Dark Moments

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

Chow Time by Jessica Brook Johnson

The tentacled being floated through space in a ball of ice. Smack! It hit the surface of a massive object. The ice cracked. The being was freed. Its tentacles tasted...

Chow Time by Jessica Brook Johnson

The tentacled being floated through space in a ball of ice. Smack! It hit the surface of a massive object. The ice cracked. The being was freed. Its tentacles tasted...

Voyage of Their Lives by Chris Tattersall sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Voyage of Their Lives by Chris Tattersall" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Voyage of Their Lives by Chris Tattersall

He had been blessed whilst his wife perished. Six days marooned; he knew the opposite to be true. He had been cursed with life. His yacht gone, his wife dead....

Voyage of Their Lives by Chris Tattersall

He had been blessed whilst his wife perished. Six days marooned; he knew the opposite to be true. He had been cursed with life. His yacht gone, his wife dead....

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

The Devil’s Breath by Pauline Yates

Tossed onto a reef by a rogue wave, our pirate ship shudders, and a sickening crunch sounds our death knell. Salt burns my lungs when I gulp water, not air,...

The Devil’s Breath by Pauline Yates

Tossed onto a reef by a rogue wave, our pirate ship shudders, and a sickening crunch sounds our death knell. Salt burns my lungs when I gulp water, not air,...

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

From the Deep by Michael Stroh

I wake, vomiting seawater. I’m shivering and clutching soggy driftwood that’s barely keeping me afloat. A piece of our ship, I realise. I see nothing but empty, uncharted ocean. And...

From the Deep by Michael Stroh

I wake, vomiting seawater. I’m shivering and clutching soggy driftwood that’s barely keeping me afloat. A piece of our ship, I realise. I see nothing but empty, uncharted ocean. And...

Cover Your Ears by Karen Thrower sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Cover Your Ears by Karen Thrower" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Cover Your Ears by Karen Thrower

It’s been a year since the dead began rising from their graves, hunting whatever humans they could find. We tried to get them to eat animals, but there was something...

Cover Your Ears by Karen Thrower

It’s been a year since the dead began rising from their graves, hunting whatever humans they could find. We tried to get them to eat animals, but there was something...

Season of the Zombie by Shane Sinjun sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Season of the Zombie by Shane Sinjun" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Season of the Zombie by Shane Sinjun

"Revenge is a dish best served hot." Rico turned from the campfire and flipped the pan-fried zombie brains onto Cat's plate. It hadn't taken long for word to get around....

Season of the Zombie by Shane Sinjun

"Revenge is a dish best served hot." Rico turned from the campfire and flipped the pan-fried zombie brains onto Cat's plate. It hadn't taken long for word to get around....

Joe’s Bar by Jodie Angell sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Joe’s Bar by Jodie Angell" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Joe’s Bar by Jodie Angell

Joe’s Bar had changed considerably since the zombie apocalypse first broke out. He’d learned rather quickly that there was a shift in the market—instead of Sex on the Beach, mojitos,...

Joe’s Bar by Jodie Angell

Joe’s Bar had changed considerably since the zombie apocalypse first broke out. He’d learned rather quickly that there was a shift in the market—instead of Sex on the Beach, mojitos,...

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

The Door by Alden Terzo

The cellar door creaked and flexed as the hungry zombies outside pushed against it. Alone in the cellar, Olivia sliced a hunk of rotting meat and tossed it through a...

The Door by Alden Terzo

The cellar door creaked and flexed as the hungry zombies outside pushed against it. Alone in the cellar, Olivia sliced a hunk of rotting meat and tossed it through a...

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

The Cellar by Tracy Davidson

My arms ache from swinging the scythe so often. Must have decapitated fifty already today, and it’s not even lunchtime. They outnumber us now. Most human survivors shelter offshore. Zombies...

The Cellar by Tracy Davidson

My arms ache from swinging the scythe so often. Must have decapitated fifty already today, and it’s not even lunchtime. They outnumber us now. Most human survivors shelter offshore. Zombies...

I Guess Grannie Will Be Fine by Greg Beatty sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="I Guess Grannie Will Be Fine by Greg Beatty" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

I Guess Grannie Will Be Fine by Greg Beatty

After Johnny’s parents died, Grannie raised him. She helped him with algebra, bullies, and dating. When the zombies came, it was time for Johnny to return the favour. “Grannie’s tough,”...

I Guess Grannie Will Be Fine by Greg Beatty

After Johnny’s parents died, Grannie raised him. She helped him with algebra, bullies, and dating. When the zombies came, it was time for Johnny to return the favour. “Grannie’s tough,”...

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

Drained by Pauline Yates

Desperate to stop the zombie apocalypse, the latest plague to afflict humanity, I draw my knife across Annie’s wrist and fill a bucket with her blood. Annie sways. “Will it...

Drained by Pauline Yates

Desperate to stop the zombie apocalypse, the latest plague to afflict humanity, I draw my knife across Annie’s wrist and fill a bucket with her blood. Annie sways. “Will it...

A Zombie’s Guide to Alcoholism by Sophie Wagner sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="A Zombie’s Guide to Alcoholism by Sophie Wagner" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

A Zombie’s Guide to Alcoholism by Sophie Wagner

I was bored; what can I say? Not like there’s anyone to judge me besides Martin, and he doesn’t do much. The first day I ran out of realistic solutions...

A Zombie’s Guide to Alcoholism by Sophie Wagner

I was bored; what can I say? Not like there’s anyone to judge me besides Martin, and he doesn’t do much. The first day I ran out of realistic solutions...