In Alexander Semenyuk’s Sea Diary of Johnny Unknown, Johnny, an orphaned factory worker hoping for a fresh start, boards a passenger ship filled with migrants, businessmen, and families on their way to a distant shore. On his very first night at sea, he hears the...

The House in the Middle of the Street by Jennifer Sklias-Gahan is a modern fairy tale with a dark pulse, centered on a mysterious inherited home and the secrets it harbors. The story begins with Rebecca and her husband moving into the house, a beautiful...

Wishes Gone Awry by M. Ainihi is a collection of short horror and dark fantasy stories. It focuses on people who wanted something, but their efforts in obtaining their desires ended in tragedy. In the first tale, Jimmy, a young man promised a share of...

Nowhere Land by Pamela K. Kinney is about Parker Burkett and his sister Lisa, who inherit a strange, haunted property in Virginia. Wanting answers about the stories, Parker hires a paranormal investigation team led by Ben Neilson. The group includes Carla, Jenny, and a psychic...

In Smiling Faceless Woman by Thomas J Gebhardt III, Alex is your typical overachieving college student. He takes as many credits as he can every semester, has no time for girls, and is an emo. Everything is going according to his master plan to finish...

Moonlight Desires by David Tocher is a retelling of the popular Cinderella fairytale, as well as that of Spider Princess Kipira, which are both rooted in folklore, mythology, and literary traditions. It follows Aurelia, a nineteen-year-old girl who lives as a servant in her father’s...

“She knew she was good. And it appears the good are not rewarded. The good are damned.” This statement rings true in The Curses We Keep, a novella by Dakota J. Miller. The story begins in darkness as an old hag drags a rope...

In What Digs Itself Free by Stoney Brooks, Zap Rogers and his crew made a name for themselves with a highly successful ghost-hunting show, but it began to lose popularity as the market conditions changed among their younger audiences. Struggling to regain popularity, Zap upgrades...

“Devils, gods, angels, demons. Who can see which is which?” That and many other questions are answered in The Witchfinder's Daughter, a novel by Adam Caisse. Armed with a copy of the Malleus Maleficarum and a dagger, a man named Hannes is summoned to the...

Soul Umbra by Juliet Rose follows Esme, who deeply believes that being close to her brings harm to others. From early childhood, people around her are injured, die, or disappear, and she becomes convinced that unseen figures attached to her life are responsible. When a...