A woman runs from a cult leader.A man watches a crowd carry a baby into the woods.A boy makes a childhood friend who is much older than she appears.The forty pieces in this book unite two creative endeavours at the heart of humanity: making music and telling stories. Each writer took inspiration from one of the ten tracks on the Wayward & Upward album by Spinoza Gambit. This anthology collects one short story and three poems for each track, showcasing the variety of...

A collection of writings from authors around the world featuring short stories with Dark Humor, Suspense, Creepy Elements, Thought Provoking Dilemmas, and Science Fiction. Plus, a sneak peak of Young Adult/Thriller novel, The Beckwith Brothers!Included stories from the authors:One Way by Royal BanksMoment of Clarity by Kendall BrownNineveh by Kristin CloudWild Wild Web by Dr. Mahul BrahmaMurder of Bishop Street by Cisi EzeLincoln and The Ti...

Love. Such a small word with a huge meaning. How many different kinds of love are there? Each one with its own little world of emotion, actions, and dreams. Several twisted, some passionate, a few real. But out of all of them, everyone is simply trying to get to the same goal, reach the similar point of no return, and smother identical desires. It all comes down to one thingone wantto love. And be loved.

NIGHTMARE is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In NIGHTMARE's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror.This month, we have original fiction from Adam-Troy Castro ("The Totals") and Kat Howard ("Dreaming Like a Ghost"), along with reprints by Gary Braunbeck ("We Now Pause for Station Identification") and Tanith Lee ("The Gorgon"). We also have the latest installment of our column on horr...

The Promise I Kept is the poignant, funny, and often heartbreaking story of a daughter's journey to live up to a vow that she never put her father, Jack into a nursing home, his greatest fear for his final days.As the days melted together, Jackie came to understand the rocky road they traveled was not about what she was doing for him, but what her father was teaching her that would change the trajectory of how she'd continue to live her life.

The Greatest Showman meets Stephen King in this eerie horror story. Not all circuses are filled with childlike wonder...

Pick among the rubble of modern civilization, and listen for the beating of its rusted heart. 12 stories fused together by the recurring motif of decay … the decay of cities and families, identity and gender, idolatry and love. Among them: Pick among the rubble of modern civilization, and listen for the beating of its rusted heart. By best-selling author Brian Hodge,

Silver Linings is one persons journey through a year of personal and professional changes; the moments of extreme joy which can be shattered in an instant by deep sorrow and utter loss. The mind is a roller coaster. Are you brave enough to join the ride?

The night the love of his life, Stacey, informed Hunt of her intentions to marry another man kicked off a horrific, mind-bending domino effect upon his life. Crushed by her rejection and brash spurning; Hunt soon finds himself in a self-inflicted entanglement of rage, delusion, lust and demolishing darkness. His reaction to her contempt soon brings him to a bloodcurdling incident and a mysterious twist of events. Accompany Hunt through his eerie retelling of the night that ushered in devas...

A poetry collection about the cats in the poet's life. Some she lived with and some she just met in passing or around the neighborhood.

Shortlisted, Dorothy Livesay Poetry PrizePart roving eye, part devotion, you wander hotel corridors, entering rooms not quite yours, trying on clothes, blankets, skins. Arguing with the body's limits and its trickery, you are always in disguise. Sometimes you're Leda; sometimes the swan. The rooms are haunted with gendered injuries of the past . . . but messengers arrive to guide you.In this stunning debut collection by Ali Blythe, every poem is unerringly ...

The Doctor appears late in this sordid tale. All the attention is given to the protagonist of Canaanabis Roach. He's special and he's just been given the power of speech. Now he talks about his adventures in past lives, This one happens to include the namesake Time Lord and an impossible girl.