by Francesco Levato The growling was ragged and wet, like a frenzy of teeth tearing a child’s beloved toy apart. It set my senses on edge, broke the neighbourhood’s pre-dawn stillness—and it was getting closer. The pack rounded the corner, thundering into the haze of the streetlight. As it closed on me, I could make […]
by Brandon Korth Living beside an elementary school is good fun during the day. Listening to the kids play ball, swing on the swings, and run around laughing can cheer me up in the foulest of moods, but that stops during the night. When the echoes of the kids continue to sound after the moon […]
by G.B. Dinesh The doorbell rings. It’s 3 a.m. God, who died? I find a postman outside the door. “Hello, Mr Smith.” He hands over an invitation. An invitation to— “Mister, what game are you playing?” I try to grab his collar, but I can’t. I dash to the bedroom. I touch my wife, I […]
by Josh Hagen Three nights in a row. Cars lined up for blocks through the neighbourhood. The crowd has grown from last time. More like a swarm. All searching for their sweet nectar. I called the police again. The patrol showed up and got in line. Shuffling forward to receive their gift. Enough of this. […]
by Tracy Davidson I know that whistle. That thunk of ladder against wall, those heavy footsteps hitting every rung. But never at 3 a.m. before. I’d heard he was ill, close to death. Guess not. Through thin curtains, I see the shape of head and torso. The squeak of his squeegee gets louder. Where his […]
by Sheridan “Virgil” Seine I’m new to the neighbourhood, and work night shift. Lately, I’m waking up to footsteps and a knock outside my bedroom window. Wilson, my always smiling, retired neighbour, is on the other side of the glass; a wide-eyed stare coming through the blinds, the afternoon sun on his face. Chuckling, he […]
by Jeff Currier “Staring out his sliding door, wishing for sleep, Jacob spied his new neighbour, poised atop a beach towel, rubbing lotion over gleaming moonlit porcelain skin. Adjusting her scant blood-red bikini, she lay back as if starting a mid-afternoon sunbath. Suddenly swathed in full moonlight, she blossomed blindingly bright. Blinking away afterimages, Jacob […]
In a world dying due to toxins in the air, water, and soil, no babies have been naturally conceived in years.
by Kristin Lennox “London Bridge is Falling Down…” The piping calliope music was faint, but it pulled Cindy from sleep. Instead of pondering why the ice cream truck was trundling slowly through the neighbourhood in the dead of night, Cindy frantically scoured her bedroom for loose change. Broke and dejected, she barely recognised her friend […]
A secret revealed. A legacy undone. A horror immortalised. For generations, the Berdeaux family name had been synonymous with hospitality and distinction. But that all changed in the summer of 1979, when Dewey Berdeaux’s “hobby” came to light. It was a revelation that stunned the town of Barrville, and ever since then, the Berdeaux family mansion has stood as a grim reminder—with its fair share of ghosts, if rumour is to be believed.