Rinse Repeat by Thomas Kleaton Williford awoke before Alice, rocking in his chair to the ticking of the grandfather clock in the hallway. He had no recollection of the night its chimes prompted him to run screaming into his mother’s room. He’d seen only the terrible...
Toe Tag by Catherine Bader Something tangles in her feet under the table. A toe tag – her name written there in caps… Her coroner husband was playing another joke. She’s not laughing. She picks up the phone to call him. In a disorienting flash, she appears in...
THE MONSTER’S MOON By Sheldon Woodbury The ancient myth of the monster’s moon foretells what will happen when the bestial world that’s hidden in ours is finally unleashed in all its savage glory, a time when eerie creatures and wicked abominations suddenly appear...
She Fought Back by James Newman “Why do you make me do this, girl? Ain’tcha learned yer lesson by now?” He kicked her again. She whimpered as she slid across the floor. A photo of the two of them — taken during happier times – fell off...
Photograph by Duncan Ralston I’m sickened, looking at the woman across the aisle on the crowded number 6 bus, the woman without a face. Nobody’s seen her. Eyes focus on shoes, on cell phones, paperbacks, cracks of cloudy morning light between crammed-in...
The Visitor by Catherine Bader She opened the shower door. Drying herself off, she noticed writing on the bathroom mirror: Don’t turn around. She felt goosebumbs all over her body. That mirror was clean when she...
