The Shadow Men, Part 1 — Excerpt 6
John threw himself onto the floor. His spare sidearm came out of his holster as he crept up to the cockpit. The door opened suddenly as a foot…
Walls
I was as oblivious to it as any ten-year-old would be. I did wake up a little earlier that day, so maybe I'd heard something after all. Although, to…
A Double Haunting
The phone rang in Philip Hillstorm’s office. “Hello, Hillstorm Paranormal Investigations, how may we help you?” he said after picking up the phone.…
Semen Fundebat in Terram
Nochpalliicue looked down at the newborn male, a creature destined to bring nothing but pain and harm, just as all of the progenitors of his kind…
The Twilight Princes
Big Dave offed himself. I’ve only ever known two other people who died; first, my great-grandmother, a sweet and frail woman with a subtle, lilting…
A Whisper in the Well
Me and my sister were sent to live with Aunt Lissy for a while. Things were going bad in town. Something about the water supply. The sprawling…
The Shadow Men, Part 1 — Excerpt 5
Alexander Shukhov stood restlessly outside the door of the Junkers, a soft wind blowing his hair back. He ignored the remains of his comrades still…
Between
Between, between, b e t w e e n. Repeated, it became, unlike other words, more beautiful. It was a dictum, an absolute, a directive especially for…
Brotherly Love, Part 4
As soon as I took a seat in Deepak’s worn sofa, I opened my mouth to speak, but instead burst out crying. “What’s going on, Beth?” Deepak asked…
Laredo
Through a hole in the insulation, plastic crinkling around his eye, Blackwell watches. It’s been a year of weather with many warnings. Wrought iron…
