Dark Moments

Devil's Triangle by Caleb Echterling sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Devil's Triangle by Caleb Echterling" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Devil's Triangle by Caleb Echterling

During the drinking game Devil’s Triangle, Ryan collapsed. Brett covered Ryan’s face with penises drawn in Sharpie. Julia called the coroner, who pronounced Ryan dead. At the visitation, a string...

Devil's Triangle by Caleb Echterling

During the drinking game Devil’s Triangle, Ryan collapsed. Brett covered Ryan’s face with penises drawn in Sharpie. Julia called the coroner, who pronounced Ryan dead. At the visitation, a string...

Big Bad Consequences by Tim Hawken sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Big Bad Consequences by Tim Hawken" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Big Bad Consequences by Tim Hawken

Pneumoconiosis has taken its toll. The Black Lung they call it. Black Death, more like. My breath is ragged where it used to be strong. I gasp air where I...

Big Bad Consequences by Tim Hawken

Pneumoconiosis has taken its toll. The Black Lung they call it. Black Death, more like. My breath is ragged where it used to be strong. I gasp air where I...

Eyes of Innocence by Ximena Escobar sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Eyes of Innocence by Ximena Escobar" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Eyes of Innocence by Ximena Escobar

Behind her sweet caress lies a lie.  Your heart pauses in a futile warning; you know you can’t escape but it opens a void, telling you to run—like you know...

Eyes of Innocence by Ximena Escobar

Behind her sweet caress lies a lie.  Your heart pauses in a futile warning; you know you can’t escape but it opens a void, telling you to run—like you know...

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

Awakened by C.D. Augello

     In the night he feels her struggling beneath his body, as if trying to escape the prison of his weight.  Just a dream, he thinks, but in the morning,...

Awakened by C.D. Augello

     In the night he feels her struggling beneath his body, as if trying to escape the prison of his weight.  Just a dream, he thinks, but in the morning,...

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

Flesh Art by Gary Ferrill

Flesh was torn. Limbs flayed open. His eyes, a glassy haze. Massive oak limbs held him firmly in their embrace. The Moon an iniquitous orb, its light casting long shadows...

Flesh Art by Gary Ferrill

Flesh was torn. Limbs flayed open. His eyes, a glassy haze. Massive oak limbs held him firmly in their embrace. The Moon an iniquitous orb, its light casting long shadows...

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...