnessing dissent. I hurtled towards this filthy rock as flames ripped through my wings. In heaven, there was no pain. Now, every newly awakened nerve screams at me constantly. They scream too, those creatures he loves so much. They […]
by Warren Benedetto Maslowe stood absolutely still. Warm, rancid breath caressed the back of his neck. It had come for him. Abholos. The Devourer. Mist swirled around the thing, enshrouding it like unholy vestments. It was shapeless. Formless. An undulating mass devoid of features, save for a terrible maw. Its blackened lips parted to […]