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Date Night in Starbucks

“So, what can I get you?” the barista guy asks. “A mocha, please,” I’m saying, trying not to stare at the rash on his neck. “To stay or to go?” He…


“For the New Cab Driver After His First Shift,” “The Street Without a Name,” “237 North Oracle,” and “Rush Hour Fatality”

For the New Cab Driver After His First Shift Don’t get too excited when you make a little dough in the morning or whenever your shift starts because…


Sirdar, Pour! Part 2

II. He returned to the apartment a little alive. Going into the bathroom, Potap glanced in the mirror and was horrified by his appearance; disheveled…


The Dark Elect

I was swaying as I walked down the stairs onto the platform. It was the last train, and revelling Friday night commuters filled the station. I leaned…


All You Need is Love

Is it morning already? Hard to tell with the constant ash alerts. Seems to be dark most of the time. Ash falling like snow almost everyday. Can't…


Terror House Radio, Episode #30: Tossed in Translation (with David Lohrey)

On this episode of Terror House Radio, Matt Forney and Bryden Proctor welcome David Lohrey to the show to discuss his new anthology Bluff City,…


Out for a Walk, Part 2

Harry needed rent money something ferocious. Harry needed rent money like---like a tiger---like a silverback gorilla, like---Harry came to decide…


Secret Heart

“Bastards!” The man’s exclamation rang out through the bush, fading until the only sound was the cicadas droning in the heat. His vegetable patch was…


Thunder

“Thunder! Sit down, boy!” Up and down, back and forth, the Collie paced non-stop. He’d practically worn a hole in Marcia’s overpriced Surya handmade…