Dark Moments

Monday Night Executions by Chris Clemens sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Monday Night Executions by Chris Clemens" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Monday Night Executions by Chris Clemens

"Next, we’re featuring an inmate who’s committed financial crimes you wouldn’t believe, folks. Sentenced to death by peer jury, this dumpling signed our contract and enjoyed one last week in...

Monday Night Executions by Chris Clemens

"Next, we’re featuring an inmate who’s committed financial crimes you wouldn’t believe, folks. Sentenced to death by peer jury, this dumpling signed our contract and enjoyed one last week in...

I'm Going to Be So Famous by Ryan Van Ells sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="I'm Going to Be So Famous by Ryan Van Ells" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

I'm Going to Be So Famous by Ryan Van Ells

The hand behind the camera signals: more. I would smile, but I know better. Instead, I let out another sob, dreadful and echoing. I feel Mike twitch away from it....

I'm Going to Be So Famous by Ryan Van Ells

The hand behind the camera signals: more. I would smile, but I know better. Instead, I let out another sob, dreadful and echoing. I feel Mike twitch away from it....

Hooking the Ex by Pauline Yates sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Hooking the Ex by Pauline Yates" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Hooking the Ex by Pauline Yates

The audience whoops as I hug my ex. She’s lost ten pounds and is dressed to kill, but who cares? Play this right and tomorrow, I’ll be half a million...

Hooking the Ex by Pauline Yates

The audience whoops as I hug my ex. She’s lost ten pounds and is dressed to kill, but who cares? Play this right and tomorrow, I’ll be half a million...

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

Pound of Flesh by Scott O'Neill

The neon-flashing balance scale tilted toward his opponent. A crocodile smile oozed from the host, “Devin! Do you give up, or will you…” The audience chanted, “Tip! The! Scale!” Devin...

Pound of Flesh by Scott O'Neill

The neon-flashing balance scale tilted toward his opponent. A crocodile smile oozed from the host, “Devin! Do you give up, or will you…” The audience chanted, “Tip! The! Scale!” Devin...

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

Elimination Round by Marinda Kotze

The girl scooped up her tray and strode towards the judges’ table. “Maisie, what have you cooked up for us today?” “Chefs, today I’ve made you a special jerk pork...

Elimination Round by Marinda Kotze

The girl scooped up her tray and strode towards the judges’ table. “Maisie, what have you cooked up for us today?” “Chefs, today I’ve made you a special jerk pork...

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

Must Watch by Liam Hogan

Topping TV viewing figures for the thirty-ninth straight week comes the juggernaut reality show Must Watch. The will-they-won’t-they relationship drama—with added guns, knives, and poisons—is engrossing enough, but the clincher...

Must Watch by Liam Hogan

Topping TV viewing figures for the thirty-ninth straight week comes the juggernaut reality show Must Watch. The will-they-won’t-they relationship drama—with added guns, knives, and poisons—is engrossing enough, but the clincher...

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

Form Rejection by Pauline Yates

Dear Author Alphabet Abuser, We have refuse to read your submission drivel. and unfortunately You pulverised the prose so badly your story isn't quite what we're looking for right now...

Form Rejection by Pauline Yates

Dear Author Alphabet Abuser, We have refuse to read your submission drivel. and unfortunately You pulverised the prose so badly your story isn't quite what we're looking for right now...

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

Revision by Richard Lau

He hated to self-edit but felt that there was no one else qualified enough to do the job. The act of creation was tough enough, but at least you only...

Revision by Richard Lau

He hated to self-edit but felt that there was no one else qualified enough to do the job. The act of creation was tough enough, but at least you only...

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

Revising Evil by Helen French

The coalition of evil editors meets once a month in a grotty East London pub. Today, Chairman Farqhart adjusts his monocle and says, “First on the agenda: tormenting writers. Our...

Revising Evil by Helen French

The coalition of evil editors meets once a month in a grotty East London pub. Today, Chairman Farqhart adjusts his monocle and says, “First on the agenda: tormenting writers. Our...

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

Efficiency by P.S. Traum

My Editor is wise and all-powerful. He made a single mother’s amateurish incubus books into bestsellers. I trust his instincts. He has taken to editing my life for increased efficiency....

Efficiency by P.S. Traum

My Editor is wise and all-powerful. He made a single mother’s amateurish incubus books into bestsellers. I trust his instincts. He has taken to editing my life for increased efficiency....

Do Not Query by James Patrick Riser sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Do Not Query by James Patrick Riser" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Do Not Query by James Patrick Riser

No simultaneous submissions. Do not query. It was the last publication that still required paper submissions. A drop of your blood must be included on the very last page. No...

Do Not Query by James Patrick Riser

No simultaneous submissions. Do not query. It was the last publication that still required paper submissions. A drop of your blood must be included on the very last page. No...

Chief Editor, Dark Romance Press by Bruce Markuson sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Chief Editor, Dark Romance Press by Bruce Markuson" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Chief Editor, Dark Romance Press by Bruce Markuson

Stacy Wilkins Author of Two-Timing Bitch January 1, 2025 Dear Ms Wilkins, I must apologise for sending this letter by post instead of by e-mail. Congratulations! Your book Two-Timing Bitch...

Chief Editor, Dark Romance Press by Bruce Markuson

Stacy Wilkins Author of Two-Timing Bitch January 1, 2025 Dear Ms Wilkins, I must apologise for sending this letter by post instead of by e-mail. Congratulations! Your book Two-Timing Bitch...