Dark Moments

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

Trophic Dynamics by Gabrielle Bleu

Sixteen dogs used to roam the back streets in a howling, violent mass. Until one day when their numbers began to dwindle; thirteen, seven, four. Until all that remained were...

Trophic Dynamics by Gabrielle Bleu

Sixteen dogs used to roam the back streets in a howling, violent mass. Until one day when their numbers began to dwindle; thirteen, seven, four. Until all that remained were...

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

After Glow by Liam Hogan

Huh. Zombies. Of course it was zombies. The apocalypse scenario that never dies. The dead reborn through the years. Fast zombies, slow zombies, space zombies. Explained away by genetically engineered...

After Glow by Liam Hogan

Huh. Zombies. Of course it was zombies. The apocalypse scenario that never dies. The dead reborn through the years. Fast zombies, slow zombies, space zombies. Explained away by genetically engineered...

Where Her Heart Was by Adam Breckenridge sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Where Her Heart Was by Adam Breckenridge" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Where Her Heart Was by Adam Breckenridge

My girlfriend opened the door in her chest and grabbed a fistful of air. “I’m giving this to you,” she said, dropping it in my hand.  It was the heaviest...

Where Her Heart Was by Adam Breckenridge

My girlfriend opened the door in her chest and grabbed a fistful of air. “I’m giving this to you,” she said, dropping it in my hand.  It was the heaviest...

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

Reflections by Lynne Lumsden Green

My friend Ben and I loved jumping in puddles; our mothers despaired of our damp and muddy clothes. One day, Ben jumped into a puddle on the footpath and sank...

Reflections by Lynne Lumsden Green

My friend Ben and I loved jumping in puddles; our mothers despaired of our damp and muddy clothes. One day, Ben jumped into a puddle on the footpath and sank...

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

AA by Shane Sinjun

“Welcome to AA,” the convenor says. “Please, share.” I suck in a breath, shut my eyes, and shrug off my coat. Air teases my insectile left arm, folded against me...

AA by Shane Sinjun

“Welcome to AA,” the convenor says. “Please, share.” I suck in a breath, shut my eyes, and shrug off my coat. Air teases my insectile left arm, folded against me...

We’ll Always Have Venus by Shawn M. Klimek sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="We’ll Always Have Venus by Shawn M. Klimek" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

We’ll Always Have Venus by Shawn M. Klimek

To humanity’s great relief, the aliens who had arrived by warp-gate were not conquerors, but law-abiding capitalists who had come hoping to develop our system’s underutilized real estate. In exchange...

We’ll Always Have Venus by Shawn M. Klimek

To humanity’s great relief, the aliens who had arrived by warp-gate were not conquerors, but law-abiding capitalists who had come hoping to develop our system’s underutilized real estate. In exchange...

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

Hand by Belinda Brady

“Fancy a drink?” Dave asks. “I’m teleconferencing with head office soon, so not tonight,” Jillian replies. “Don’t work too hard then.” He smiles, exiting the gazebo with a laugh. The...

Hand by Belinda Brady

“Fancy a drink?” Dave asks. “I’m teleconferencing with head office soon, so not tonight,” Jillian replies. “Don’t work too hard then.” He smiles, exiting the gazebo with a laugh. The...

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

Quietus by Chitra Gopalakrishnan

Release travels to me through the icy waters of my beloved river Beas. Not drenched in apprehension but in lightness. As I wade across its blue-green, glassy waters, head down,...

Quietus by Chitra Gopalakrishnan

Release travels to me through the icy waters of my beloved river Beas. Not drenched in apprehension but in lightness. As I wade across its blue-green, glassy waters, head down,...

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

The Carrion Maven by Casey Douglass

It seeps through the streets like a pressure wave, its higher dimensional traversal sending billowing ripples of aether amongst the massed crowd. It probes their glowing minds. Myriad carnival light-bulbs...

The Carrion Maven by Casey Douglass

It seeps through the streets like a pressure wave, its higher dimensional traversal sending billowing ripples of aether amongst the massed crowd. It probes their glowing minds. Myriad carnival light-bulbs...

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

Buzzards by Vonnie Winslow Crist

The trouble began when Jimmie put food out for the feral cats he'd spotted skulking along the edge of the woods. Cats crept to the porch and ate—but they weren't...

Buzzards by Vonnie Winslow Crist

The trouble began when Jimmie put food out for the feral cats he'd spotted skulking along the edge of the woods. Cats crept to the porch and ate—but they weren't...

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

Mother Cat by Rickey Rivers Jr.

Rick accidentally ran over a mother cat searching for food. He felt terrible and called animal control to collect the body. Animal control didn't find signs of a cat carcass,...

Mother Cat by Rickey Rivers Jr.

Rick accidentally ran over a mother cat searching for food. He felt terrible and called animal control to collect the body. Animal control didn't find signs of a cat carcass,...

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

Nytemare by Daniel Bagley

Deep inside lives a monster, born from my own heart, derived of hatred and contempt. It waits... and waits... knowing that time is against me. I writhe in agony, swinging...

Nytemare by Daniel Bagley

Deep inside lives a monster, born from my own heart, derived of hatred and contempt. It waits... and waits... knowing that time is against me. I writhe in agony, swinging...