Skip Tracer by Will Lennon
In the frozen alleys of Chicago, a renowned skip tracer thrives, seamlessly blending into the digital shadows. His life is simple: track the vanishing for wealthy clients, then retreat to a haze of video games and weed.
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The Sins We Take With Us by Christopher Bond
In a forgotten schoolhouse, three friends are trapped in a realm where the past’s darkest secrets come alive.
The Cured by Kris Ashton
Secrets can kill…
In a near-future society where those cured of a pernicious virus are shunned as an inferior underclass, a troubled, young man is forced to confront his bigotry, leading to a situation both tragic and unimaginably horrifying.
Bartender Lobotomist
by Jodie Angell A sharp wind whistled through the forest. The abandoned bar’s shutters rattled. Leaves fluttered through the open door to join the broken glass. Fluorescent light flickered. A blown transformer snuffed the last of the light. The bartender downed a shot of Tequila, then descended into the cellar; her makeshift practise. She […]
Cymbals Eat Guitars by Josh Hanson
Combining horror, suspense, and deep psychological drama, Cymbals Eat Guitars is the punk rock zombie survival story you’ve been waiting for.
The Diner
by Tracy Davidson Manager and monster struck a truce. It was easy enough, in an out-of-town diner, to drug an on-foot drifter or a hitcher in between rides. Easier still to escort them out back, leave them unconscious in a dark corner, hidden from the highway. Like this vagrant, tonight. The manager retreats. He […]
Underworld Games by Jonathan D. Stiffy – Launches 14th May 2021
To start a piece of work, it takes what I call a glimpse. A glimpse of something that is interesting, unique, and worth building a story around. Being a horror writer, for me that glimpse is usually something terrible. But that terrible glimpse leads to the idea for a suitable protagonist, antagonist, and goal. Then details of the story follow. For Underworld Games, that glimpse was of a kid in a flood tunnel vault in pitch darkness tracing the word “Loser” that was carved on his forehead, and then the terror when he saw light down the tunnel, and footsteps coming towards him. So, that is how this story starts—with the glimpse of terror.
Last Words
by John Lane With zombie apocalypse nonstop on mainstream news, Don, terminal manager for Moe’s Truck Stop, unplugged the television. Greg Watson staggered inside, repeatedly mumbling, “I can’t do this anymore.” Outside stood Greg’s reefer trailer—the constant shaking was a red flag. Inhuman moans reverberated throughout the parking lot. When Don walked over, he noticed […]
The Helpful Attendant
by Stephen Johnson The neon bulbs flickered, casting a foreboding crimson shadow outside the isolated truck stop. I pulled to a stop on fumes, staring inside at the solitary light portraying only the back of a head visible in the store. Cautiously, I walked in and entered a surreal silence that engulfed me. I […]
Full Service
by Andrew McDonald It was 3 a.m. when the 18-wheeler pulled into Phil’s twenty-four seven rest stop. Phil’s was a massive and all-encompassing set up—restaurant and store, gas pumps, car wash, efficiency units and showers—basically everything a trucker needs. Pulling up to the car wash area, an attendant ran to the truck and hopped up onto […]