Dark Moments
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alt="The Ice Tunnel Closes by Dan Peacock"
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The Ice Tunnel Closes by Dan Peacock
The ice tunnel is getting narrower. I’m on my hands and knees, trying not to think about how many of them are behind me. Their beaks are nipping at my...
The Ice Tunnel Closes by Dan Peacock
The ice tunnel is getting narrower. I’m on my hands and knees, trying not to think about how many of them are behind me. Their beaks are nipping at my...
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alt="The Midnight Feast by Rachel Grifno"
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The Midnight Feast by Rachel Grifno
We find him sleeping on the family’s feathers. Most are crushed under his weight, but others flutter in the winter storm. We can smell them—all the adults slain and broiled...
The Midnight Feast by Rachel Grifno
We find him sleeping on the family’s feathers. Most are crushed under his weight, but others flutter in the winter storm. We can smell them—all the adults slain and broiled...
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alt="Ice Packs by Carys Crossen"
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Ice Packs by Carys Crossen
After decades of global warming, the new ice age left humanity gobsmacked. The oceans solidified, the forests and fields were scoured by blizzards, oil froze into black diamonds. The population...
Ice Packs by Carys Crossen
After decades of global warming, the new ice age left humanity gobsmacked. The oceans solidified, the forests and fields were scoured by blizzards, oil froze into black diamonds. The population...
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alt="His Offering by Evan Baughfman"
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His Offering by Evan Baughfman
The male drops his offering at the female’s feet. She examines the rock, contemplating if it’s worth starting a nest with this other penguin. Then, she realises the gift it...
His Offering by Evan Baughfman
The male drops his offering at the female’s feet. She examines the rock, contemplating if it’s worth starting a nest with this other penguin. Then, she realises the gift it...
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alt="The Eyes by Liam Hogan"
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The Eyes by Liam Hogan
The nose is a smudge, the mouth a line, but the eyes... The eyes are huge, and wide, and a soulless black. My gaze is frozen, my hand, reaching for...
The Eyes by Liam Hogan
The nose is a smudge, the mouth a line, but the eyes... The eyes are huge, and wide, and a soulless black. My gaze is frozen, my hand, reaching for...
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alt="Freedom 不羈 by Lori Green"
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Freedom 不羈 by Lori Green
Jun ran her fingers down the tender flesh of her arm, the scars long healed. A gift from her father. His voice still echoed inside her skull. Buta. Nothing but...
Freedom 不羈 by Lori Green
Jun ran her fingers down the tender flesh of her arm, the scars long healed. A gift from her father. His voice still echoed inside her skull. Buta. Nothing but...
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alt="Magnetic Eyes by Lisa H. Owens"
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Magnetic Eyes by Lisa H. Owens
Kimmie will set me free, thought Digme, extracting the vial of luminescent drops hidden beneath his cassock. He'd traded hard-earned quiffles on the sorcerer's promise of a life beyond reach...
Magnetic Eyes by Lisa H. Owens
Kimmie will set me free, thought Digme, extracting the vial of luminescent drops hidden beneath his cassock. He'd traded hard-earned quiffles on the sorcerer's promise of a life beyond reach...
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alt="Bewitched By Moonlight by C.L. Sidell"
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Bewitched By Moonlight by C.L. Sidell
She stands by the river—silver hair gleaming in the moonlight, limbs pale as milk. Haru drops the kettle, deaf to its clanging against the pebbled shore. “Beautiful…” The kimono-clad vixen...
Bewitched By Moonlight by C.L. Sidell
She stands by the river—silver hair gleaming in the moonlight, limbs pale as milk. Haru drops the kettle, deaf to its clanging against the pebbled shore. “Beautiful…” The kimono-clad vixen...
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alt="Aya’s Makami by Pauline Yates"
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Aya’s Makami by Pauline Yates
Aya, the transfer student, acts nonchalant, but beneath her straight fringe, her enormous eyes glisten with new-school nerves, and she clutches a diary to her flat chest like a life...
Aya’s Makami by Pauline Yates
Aya, the transfer student, acts nonchalant, but beneath her straight fringe, her enormous eyes glisten with new-school nerves, and she clutches a diary to her flat chest like a life...
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alt="Anime Killed Me Today by Mike Rader"
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Anime Killed Me Today by Mike Rader
You’re killing me girl, you’re thrilling me girl, with your pert nose and lips like roses love yo’ eyes but then I spies the dagger in your hand! It looks...
Anime Killed Me Today by Mike Rader
You’re killing me girl, you’re thrilling me girl, with your pert nose and lips like roses love yo’ eyes but then I spies the dagger in your hand! It looks...
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alt="Animalady by Jasiah Witkofsky"
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Animalady by Jasiah Witkofsky
What the hell are these kids watching?! I flip on the tube after my sons scurry off to finish their homework. A blinding series of flashes and I nearly spill...
Animalady by Jasiah Witkofsky
What the hell are these kids watching?! I flip on the tube after my sons scurry off to finish their homework. A blinding series of flashes and I nearly spill...
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alt="Am I Pretty? by Don Money"
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Am I Pretty? by Don Money
The task force had found the monster’s lair after months on the trail of the kuchisake-onna, The Slit-Mouth Killer, as the papers dubbed her. The investigation had consumed Captain Suto,...
Am I Pretty? by Don Money
The task force had found the monster’s lair after months on the trail of the kuchisake-onna, The Slit-Mouth Killer, as the papers dubbed her. The investigation had consumed Captain Suto,...