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…

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…”

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

The Power Of Unholy Friendship

Father Bernard has carried out countless exorcisms, and doesn't expect this job to be any different...

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…

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…