microfiction A Special Guest At Chalky House I always knew old widow Chalker’s family had been rich, but I couldn’t believe the treasures in that house of hers. Well, if she’s too daft to sell them, I reckon she’s too daft to miss a few…
microfiction A Name To Die As Tom always expected his past would catch up to him one day. Sometimes he even hoped it would.
microfiction For Research Purposes This scoop was going to be Oliver’s big break. While mainstream journalists repeated stock fear mongering, he was going to pen a bold first-hand report of experiencing this “astral meth”.
microfiction Another Momentary Lapse, Another Tragedy Pain throbs behind my eyeballs. I hope that means I drunk too much last night, not too little. A hope that dies when I realise my hands are sticky…
microfiction A Temporary Fix It all happened so fast. Getting the call from the boating club. Rushing to hospital. Being told that Callum had passed. And then, slim dangling hope - “There’s an experimental procedure…”
microfiction Hungry Roots Brian was proud of his apple orchard and took good care of his trees. Including the ones he let grow wild around the edges of his property. But sometimes pruning is called for…
microfiction Marked And Taken I wake to my father sobbing and my mother holding my hand tight. I know what this means. I’ve been marked.
microfiction Any Resemblance To Real People Is Terrible Craig loved how people loved his scrappy little campus horror mag. He never wanted to give it up. And what they didn’t know wouldn’t hurt them…
microfiction Beneath The Eighth Step Ellie felt so lucky to have inherited her aunt’s charming cottage and collection of art materials! But turns out she’s accepted more than a house…
microfiction Kiss Of The Feathered Vampire At first Steph thought she’d done very well last night. After all, she didn’t have a hangover. Just weird bumps on her neck…
microfiction The Power Of Unholy Friendship Father Bernard has carried out countless exorcisms, and doesn't expect this job to be any different...
microfiction Sunshine Sanitarium Case Reopened (Not Clickbait) Denise and her brothers had tried recording ghosts plenty of places before, but she had a feeling Sunshine Sanitarium was going to be their big scoop…
microfiction Super Replaceable In a more primitive era, being zapped to another timeline would leave one disoriented, but these days every superhero had a phone widget for that. And this city looks exactly like the one Caroline just left…
microfiction Breath Of The Clockwork Heart Bell-Tender Heath watched the tower’s clockwork tick and whir. Everything was exactly as it should be. He didn’t look out the windows.
microfiction Stranded With The News Before the clouds descended, Fran had lamented not being connected to the city…
microfiction No Laughing Matter Of all the curses to sweep the world… clowns. At least turning into a zombie had a dignified sort of pathos.
microfiction Grasping From The Canal I was just trying to clear my head. Be healthy. Do my therapist proud.
microfiction Worse Than Alone Kelly woke to find the internet down - and the city empty. Surely there has to be SOMEONE else left?
microfiction One Chocolate Bar’s Worth Of Adventuring Advice Thank you, dearie. Now… if you follow that river…
microfiction A Demonic Force Meets A Father's Resolve If only more parenting books thought to mention signs of demonic possession.
microfiction Dislocated Joy I’m trying really hard to recapture the glee and aimless joy which came so naturally as a child. Back when I felt alive.
microfiction Guardian Angel's Deputies Seek Hero When a child has an accident, it’s up to his guardian angel, living teddybear, and anxious under-bed monster to arrange rescue!
microfiction The Light Mage's Shadow What Helen was about to do would get her not only thrown out of the academy but stripped of her magic and possibly interred in the Wayward Crypts. Alive.
microfiction The Last To Leave Agatha had always sworn she’d never do this. That she wouldn’t be the one to steal away the last scrap of family her brother had. And yet…
