Dark Moments

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

The Frenzy by Jessica Gleason

Candace, using her neon polished nails, picked a cornflake-looking scab from her sallow arm. The black wound beneath smelled of rotten fruit, sweet and rancid. She dug a finger into...

The Frenzy by Jessica Gleason

Candace, using her neon polished nails, picked a cornflake-looking scab from her sallow arm. The black wound beneath smelled of rotten fruit, sweet and rancid. She dug a finger into...

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

Metallicum Caro by Don Money

It was only a matter of time until viruses caught up with technology. From the moment Griffen woke and his right hand clanked against his bare chest, he knew it...

Metallicum Caro by Don Money

It was only a matter of time until viruses caught up with technology. From the moment Griffen woke and his right hand clanked against his bare chest, he knew it...

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

Growing Strong by Kai Delmas

Sammy found the body in the woods. We didn't believe him at first, but he led the way and showed it to us with a proud smirk. Mushrooms were growing...

Growing Strong by Kai Delmas

Sammy found the body in the woods. We didn't believe him at first, but he led the way and showed it to us with a proud smirk. Mushrooms were growing...

It Bytes Back by Mary Kuna sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="It Bytes Back by Mary Kuna" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

It Bytes Back by Mary Kuna

My last line deleted itself, and words I hadn’t typed appeared on the screen: IT’S TOO LATE TO STOP WHAT’S COMING. “This is the strangest virus I’ve ever seen,” I...

It Bytes Back by Mary Kuna

My last line deleted itself, and words I hadn’t typed appeared on the screen: IT’S TOO LATE TO STOP WHAT’S COMING. “This is the strangest virus I’ve ever seen,” I...

52 Hours by David Staiger sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="52 Hours by David Staiger" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

52 Hours by David Staiger

Dr Nores emerged from the isolation lab exhausted, relieved, elated. She’d dismissed her assistant four hours ago, ostensibly to sleep. This strain had been the most virulent they’d ever encountered....

52 Hours by David Staiger

Dr Nores emerged from the isolation lab exhausted, relieved, elated. She’d dismissed her assistant four hours ago, ostensibly to sleep. This strain had been the most virulent they’d ever encountered....

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

Wake by Ajaye Nic

Another outbreak hits the city and it’s my turn to wake with bleeding gums and no teeth. I ring the hotline, get hauled off for tests, and spend three days...

Wake by Ajaye Nic

Another outbreak hits the city and it’s my turn to wake with bleeding gums and no teeth. I ring the hotline, get hauled off for tests, and spend three days...

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

Tick Tock by Pauline Yates

The new virus spreading worldwide should be named after a clock. The nosebleeds begin exactly six hours after infection. At seventy-two hours, vision loss occurs. That surprised everyone. Many people...

Tick Tock by Pauline Yates

The new virus spreading worldwide should be named after a clock. The nosebleeds begin exactly six hours after infection. At seventy-two hours, vision loss occurs. That surprised everyone. Many people...

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

The Last Patient by Kristin Lennox

Dr Shepherd gently covered the body, the sheet blossoming red over the eyes and mouth. Exhausted, he spoke into a hand-held recorder. “Patient 47 entered end-stage I-GRID after experiencing continued...

The Last Patient by Kristin Lennox

Dr Shepherd gently covered the body, the sheet blossoming red over the eyes and mouth. Exhausted, he spoke into a hand-held recorder. “Patient 47 entered end-stage I-GRID after experiencing continued...

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

Munch by Liam Hogan

It was easy to catch and we willingly caught it. A disease that consumed fat, leaving us pounds, stones, lighter. Spread by saliva, spread by touch; tables of finger food...

Munch by Liam Hogan

It was easy to catch and we willingly caught it. A disease that consumed fat, leaving us pounds, stones, lighter. Spread by saliva, spread by touch; tables of finger food...

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

Breed by Louisa King

Lena couldn’t bring herself to swallow any more of them, despite their sugary coating. Even scorched black and long dead, the thought of them scuttling down her throat persisted. But...

Breed by Louisa King

Lena couldn’t bring herself to swallow any more of them, despite their sugary coating. Even scorched black and long dead, the thought of them scuttling down her throat persisted. But...

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

Devoured by Katherine Sankey

The winter was the harshest the village had seen. Drifts choked the houses. Blizzards blew. Each home was isolated and fearful of the howling at night. Desperate to feed his...

Devoured by Katherine Sankey

The winter was the harshest the village had seen. Drifts choked the houses. Blizzards blew. Each home was isolated and fearful of the howling at night. Desperate to feed his...

Wildwood Eternal by Fred W. Barlowe sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Wildwood Eternal by Fred W. Barlowe" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Wildwood Eternal by Fred W. Barlowe

Dennis stood on the hilltop and surveyed the endless forest. Stars flickered through the darkening twilight. To his left he heard panting and turned to find a man stumbling towards...

Wildwood Eternal by Fred W. Barlowe

Dennis stood on the hilltop and surveyed the endless forest. Stars flickered through the darkening twilight. To his left he heard panting and turned to find a man stumbling towards...