Initiate of Darkness (From the Darkness) by Barb Shadow is suspenseful horror fiction. Olivia is close to her foster brother, Seth, and always has been. But when his friend dies, Seth struggles to cope, becoming angry and depressed. Olivia has a fascination with all things...

The Rabbit Man by T.R. Slauf is an anthology of short stories that are absolutely horrifying, particularly as they are centered around the vile impulses of arguably the worst villains in contemporary fiction. The stories range in length, tone, and tenor and include the titular...

Seventeen-year-old Ava Washington is one of the fortunate few who survived the Fall, a cataclysmic event that inexplicably changed humanity. She lost her entire family to its aftershock and now survives by scraping for essentials here and there and staying out of sight of the...

In Deena Undone, a horror story by Debra K. Every, with a rising sense of anxiety, Deena Bartlett was waiting for something to happen as she sat next to her sleeping aunt, Agatha, at Wilshire Rehab Center. During a nightmare, Deena found herself face-to-face with...

The Ember Reach: Planar Lost by J. Gibson is a riveting blend of epic fantasy and horror. The story transports us to the imaginary universe of Planar Lost. Karis Valjyre, a private examiner of illegitimate affairs, wakes up to find her city of Imbredon invaded...

For A Breath I Tarry is a collection of original short stories and poems written by a cooperative of different artists and collated into a single volume by Edward Campbell and Joanna Friedman. Each piece does have an arm's-length relationship with the same man, Joseph...

"We all deserve to go home." Yet, sometimes the voyage is difficult or downright impossible. Juliet Rose's novel, By The Dimming Light, explores the dangerous journey of life through Caleb, a young man living in an idyllic small town with a future full of promise....

The Dark Assent by Angela Dunham is a short paranormal/horror story. Edward Griffin is struggling to make ends meet for his wife and family. He has a secret – he can wield magic, and so can their youngest daughter. Desperate, he casts a spell that...

There are many ways to kill a person, and it's a difficult thing to do, but far more so if you have to kill the same person twice. Grave Robbers by Matt Drabble begins conventionally enough but doesn't stay that way for long. Lucas Grant,...

“Sometimes, real life is so much scarier than anything you can read about in fiction.” Winter Haunting: Dreadful Seasons by Samantha Arthurs expertly plays on that (ironic) quote. The tale introduces Lee Hughes, a writer of the macabre who is in a slump. Having recently...