Stories written to the theme of MONSTROUS
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SHORT STORIES
Excerpts from my Zombie Diary
by Tracie Adams
That phone call really broke me. Even though the engraved message on the front of this leather journal tells me “You’re not broken, you’re wounded […]
Every Dog
by Charlie Kondek
It started as a kind of wish, almost a prayer, this hope that when he performed a gesture of kindness to Lobo, every other dog he ever owned would also feel it. […]
The Eel Catcher’s Daughter
by Martha Lane
The pails dug into the daughter’s chilblained hands as they rocked with the gentle sway of a reaper’s cradle. […]
One Loch Wonder
by Alan Miller
Nessie was playing the bagpipes at a haggis eating contest when she heard the news. […]
Good for a Dead Girl
by Beth Sherman
There are two dozen funerals a week in our town. After each body is placed in a coffin, it’s weighted down with heavy rocks from the river, so the corpse can’t rise. […]
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FLASH FICTION
Howl
by Karen Arn0ld
She barely notices the bite at first, just another red dot to add to the constellation spreading across her arms and legs. She swats the bug away […]
Caged
by Mags Campbell
For a time in the beginning, we held the vampire in the strongest cage ever built, one that could contain a minor angel, if ever the need arose. […]
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Servants of the Destruction
by Chris Clemens
“Hey, I’m new. Are we supposed to just watch this?” “Quiet. Stare straight ahead.” “Sorry.” “Good newbie.” […]
Waste
by Lisa Farrell
When you’re asleep, I slip out from under your pillow, peel myself from your shadow, and slither down the stairs. […]
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The Mercurial Whore
by Heather Haigh
‘Twas the babbling and the scrabbling and the foetid reek of evil. That witch has been a-brewing, her familiar prowling […]
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Teddy Bear
by Catherine O’Brien
The morning was openly tearful and offering a tacit admission of its guilt […]
Still You
by Helen Lyttle
You are dressed in a white shirt, dark blue jeans and a pink polyester cardigan. You hate pink. […]
Flocks
by Gavin Turner
I keep my phone on silent mode most of the time, except at night. Early calls are always emergencies or death related. […]
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This Issue was Published on 1st November 2024
Image Credits (top to bottom) – from Pixabay and Unsplash
Daniel Jensen, Edyttka, penebar, Jakub Kapusnak, Eric Gilbertson, Eddie Wingertsahn, Ernie Journeys, Markus Spiske, Sandy Millar, Annie Spratt, Nick Fewings
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