THE CURVE by Nathan McCoy
The tension was as thick as the mist of the winding mountain road. Mile markers seemed to fly by as quickly as the minutes. A gentle hum from the heater and the beating of...
MIDNIGHT WOES by Herman Macklin
Cold sweats. Shivering. Convulsions, Jack could not bear it. It was 3:00 in the morning at his Pennsylvania apartment, and he awoke to a spirit looming over him. This figure had distorted features, gazing...
ETERNITY by Blade Moore
Perhaps her mother had been onto something when she rambled on about why to never trust garage sales. Most people were getting rid of things for a reason, she had said. But it was...
TRUTH AT THE FUNERAL by Brian Alvarez Encarnacion
“Dear friends and family,” begins the priest. “We are gathered here today to commemorate the life of a great man on this brisk and beauteous Sunday.”
The sun shines down on the crowd that...
ANATHEMA by Micah Benson
I thought that soldiers were meant to protect people. That’s what they told me when I was built, and I was built to be the perfect soldier. A construct, they called me. It was...
A DEVILISH ADVOCATE Glen Garth
Dusk fell upon the city of Black Gate, and in the courtyard of a castle did a well-dressed man tirelessly work. He plunged a tube-shaped device into the ground and walked twenty feet away...
ANIE’S ALIEN HUNT by Malcolm Flynn
“C-Could you guys remind me, why are we here again?” Korria said from the back seat. “Like I said! We’re gonna summon aliens! Colada and I have been sticking our noses into research for...
ENHANCED by Ethan Michael
Step after step the beat of drums grew louder, the dreary moss hangs from the grated cubes that line the ceiling, blood coursing through my veins like an untamable river rapid. My vision focused...
THE BLACK SEDAN by Vanessa Youngblood-Brown
So, I was at my complex laundromat. I was the only person there. I did see a black sedan parked outside. I wasn't concerned about that at all.
I continued with my laundry. Something...
TRAGEDIES FROM MY FRIEND EVELYNN by Megan Amor
Evelynn appeared when I was twelve. At first, she seemed harmless. She even gave me a strawberry popsicle. She told me she’d be my friend when times were tough, but I think she was...