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Voll das Leben

I told myself I wouldn’t cry, I told myself I’d convinced myself that I regarded this story as hysterical and stupid when I would recount it later in…


“Blood Freezing Even as it Spills” and “Tamerlane is in the Black Tent”

Blood freezing even as it spills I squeezed the trigger On the Winchester repeater, Felt the spring of recoil Like the bounding of a hare. And the…


Luminaria, Chapter 8: Lights, Camera, Action — Jessica, Part 2

We arrived at the Grumman Chinese Theater just as the doors were closing with everyone inside. The drivers parked the vans in the alley. A bunch of…


Psycho

translated by Xi Nan I: Depression If you hide into my childhood and cry I am your tears The childhood in a black and white photo The thin figure cut…


The Quest

Standing in the warm drizzle, I feel a small shiver run down my spine. A feeling of déjà vu courses through me. I could remember similar events such…


Honeymoon

Rosina “Springtime” Fresh out of fairy tales Looking for the blue prince Charming of her childhood dreams Already made a woman She was strolling…


Mall Walkers

The Fairfield Mall is architecturally ill-conceived. Malls are supposed to be celebrations of consumerism, with lavish glass-panel ceilings and grand…


Spectres of Saturn and With Light and Dust Audiobook Out Now: Buy for Up to 40% Off This Weekend Only

Terror House Press is pleased to announce the release of its 20th book: Spectres of Saturn by Patrick Kilgore. Spectres of Saturn is a collection of…


Der Beta Aufstand Hat Begonnen! Part 1

It was 2050 when the incelocalypse fell. The beta males of the world, after decades of planning and silent fuming about their involuntary celibacy,…


“This is Not a Garden,” “Pentalogue,” “Riverthought,” and “Blackberry—ing”

This is not a garden Under the trestle I pressed my flower to pieces, trying to remember the last time…