When Henry Jekyll, a doctor in London, awakens in a morgue, he reels in disbelief that he is still alive as memories of what had transpired earlier slowly settle into his disoriented mind. Not long ago, he had been a wanted man on serious charges....

In Eva Barber’s Misunderstanding: The Tiger in Me, Alice Williams forms a bond that feels unbreakable with Lilly Labarre, even though their homes and upbringings could not be more different. Years later, after meeting a man known as Colin Carter, Alice suddenly vanishes. When Alice...

The Ragman by Don Lehmkuhl introduces Joey Schatz, who became an orphan after witnessing the murders of his parents. He was raised in the same home that gave shelter to his father, Our Lady of Providence Children’s Home. Here, he becomes friends with Tony Rosetti,...

In Borderline Human: Persona by Oxsana Palatskaya, Lena Dyal works as an analyst inside Persona Tower, a corporate system that monitors cognition and behavior through an interface called Reflex. When her clearance is reduced after several unexplained legacy server accesses, she traces anomalies linked to...

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...

When four teenagers, Leah, Vincent, Ava, and Noah, are stranded in a remote cabin during a snowstorm with Camille, an isolated writer, they believe they have found shelter. Instead, they have walked into something sinister. Camille is helpful at first; she offers them food and...

To the world, Aurie Eaton was a successful chef of unmatched skill. However, beneath what many described as brilliance, discipline, and talent lay a dark truth that Aurie kept buried inside. Her secret dated back to 1970, when it all began. As a kid in...

In 2002, in Arizona, a school boy killed two girls out in the forest, carved a cross and a spiral into the body of one of them with a knife, and with a Sharpie drew a spiral on her left wrist. In Colorado, also in...

Chats with a Charlatan by Chris Wilkensen follows Kevin Davis, a therapist in Chicago whose life, both at work and at home, is falling apart. Kevin uses unorthodox methods in his sessions, sometimes giving his patients alcohol and marijuana in an attempt to break down...

The Crucifixion was one of the most dramatic incidents in history, and it continues to cast a long shadow in Daniel Grace’s novel In the Wake of Golgotha. As the book begins, we meet Jude Issachar, a New York social worker and adjunct professor who...