Dark Moments

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

Spoils by Chris Bannor

She held the knife between her teeth, hands buried second knuckle deep into the beating heart of her prey.  In the deep of the woods, no one remembered to look...

Spoils by Chris Bannor

She held the knife between her teeth, hands buried second knuckle deep into the beating heart of her prey.  In the deep of the woods, no one remembered to look...

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

Cold Blue by Kelly Matsuura

Celyna examined Davenall's face with a critical artist's eye. “Your irises are like their own universe. Do all faeries have such icy blue eyes?” “Just the naughty ones,” Davenall teased....

Cold Blue by Kelly Matsuura

Celyna examined Davenall's face with a critical artist's eye. “Your irises are like their own universe. Do all faeries have such icy blue eyes?” “Just the naughty ones,” Davenall teased....

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

Infinity Mirror by Beth W. Patterson

Why is the flora on my family's land suddenly so much thicker? The sharp cry of a baby freezes me in my tracks. If someone abandoned a child, I have...

Infinity Mirror by Beth W. Patterson

Why is the flora on my family's land suddenly so much thicker? The sharp cry of a baby freezes me in my tracks. If someone abandoned a child, I have...

Paradise Mobile Estates 2016 by V.A. Vazquez sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Paradise Mobile Estates 2016 by V.A. Vazquez" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Paradise Mobile Estates 2016 by V.A. Vazquez

He sat on the secondhand couch in their mobile home, springs prodding into his lower back. Flipping the tab on another can of Bud Light, he watched the moths flutter...

Paradise Mobile Estates 2016 by V.A. Vazquez

He sat on the secondhand couch in their mobile home, springs prodding into his lower back. Flipping the tab on another can of Bud Light, he watched the moths flutter...

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

The Midnight Throne by Rowanne S. Carberry

Blood-stained lips framed by onyx hair. Her body sculpted by rubies and starlight. The prince cannot look away. Drawn to her by magic, they dance until the room blurs. As...

The Midnight Throne by Rowanne S. Carberry

Blood-stained lips framed by onyx hair. Her body sculpted by rubies and starlight. The prince cannot look away. Drawn to her by magic, they dance until the room blurs. As...

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

Mirror, Mirror by S.O. Green

The mirror is cracked and the cracks are spreading. It started when I scratched the symbol on the glass. The one from the book. The one I couldn’t get out...

Mirror, Mirror by S.O. Green

The mirror is cracked and the cracks are spreading. It started when I scratched the symbol on the glass. The one from the book. The one I couldn’t get out...

Everything You Know About Witches by Warren Benedetto sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Everything You Know About Witches by Warren Benedetto" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Everything You Know About Witches by Warren Ben...

“Everything you think you know about witches is wrong,” Selena sobbed. She struggled against the ropes binding her to the pole. Father Hugo stuffed kindling under the logs at her...

Everything You Know About Witches by Warren Ben...

“Everything you think you know about witches is wrong,” Selena sobbed. She struggled against the ropes binding her to the pole. Father Hugo stuffed kindling under the logs at her...

Torches and Pitchforks by Raven Corinn Carluk sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Torches and Pitchforks by Raven Corinn Carluk" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Torches and Pitchforks by Raven Corinn Carluk

Gavin glowered at the townfolk gathered at the base of his tower. Their grumbles had grown in volume as they worked themselves into a frenzy against the wizard within. Amazing...

Torches and Pitchforks by Raven Corinn Carluk

Gavin glowered at the townfolk gathered at the base of his tower. Their grumbles had grown in volume as they worked themselves into a frenzy against the wizard within. Amazing...

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

Redecorating Heaven by McKenzie Richardson

Merlot-hued spatters stain white feathers as I snap the final bone, hanging my newest creation up for display. These heavenly angels have gotten soft in their home of clouds, always...

Redecorating Heaven by McKenzie Richardson

Merlot-hued spatters stain white feathers as I snap the final bone, hanging my newest creation up for display. These heavenly angels have gotten soft in their home of clouds, always...

Satan's Butterfly by Shawn M. Klimek sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Satan's Butterfly by Shawn M. Klimek" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Satan's Butterfly by Shawn M. Klimek

Spanning the stems of a prickly cactus, a spiderweb glittered in the morning dew like a sequined doily. When a yellow hornet—actually, a demon—descended nearby, the web’s owner warily revealed...

Satan's Butterfly by Shawn M. Klimek

Spanning the stems of a prickly cactus, a spiderweb glittered in the morning dew like a sequined doily. When a yellow hornet—actually, a demon—descended nearby, the web’s owner warily revealed...

Flames of Betrayal by Paula R.C. Readman sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Flames of Betrayal by Paula R.C. Readman" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Flames of Betrayal by Paula R.C. Readman

Martha fed more sticks to the fire. Soon the cauldron bubbled. She took a deep breath and began to chant. She had to get it right. First, she added rosemary...

Flames of Betrayal by Paula R.C. Readman

Martha fed more sticks to the fire. Soon the cauldron bubbled. She took a deep breath and began to chant. She had to get it right. First, she added rosemary...

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

The Old One Breathed by Scott Wheelock

The people blanketed the ground as numerous as grains of sand upon the ocean floor. Now it stood before them as still and vast as a mountain. The God's head...

The Old One Breathed by Scott Wheelock

The people blanketed the ground as numerous as grains of sand upon the ocean floor. Now it stood before them as still and vast as a mountain. The God's head...