Dark Moments

That Healthy Glow by Ryan Benson sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="That Healthy Glow by Ryan Benson" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

That Healthy Glow by Ryan Benson

Donna gazed at her reflection. Sigh. The straight razor split her unibrow. Fixed! She was too ugly for the popular girls and too pretty to avoid catcalling men. Donna scowled....

That Healthy Glow by Ryan Benson

Donna gazed at her reflection. Sigh. The straight razor split her unibrow. Fixed! She was too ugly for the popular girls and too pretty to avoid catcalling men. Donna scowled....

Better Latte Than Never’s by A.L. Blacklyn sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Better Latte Than Never’s by A.L. Blacklyn" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Better Latte Than Never’s by A.L. Blacklyn

I'm about to burn. My final thesis is due. My advisor isn't bloodsucking as expected from a vampire in Witch Studies, but he can't help. Tonight, while the wispy ghosts...

Better Latte Than Never’s by A.L. Blacklyn

I'm about to burn. My final thesis is due. My advisor isn't bloodsucking as expected from a vampire in Witch Studies, but he can't help. Tonight, while the wispy ghosts...

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

First Time by Liam Hogan

The hunter waited, trembling. Across the glade, his younger sister whimpered into her gag. It was worth the risk. Worth what his father would do if he found out. Jewels,...

First Time by Liam Hogan

The hunter waited, trembling. Across the glade, his younger sister whimpered into her gag. It was worth the risk. Worth what his father would do if he found out. Jewels,...

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

The Bell by C.M. Saunders

Cancer. The very word is enough to give you chills. It consumes you, and eats you from the inside out. My mother was already widowed when the disease sank its...

The Bell by C.M. Saunders

Cancer. The very word is enough to give you chills. It consumes you, and eats you from the inside out. My mother was already widowed when the disease sank its...

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

Awful Alphabet by Evan Baughfman

“Daddy, they taught me my ABC’s!” my three-year-old, Lizzie, proudly declared. In her tiny hands, she held the spirit board I’d unearthed from behind the basement wall. I snatched it...

Awful Alphabet by Evan Baughfman

“Daddy, they taught me my ABC’s!” my three-year-old, Lizzie, proudly declared. In her tiny hands, she held the spirit board I’d unearthed from behind the basement wall. I snatched it...

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

The Glutton by John A. DeMember

The infernal flames licked at his alabaster, gnarl-spined body. Frail and naked, he wiped his vomit glazed chin and glanced up at the bone-house hordes crowded around the smoldering river’s...

The Glutton by John A. DeMember

The infernal flames licked at his alabaster, gnarl-spined body. Frail and naked, he wiped his vomit glazed chin and glanced up at the bone-house hordes crowded around the smoldering river’s...

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

Headmoths by J. Motoki

His last words hiss under the pendulum of the lightbulb. Flash burns, sloughed flesh. He is an insect collapsing on itself, body rocked by spasms, arched back, feet drumming the...

Headmoths by J. Motoki

His last words hiss under the pendulum of the lightbulb. Flash burns, sloughed flesh. He is an insect collapsing on itself, body rocked by spasms, arched back, feet drumming the...

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

Your Ride Has Arrived by Evan Baughfman

The hearse came to a silent stop alongside the curb. The driver asked through the open passenger-side window, “You remember what happened at the bar tonight?” I’d gone into downtown,...

Your Ride Has Arrived by Evan Baughfman

The hearse came to a silent stop alongside the curb. The driver asked through the open passenger-side window, “You remember what happened at the bar tonight?” I’d gone into downtown,...

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

A Psi of Relief by Shawn M. Klimek

Once the mushroom’s psychotropic effects kicked in, Philip and Janice realized they could read each other’s minds.  The thought stream which culminated in their copulation went as follows:  I sense...

A Psi of Relief by Shawn M. Klimek

Once the mushroom’s psychotropic effects kicked in, Philip and Janice realized they could read each other’s minds.  The thought stream which culminated in their copulation went as follows:  I sense...

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

Other Oceans by Blair Frison

An epidemic of suicide and madness swept the planet as the Thing neared. Many believed it was God himself, bringing with him his promised purge. As the shape in the...

Other Oceans by Blair Frison

An epidemic of suicide and madness swept the planet as the Thing neared. Many believed it was God himself, bringing with him his promised purge. As the shape in the...

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

Cosmic Horror by Dustin Pinney

Ray saw the asteroid long before anyone. He understood, has always understood, that space, with all its wonders, wants us dead. For years he searched the sky for the one...

Cosmic Horror by Dustin Pinney

Ray saw the asteroid long before anyone. He understood, has always understood, that space, with all its wonders, wants us dead. For years he searched the sky for the one...

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

The Tailor by Ezekiel Kincaid

I slipped on the suit. The sleeves and pants still felt damp. Next time I’ll have to let it dry for another hour, at least. I walked into the bathroom to...

The Tailor by Ezekiel Kincaid

I slipped on the suit. The sleeves and pants still felt damp. Next time I’ll have to let it dry for another hour, at least. I walked into the bathroom to...