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For All Your Other DaughtersWestern texts date the discovery of vagina dentata to 1800 BCE, to the Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus, the oldest medical text in the world....
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The H Word: The Blizzard SongYou draw one icy breath before the blizzard snatches it away. You moan in the same key as the storm, a polyphonic nightmare sound: ice cracking...
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The Twelve Dying PrincessesThis is one of those stories that just about wrote itself. Each princess had something to say, grief and rage straining through the veneer painted...
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Editorial: December 2023The horror genre is often defined by its use of terror, suspense, gruesomeness, and mounting dread. These are important tools in a horror writer’s...
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Author Spotlight: Lynette S. HoagYears ago I read that Bill Gates has a turn-of-the-century fully AI-enabled house. Everything in it is specialized for its inhabitants. I wondered:...
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Bête NoireTuesday, June 7, 2022 14:02 GMT. There is movement on the pathway for the first time in 113 days, six hours, four minutes, and five seconds. My...
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de•crypt•ed: Hawk on JonesFind out why critically acclaimed editor and author Shane Hawk loves Stephen Graham Jones's The Babysitter Lives , a novella originally released...
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Whatever Takes UsI had two things in mind while writing this story: anti-trans legislature targeting trans, nonbinary, gender queer, and two-spirited people and all...
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Author Spotlight: Woody DismukesI’ve been meaning to write a boto story for so long---like years---but I could never really find the right entry point for it. There’s a really...
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The Curse of the Boto BoyEven before my son was born, my village had made of me a black sheep. When I was young, I would slither between the grasp of the Elders and flitter...
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The H Word: Bartleby and the WeirdHerman Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” ( bit.ly/3PIvslrgutenberg ) first published in 1853, is not typically considered a work of horror....
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AwakeningFairy tales approach revenge in such interesting ways—there is often a sense of catharsis and ordering the universe in these acts, especially since...
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Editorial: November 2023November inspires me to bring out the fuzzy blankets and all my favorite comfort reads, like the fantasy novels that inspired me to get into...
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Waiting for JonahOnce upon a time, there was you and there was Jonah. “Jonah!” you would call out. “Jonah, it’s me! Let me in!” But he’d never let you in. Before...
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Interview: Keith RossonKeith Rosson is the author of the novels Fever House , Smoke City, Road Seven , and The Mercy of the Tide as well as the Shirley Jackson...
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when you see the deadI’ve often worked in natural history collections where it was my job to convert roadkill into museum specimens. So everyone who knew me (my sister,...
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Author Spotlight: David JanischEach volunteer might have their own reasons why working with incarcerated people is meaningful but maybe fundamentally it has to do with prisoners...
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The Cello in the CellDear Andy: The day I was arrested, someone bought the winning Powerball lottery ticket that was worth 1.2 billion dollars. I remember dreaming what...
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The H Word: Reality Is a NightmareMy experience in marketing, the secrets I was privy to in understanding what controlled people to make purchases: It felt like a strange power I...
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Clown TownI get up before dawn. Those pale-gray hours hold signs of unseen life: a trace of pungent spray, a flutter of wings, distant car doors slamming...
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Editorial: October 2023These stories are beautiful, well-written pieces that shout about the way our society has simply stopped caring about certain populations of...
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Author Spotlight: Rachael K. JonesI don’t have the privilege to put school shootings out of mind all the time. If push came to shove, I’d absolutely die for my students, for other...
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The Sound of Children ScreamingYou know the one about the Gun. The Gun goes where it wants to. On Thursday morning just after recess, the Gun will walk through the front doors of...
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Book Review: Black River Orchard by Chuck WendigFind out a little more about Chuck Wendig's Black River Orchard and why veteran reviewer Adam-Troy Castro is recommending it.
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A Trick of the Night’s Hungerhe poem was inspired by the unending struggle of the world and its continuous demand in our blood, where we must keep striving to stay afloat. In...
