Dark Moments

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

The Woodsman by Chris Bannor

They gave me an axe and sent me to cut down the heart of the forest. My path was dark; wolves snapped at my steps and gave chase as persistent...

The Woodsman by Chris Bannor

They gave me an axe and sent me to cut down the heart of the forest. My path was dark; wolves snapped at my steps and gave chase as persistent...

Protection Racket by G. Allen Wilbanks sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Protection Racket by G. Allen Wilbanks" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Protection Racket by G. Allen Wilbanks

“Grandma, why do you put milk out at night?” The old woman placed the shallow bowl on the windowsill and pushed the window open a few inches. “It’s for the...

Protection Racket by G. Allen Wilbanks

“Grandma, why do you put milk out at night?” The old woman placed the shallow bowl on the windowsill and pushed the window open a few inches. “It’s for the...

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

Escape by Jacek Wilkos

I dreamed about this horrible city again. I was surrounded by monstrous structures of strange shapes and impossible angles, glowing with faint greenish light. The carvings covering them portrayed bizarre...

Escape by Jacek Wilkos

I dreamed about this horrible city again. I was surrounded by monstrous structures of strange shapes and impossible angles, glowing with faint greenish light. The carvings covering them portrayed bizarre...

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

Needing to Forget by David Green

“Why?” Ruby muttered to Nick. They knelt beside the sleeping Suraz, his raven hair encrusted with filth and grease. Scabs and sores covered the Nephilim’s obsidian skin. Track marks lined...

Needing to Forget by David Green

“Why?” Ruby muttered to Nick. They knelt beside the sleeping Suraz, his raven hair encrusted with filth and grease. Scabs and sores covered the Nephilim’s obsidian skin. Track marks lined...

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

Fragile by Evan Baughfman

Glass slippers sparkled on Cinderella’s feet. “They’re beautiful! Perfect! Thank you!” “Hurry along, now,” urged Fairy Godmother. “Shouldn’t be late for the ball!” Cinderella stepped towards the pumpkin carriage. The...

Fragile by Evan Baughfman

Glass slippers sparkled on Cinderella’s feet. “They’re beautiful! Perfect! Thank you!” “Hurry along, now,” urged Fairy Godmother. “Shouldn’t be late for the ball!” Cinderella stepped towards the pumpkin carriage. The...

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

Stormy Little Dream Stealer by Hari Navarro

I felt the impact as she landed in our bed. That sickly hollow plunge common to nightmares in which we fall but never land. It was sometime after the birth...

Stormy Little Dream Stealer by Hari Navarro

I felt the impact as she landed in our bed. That sickly hollow plunge common to nightmares in which we fall but never land. It was sometime after the birth...

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

Oil Slick by Evan Baughfman

Glistening, black goo coated the surface of the penguins’ pool. Albino birds huddled, squawked on land. Though blind, the gentle giants could sense the presence of something unnatural. I thrust...

Oil Slick by Evan Baughfman

Glistening, black goo coated the surface of the penguins’ pool. Albino birds huddled, squawked on land. Though blind, the gentle giants could sense the presence of something unnatural. I thrust...

Brew for Two by Clint Foster sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Brew for Two by Clint Foster" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Brew for Two by Clint Foster

The thing about potions is, it doesn’t matter who makes them or what their intention is. A drop of jellied brain, a twist of peeled tongue, some blood flakes. You...

Brew for Two by Clint Foster

The thing about potions is, it doesn’t matter who makes them or what their intention is. A drop of jellied brain, a twist of peeled tongue, some blood flakes. You...

What He Deserves by Heather Ewings sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="What He Deserves by Heather Ewings" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

What He Deserves by Heather Ewings

“I brought what you wanted.” Brown with age, the playing cards cost a small fortune and a whole weekend scouring the city's antique shops. The witch shuffles the pack and...

What He Deserves by Heather Ewings

“I brought what you wanted.” Brown with age, the playing cards cost a small fortune and a whole weekend scouring the city's antique shops. The witch shuffles the pack and...

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

Water on Canvas by James S. Austin

Standing in the newly acquired estate, a painting captured my attention.  It held me in rapture. Moving closer, my eyes drew to the galleon at its centre.  The sails taut,...

Water on Canvas by James S. Austin

Standing in the newly acquired estate, a painting captured my attention.  It held me in rapture. Moving closer, my eyes drew to the galleon at its centre.  The sails taut,...

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

Insolence by Jesse Highsmith

Richard's ears crackled loudly in the bubbling pot. They bobbed and swirled around the heart, fingers, and toes of the man who once shared my bed. I reserved my favourite...

Insolence by Jesse Highsmith

Richard's ears crackled loudly in the bubbling pot. They bobbed and swirled around the heart, fingers, and toes of the man who once shared my bed. I reserved my favourite...

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

The Many Lives of Miss Creant by Chris Hewitt

Every young witch needs the protection of a good familiar, and Tara received hers on her fifth birthday. Miss Creant, Missy for short, was the blackest of black cats, and...

The Many Lives of Miss Creant by Chris Hewitt

Every young witch needs the protection of a good familiar, and Tara received hers on her fifth birthday. Miss Creant, Missy for short, was the blackest of black cats, and...