Netflix and Kill

It is strange, and yet stranger still, that the letters and numbers would mean such a thing. We expected exactly anything and yet our expectations…


Pretty as a Picture

I didn't actually like my stepsister at all when I first met her. I suppose I was angry at Mum for heading out for cigarettes when I was nine and…


Eternal Fire

The fire could be seen from all the way across the city. In fact, after the blaze was extinguished and life had settled back to normal, the…


Blood, Gunpowder, and Plasma

The desert was rarely cool. But it was a cool night when Bobby Lucas found his life changed forever. Storms were brewing, layers upon layers of grey…


Deus Vault

I. The man across from Officer Locke easily looked like a retired long-haul truck driver. He adjusted the red baseball cap covering the remaining…


Not Actually a Lizard

When the call came through, Officer Lawrence laughed. He had to, because it was probably the most bizarre call that had come through in his twenty…


Take Him to the Edge

I'd always been scientifically minded. When I was five, I found out that Santa wasn't real and distributed a bunch of little pamphlets I made, by…


The Worst Hangover

Dalton rolled over and brushed against Samantha. Her perfume lingered in the air as he climbed out from under the covers. As he slipped on his shirt…


Murder at the Manor

He was stretched across the chaise lounge as if he were only lightly asleep. On the terrace, Professor Apple was throwing up. The Detective polished…


Hero Dick

Richard Hartshaw was only fifteen when he realised that he could ejaculate a horrifying boiling acid. The experience itself was highly traumatic.…