Dark Moments

Faerie Etiquette by Jacqueline Moran Meyer sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Faerie Etiquette by Jacqueline Moran Meyer" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Faerie Etiquette by Jacqueline Moran Meyer

“Stop,” I yelled, too late. My fiancé had already plopped the lavender cake in his mouth. By the time I reached him, the Faerie had disappeared. I had schooled him...

Faerie Etiquette by Jacqueline Moran Meyer

“Stop,” I yelled, too late. My fiancé had already plopped the lavender cake in his mouth. By the time I reached him, the Faerie had disappeared. I had schooled him...

Fairies Gotta Eat by Stephen Herczeg sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Fairies Gotta Eat by Stephen Herczeg" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Fairies Gotta Eat by Stephen Herczeg

 I found them at the bottom of the garden. Sparkling. Beautiful. Little winged people. They looked hungry, so I left a table covered with treats on the lawn. Mummy and...

Fairies Gotta Eat by Stephen Herczeg

 I found them at the bottom of the garden. Sparkling. Beautiful. Little winged people. They looked hungry, so I left a table covered with treats on the lawn. Mummy and...

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

Spoiled Goods by Zoey Xolton

“Please!” the girl begged. “Let me free. I'll give ye' anythin' ye' desire!” The faery turned to face her, the macabre collection of small animal skulls, and silver trinkets that...

Spoiled Goods by Zoey Xolton

“Please!” the girl begged. “Let me free. I'll give ye' anythin' ye' desire!” The faery turned to face her, the macabre collection of small animal skulls, and silver trinkets that...

Destroyed by Silver by Stacey Jaine McIntosh sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Destroyed by Silver by Stacey Jaine McIntosh" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Destroyed by Silver by Stacey Jaine McIntosh

The cold lingered, seeping into her bones. Nobody had thought to warn her what it would mean when she took up the mantle of the Faerie Queen. “Majesty,” the centaur...

Destroyed by Silver by Stacey Jaine McIntosh

The cold lingered, seeping into her bones. Nobody had thought to warn her what it would mean when she took up the mantle of the Faerie Queen. “Majesty,” the centaur...

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

Poor Charlie by Hari Navarro

I was sixteen the first time. Never sensed anything like it. Such wonder. Worlds away from the fantastical lies that curled my toes and suppressed my exasperated sighs as the...

Poor Charlie by Hari Navarro

I was sixteen the first time. Never sensed anything like it. Such wonder. Worlds away from the fantastical lies that curled my toes and suppressed my exasperated sighs as the...

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...