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The Living Flame

It had started when she was a child, only it was different then. Less of an obsession perhaps, and more of an inquisitiveness. The natural tendency…


The Outcast

It was raining the first day I walked into Heatherfield High. A dense fog hung low over the small town of Heatherfield, clouding up the windows which…


I Need the Violent Revenge in Inglourious Basterds

I watch plenty of Nazi films. I don’t say that loudly at parties. As someone with Jewish heritage, I don’t say that in front of family. Or anyone.…


The Insurrectionist Out Now: All Andy Nowicki Books on Sale for 75% Off This Weekend Only

Terror House Press is pleased to announce the release of its 28th book: The Insurrectionist by Andy Nowicki, a novella set in a near-future world in…


But Deliver Us from Evil

“Good job finishing that drug lord last week,” the hoarse voice crackled over the unstable phone line. “The rest of the bounty will be in your…


Dirty Mirrors

Despite all of the security, I got into the billionaire software developer Jason Atkins’ mansion on Mercer Island east of Seattle. I know that the…


Strictioris Observantiae

Early morning in the Santa Rita Mountains, Armando sat upon a rock and watched the dawn break. As the sky grew rosy, he could hear the Trappist monks…


“Why I’ll Never Be Invited to a Writer’s Conference,” “Imagine All the Forgotten Lives,” “The Cabbies,” and “The Plague”

Why I'll Never Be Invited to a Writer's Conference Fly into the sun teeny bopper fly into the sun rock star poet fly into the sun academic…


The Ambush, Part 5: The Escalation

The state bureau would now be taking over, in light of the assassination of a high-ranking police administrator. Considering who it was and that…


“All the Points of the Compass,” “Integer Line,” and “Loaded Dice and Poisoned Candy”

All the Points of the Compass with apologies to Tom Stoppard You could be one of those John D. Rockefeller types with interest, credit and dividends…