Dark Moments

Her Crimson Smile by Scott O'Neill sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Her Crimson Smile by Scott O'Neill" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Her Crimson Smile by Scott O'Neill

"Watashi, kirei? Am I pretty?" Primed by countless yōkai horror stories from drunken Tokyo sararimen, Eddie panicked. He shoved the Kuchisake-onna. She tumbled from the shadowed platform. Scissors clattered on...

Her Crimson Smile by Scott O'Neill

"Watashi, kirei? Am I pretty?" Primed by countless yōkai horror stories from drunken Tokyo sararimen, Eddie panicked. He shoved the Kuchisake-onna. She tumbled from the shadowed platform. Scissors clattered on...

New Year on Oga Peninsula by Bridget Holland sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="New Year on Oga Peninsula by Bridget Holland" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

New Year on Oga Peninsula by Bridget Holland

Every winter is bleaker than the last. Lonelier. This New Year, I don my straw coat and boots and join the village men. They’re dressed in straw too, anonymous behind...

New Year on Oga Peninsula by Bridget Holland

Every winter is bleaker than the last. Lonelier. This New Year, I don my straw coat and boots and join the village men. They’re dressed in straw too, anonymous behind...

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

The Wrong Bus by Paul Lewthwaite

An inch to Yuto’s left, the dirt road gave way to a ravine. The old baka that drove the rickety bus sped around mountain bends, untroubled. Yuto, who’d missed his...

The Wrong Bus by Paul Lewthwaite

An inch to Yuto’s left, the dirt road gave way to a ravine. The old baka that drove the rickety bus sped around mountain bends, untroubled. Yuto, who’d missed his...

Fill It Up! by Gordon Linzner sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Fill It Up! by Gordon Linzner" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Fill It Up! by Gordon Linzner

Ten-year-old Sunako glared at the kappa, having drained life-preserving water from its indented skull. “You ate my baby brother!” The creature wriggled. “He was delicious. You should be proud.” “You...

Fill It Up! by Gordon Linzner

Ten-year-old Sunako glared at the kappa, having drained life-preserving water from its indented skull. “You ate my baby brother!” The creature wriggled. “He was delicious. You should be proud.” “You...

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

Foxfire by Katelynn Humbles

Grandmother warned me never to chase foxfire. It slipped through cedars, cobalt flames bobbing lures on black hooks. Trickster foxes. Corpse-lures wrapped in stolen skin. It feeds on fools and...

Foxfire by Katelynn Humbles

Grandmother warned me never to chase foxfire. It slipped through cedars, cobalt flames bobbing lures on black hooks. Trickster foxes. Corpse-lures wrapped in stolen skin. It feeds on fools and...

Jorōgumo’s Four Hundred Year Feast by Pauline Yates sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Jorōgumo’s Four Hundred Year Feast by Pauline Yates" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Jorōgumo’s Four Hundred Year Feast by Pauline Y...

I tremble in the man’s passionate embrace, overwhelmed by the exhilarating feeling of flesh against flesh after abstaining for so long. He brings his mouth to mine, but I turn...

Jorōgumo’s Four Hundred Year Feast by Pauline Y...

I tremble in the man’s passionate embrace, overwhelmed by the exhilarating feeling of flesh against flesh after abstaining for so long. He brings his mouth to mine, but I turn...

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

Catfish by J.T. Trigonis

When Jiru woke up just before 3 a.m., she expected to ease back into sleep. Then she spied her from the window, head bobbing on the water, shoulders shimmering in...

Catfish by J.T. Trigonis

When Jiru woke up just before 3 a.m., she expected to ease back into sleep. Then she spied her from the window, head bobbing on the water, shoulders shimmering in...

Yūrei Disgrace by Mike Rusetsky sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Yūrei Disgrace by Mike Rusetsky" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Yūrei Disgrace by Mike Rusetsky

Eddie broke away from the tour, slipping back inside the temple while the guide yammered on. His girlfriend was oblivious, nodding along to the boring-ass lecture. Once inside, Eddie headed...

Yūrei Disgrace by Mike Rusetsky

Eddie broke away from the tour, slipping back inside the temple while the guide yammered on. His girlfriend was oblivious, nodding along to the boring-ass lecture. Once inside, Eddie headed...

Scared Shitless by Joanne Macias sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Scared Shitless by Joanne Macias" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Scared Shitless by Joanne Macias

I regretted that extra drink, but grateful toilets were nearby. Running in, I took the last stall. Not realising I took a stall without paper, I became startled by a...

Scared Shitless by Joanne Macias

I regretted that extra drink, but grateful toilets were nearby. Running in, I took the last stall. Not realising I took a stall without paper, I became startled by a...

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

The Scream by Ken Whitson

A prick. A sting. And the voice flows from the syringe—a whisper, really. Soft. Encouraging. Helpful. Nestling between my ears, warm and comfy. But one became two, and two, ten…...

The Scream by Ken Whitson

A prick. A sting. And the voice flows from the syringe—a whisper, really. Soft. Encouraging. Helpful. Nestling between my ears, warm and comfy. But one became two, and two, ten…...

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

Operation by Joshua Ginsberg

Dr Krishnamurti thought she had seen every form of body modification conceivable, until Mr Bradley was rushed into the ER. Why, she wondered, would anyone voluntarily do such a thing...

Operation by Joshua Ginsberg

Dr Krishnamurti thought she had seen every form of body modification conceivable, until Mr Bradley was rushed into the ER. Why, she wondered, would anyone voluntarily do such a thing...

Metallic Moments by Broken Raven Table sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Metallic Moments by Broken Raven Table" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Metallic Moments by Broken Raven Table

The feeling of something warm. Wet. And it’s running down my leg. I look down, red blooming from the pole protruding from my abdomen. The screams that should be shattering...

Metallic Moments by Broken Raven Table

The feeling of something warm. Wet. And it’s running down my leg. I look down, red blooming from the pole protruding from my abdomen. The screams that should be shattering...