Dark Moments

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

Dead Man's Hand by Grace Quon

Days later, I was the last one alive. The crimson from Jack’s slashed neck had dried on the tabletop. Cody hung from the rafters, body drifting in a non-existent breeze....

Dead Man's Hand by Grace Quon

Days later, I was the last one alive. The crimson from Jack’s slashed neck had dried on the tabletop. Cody hung from the rafters, body drifting in a non-existent breeze....

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

The Devil Draws First by Glen Creed

Folks swore Jonas Kane was the fastest alive.  Truth was, his Shadow fired first—quicker than a rattler’s strike, killing before flesh touched iron. Kane tried to walk away. The challengers...

The Devil Draws First by Glen Creed

Folks swore Jonas Kane was the fastest alive.  Truth was, his Shadow fired first—quicker than a rattler’s strike, killing before flesh touched iron. Kane tried to walk away. The challengers...

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

Campfire Cuisine by Randall Andrews

“The rabbits is so thick out west,” Eugene said across the campfire, “you’ll be runnin’ ‘em over with the wagon. Remember when they told us that?” In response came a...

Campfire Cuisine by Randall Andrews

“The rabbits is so thick out west,” Eugene said across the campfire, “you’ll be runnin’ ‘em over with the wagon. Remember when they told us that?” In response came a...

Frying Pan, Fire by Dawn DeBraal sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Frying Pan, Fire by Dawn DeBraal" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Frying Pan, Fire by Dawn DeBraal

Cal urged his horse through the desert sandstorm, seeking shelter. His mount was frightened, so he gave Buck over to animal instinct. The paint turned south until the horse came...

Frying Pan, Fire by Dawn DeBraal

Cal urged his horse through the desert sandstorm, seeking shelter. His mount was frightened, so he gave Buck over to animal instinct. The paint turned south until the horse came...

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

Hunger by Avery Hunter

Every night at Dustjaw Saloon, the piano played itself. Folks said it was the ghost of Clyde “Ten-Fingers” Malone, shot dead mid-song in ’81. Sheriff Rowe laughed, until he saw...

Hunger by Avery Hunter

Every night at Dustjaw Saloon, the piano played itself. Folks said it was the ghost of Clyde “Ten-Fingers” Malone, shot dead mid-song in ’81. Sheriff Rowe laughed, until he saw...

Luck Be A Lady by Kristin Lennox sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 550px, (min-width: 750px) calc((100vw - 130px) / 2), calc((100vw - 50px) / 2)" alt="Luck Be A Lady by Kristin Lennox" class="motion-reduce" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="630" >

Luck Be A Lady by Kristin Lennox

This was Buck’s chance. Annie was the prettiest girl in the Last Chance Saloon, always swarmed with cowboys buying her drinks, trying to earn a trip upstairs. But tonight she...

Luck Be A Lady by Kristin Lennox

This was Buck’s chance. Annie was the prettiest girl in the Last Chance Saloon, always swarmed with cowboys buying her drinks, trying to earn a trip upstairs. But tonight she...

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

The Thirteenth Knot by A.C. Turner

The rope had thirteen knots and thirteen ghosts when it slithered off the gallows that moonless night. Marshal Thompson found it coiled around banker Kessler's neck at dawn—same Kessler who'd...

The Thirteenth Knot by A.C. Turner

The rope had thirteen knots and thirteen ghosts when it slithered off the gallows that moonless night. Marshal Thompson found it coiled around banker Kessler's neck at dawn—same Kessler who'd...

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

The Last Outlaw by Collette Night

Ivory bones, hung like charms, rattled against the old tree. The tree was twisted, turned in on itself. Hollowed. Inside, a bloodied heart beat. Slow. Weak. Outlaws were outdone. Gunslingers,...

The Last Outlaw by Collette Night

Ivory bones, hung like charms, rattled against the old tree. The tree was twisted, turned in on itself. Hollowed. Inside, a bloodied heart beat. Slow. Weak. Outlaws were outdone. Gunslingers,...

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

Welcome to Purgatory by Kai Delmas

Earl lurches into the saloon, parched and dusty as hell. “Welcome to Purgatory!” The barman’s face is haggard and worn. “The town you never wanted to visit and will never...”...

Welcome to Purgatory by Kai Delmas

Earl lurches into the saloon, parched and dusty as hell. “Welcome to Purgatory!” The barman’s face is haggard and worn. “The town you never wanted to visit and will never...”...

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

Deadrise by Anna Madden

There are some kinds of trees used for shipbuilding and coffins alike. Oak is strong and durable. Mahogany is hardy against decay. Cedar resists rot, and hell, it smells nice....

Deadrise by Anna Madden

There are some kinds of trees used for shipbuilding and coffins alike. Oak is strong and durable. Mahogany is hardy against decay. Cedar resists rot, and hell, it smells nice....

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

Chambers by Steven Whitaker

Samuel exuded a grotesque smile in the candlelit cabin among eerie shadows deep enough to hide every ghost that was said to haunt this ship, if you were a superstitious...

Chambers by Steven Whitaker

Samuel exuded a grotesque smile in the candlelit cabin among eerie shadows deep enough to hide every ghost that was said to haunt this ship, if you were a superstitious...

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

The Sea Remembers by Amanda Hoffman

The yellow life raft bobbed as Captain Sellis licked his weathered lips. He wouldn’t last another day at sea. Through the fog ahead of him, a ship emerged. “Help!” he...

The Sea Remembers by Amanda Hoffman

The yellow life raft bobbed as Captain Sellis licked his weathered lips. He wouldn’t last another day at sea. Through the fog ahead of him, a ship emerged. “Help!” he...