Dark Moments

Free Gift with Purchase by Sara Kate Egan sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Free Gift with Purchase by Sara Kate Egan" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Free Gift with Purchase by Sara Kate Egan

Sylvie bought her historic New England-style saltbox house for a major bargain last summer, thanks to what she calls the “ghost discount”. She knew about decades-long hauntings, sightings, exorcisms. A...

Free Gift with Purchase by Sara Kate Egan

Sylvie bought her historic New England-style saltbox house for a major bargain last summer, thanks to what she calls the “ghost discount”. She knew about decades-long hauntings, sightings, exorcisms. A...

Last Judgement by Jeff Currier sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Last Judgement by Jeff Currier" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Last Judgement by Jeff Currier

Tucked amidst innumerable credit offers and his cologne-infused GQ magazine, Paxton found a glossy museum-print postcard. Grotesque demons devoured sinners in some Bosch-like rendition of Hell. He peered closer. One...

Last Judgement by Jeff Currier

Tucked amidst innumerable credit offers and his cologne-infused GQ magazine, Paxton found a glossy museum-print postcard. Grotesque demons devoured sinners in some Bosch-like rendition of Hell. He peered closer. One...

My Mind by Drabbler Dan sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="My Mind by Drabbler Dan" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

My Mind by Drabbler Dan

The picture on the front is blank. An emptiness that is not black, not white, a swirling grey. In the right light, you can make out the image of a...

My Mind by Drabbler Dan

The picture on the front is blank. An emptiness that is not black, not white, a swirling grey. In the right light, you can make out the image of a...

The Things We Fight For by Liam Hogan sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="The Things We Fight For by Liam Hogan" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

The Things We Fight For by Liam Hogan

Dear Son, The arena is silent today. As we collect the reward we fight so hard for: a pen, a small piece of card. Three-hundred and sixty-four days I have...

The Things We Fight For by Liam Hogan

Dear Son, The arena is silent today. As we collect the reward we fight so hard for: a pen, a small piece of card. Three-hundred and sixty-four days I have...

Greetings from Down Under by Kristin Lennox sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Greetings from Down Under by Kristin Lennox" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Greetings from Down Under by Kristin Lennox

Went snorkelling in the Maldives. How’s that blizzard? Like clockwork, every other month another postcard would arrive from her ex. Had lunch on a yacht in Dubai. What’s up with...

Greetings from Down Under by Kristin Lennox

Went snorkelling in the Maldives. How’s that blizzard? Like clockwork, every other month another postcard would arrive from her ex. Had lunch on a yacht in Dubai. What’s up with...

Listen to Your Insides by Michelle Brett sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Listen to Your Insides by Michelle Brett" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Listen to Your Insides by Michelle Brett

Fragments of the spit-drenched postcard dissolved on his lips, leaving behind a tang of bile. Yet somehow the glossy photo remained; the view of his room, snapped from behind his...

Listen to Your Insides by Michelle Brett

Fragments of the spit-drenched postcard dissolved on his lips, leaving behind a tang of bile. Yet somehow the glossy photo remained; the view of his room, snapped from behind his...

See you Soon by S.M. Sykes sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="See you Soon by S.M. Sykes" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

See you Soon by S.M. Sykes

Heather sifted through her mail, expecting bills. Instead, her fingers brushed burnt paper that reeked of sulphur. A postcard from Jace, her husband, who died three years ago today. All...

See you Soon by S.M. Sykes

Heather sifted through her mail, expecting bills. Instead, her fingers brushed burnt paper that reeked of sulphur. A postcard from Jace, her husband, who died three years ago today. All...

Lost in Transit by Nissa Harlow sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Lost in Transit by Nissa Harlow" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Lost in Transit by Nissa Harlow

“You’ve got mail,” my neighbour said, lingering beside the community mailbox. “Thanks.” “Maybe it’s from your boyfriend. How long since he skedaddled? Six months?” “Blunt as always, I see.” She...

Lost in Transit by Nissa Harlow

“You’ve got mail,” my neighbour said, lingering beside the community mailbox. “Thanks.” “Maybe it’s from your boyfriend. How long since he skedaddled? Six months?” “Blunt as always, I see.” She...

Postmarked Tomorrow by Rod A. White sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Postmarked Tomorrow by Rod A. White" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Postmarked Tomorrow by Rod A. White

I found the postcard in the burnt ruins of Hollow Creek; the ink smeared like old blood. It read only: Wish you were here. That night, the wind carried whispers,...

Postmarked Tomorrow by Rod A. White

I found the postcard in the burnt ruins of Hollow Creek; the ink smeared like old blood. It read only: Wish you were here. That night, the wind carried whispers,...

Piecing it Together by Weird Wilkins sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Piecing it Together by Weird Wilkins" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Piecing it Together by Weird Wilkins

“Wish you were here”… If only I knew where “here” was… It’s been three years since he disappeared. Three years of wracking my brain trying to retrace his steps, three...

Piecing it Together by Weird Wilkins

“Wish you were here”… If only I knew where “here” was… It’s been three years since he disappeared. Three years of wracking my brain trying to retrace his steps, three...

Vanished by T.J. Gallasch sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Vanished by T.J. Gallasch" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Vanished by T.J. Gallasch

“Where are the twins?” Mandy asked her mother. “Gone with Daisy down to the billabong to cool off,” Nanna Rose replied. “And you let them?!” “Don’t worry!” the older woman...

Vanished by T.J. Gallasch

“Where are the twins?” Mandy asked her mother. “Gone with Daisy down to the billabong to cool off,” Nanna Rose replied. “And you let them?!” “Don’t worry!” the older woman...

The Ruins by David Albano sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="The Ruins by David Albano" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

The Ruins by David Albano

Images carved into the ice dance in shadows along the frozen corridors. Impish creatures and horned beasts glow among the etchings… That expedition still flickers across my memory like a...

The Ruins by David Albano

Images carved into the ice dance in shadows along the frozen corridors. Impish creatures and horned beasts glow among the etchings… That expedition still flickers across my memory like a...