Alphabetical Story Index
Alien – Posted 08/01/20 ◦ Read time 10 mins He’s special forces, on another top-secret mission. Then he sees what can only be an alien spacecraft — so he makes a snap decision to change his assignment.
Bleeding Like Lava, Blue Water Womb– Posted 11/02/21 ◦ Read time 12 mins He blamed his wife for the death of the children, and he started to sleep every night on the couch where she’d been napping when they died. It was not the life he deserved, and he was angry about it.
The Demon in the Basket - Posted 07/01/20 ◦ Read time 1 min, with lots of art!
Something lives in the basket that Warren’s father brought home from the war. Something willing to help Warren, for a price.
The Desert Upstairs - Posted 07/06/22 ◦ Read time 14 mins
Pastor Hogue is dead, and no one wants to talk about the locked door in his house. But he was one of God’s favorites, so it must be something miraculous in there.
E - Posted 04/01/20 ◦ Read time 24 mins
They kept driving, away from San Francisco, toward the desert. They’d only meant to play a prank. But it had spilled blood. A lot of blood. So they kept driving.
Elf, Elf, Up Too High - Posted 12/01/20 ◦ Read time 12 mins
Christmas is coming and there’s an elf on Anthony’s shelf. Here to watch him, and to help him be good. But Anthony has worries, he has secrets, and the elf might be making them worse.
Fairly Late, She Finds Her Black Brick - Posted 11/01/20 ◦ Read time 20 mins
Pregnant Fiona hopes to start a new life away from the city. Her dream comes true when the women of a small Vermont town accept her as one of their own—although she realizes, they may be welcoming her into a secret.
Five Raptured From Laughing River, So Far - Posted 09/01/20 ◦ Read time 15 mins
It seems like the perfect place to live. Until the residents start to vanish.
Kevin Becomes a Man - Posted 05/05/20 ◦ Read time 10 mins
Kevin is eleven, and his mother is a nightmare. Wash your hands, Kevin! Come straight home, Kevin! All she does is worry. Then, one day after school, he begins to worry too.
The Kite Made Him - Posted 10/06/20 ◦ Read time 11 mins
Lorne Gorman likes an evening stroll in the park. He says it clears his head. But not on the night he spots a kite caught in a tree. That night, something else starts to happen in his head.
The Land Is a Black Mass - Posted 06/01/20 ◦ Read time 13 mins
After two years of peace and love, in 1971 Micah Hogue leaves the commune to hitchhike home. He suspects too late this driver might be a man with a terrifying purpose.
The Last Hour of King Roger’s Sinister Reign - Posted 01/01/21 ◦ Read time 14 mins
One night only! The remarkable Master Geryon! Live at the beautiful Prestigium Theater! People tell you this is a show you will never forget. But no one will tell you why.
Mega Six – Posted 02/01/21 ◦ Read time 19 mins
There’s an exterminator loose in the world, newly free to live how he wants. He’s Herk Tinslap, and two things make him happy: genocide and dancing.
Night of the Hollows – Posted 10/01/20 ◦ Read time 27 mins
Halloween 2020 is going to be AJ’s last in the desert town of Halite, and he decides to give his friend a memorable scare.
No One Told Them Why the Road Was Closed – Posted 03/01/22 ◦ Read time 10 mins
A plunge down a mountainside lands the family car at the bottom of a ravine. Barrett can’t move. How can he help his children get to safety?
Of Cars and Temples - Posted 09/01/21 ◦ Read time 9 min
Anderson Waltzer knows all there is to know about cutting open bodies. But for the first time in years, he’s going to find out there’s something new to learn.
One Hidden Village in France – Posted 03/01/21 ◦ Read time 19 mins
Parts of the French countryside are remote, unaccustomed to American tourists. DeShawn and Pete show up ready for anything—pretty girls, good food—anything, except the indecipherable greeting they get in Neucachâme.
Party Line – Posted 06/01/21 ◦ Read time 10 mins
The calls are torture—and they might be coming from inside the house. Georgiana isn’t home, though.
The Sermon Lacking That Old Thunder – Posted 02/01/22 ◦ Read time 13 mins
Pastor Micah Hogue always packs ’em into the old church, and his grandson Jim thinks there’s no more blessed preacher anywhere. Then comes this peculiar sermon.
So You’re Dead - Posted 05/05/20 ◦ Read time 7 mins
Really? Killed during a supermarket robbery? You’re pretty mad at the senseless way you went out — until you realize, this might be the opportunity of a lifetime.
Spring Break Outbreak - Posted 05/05/20 ◦ Read time 12 mins
This so-called plague is totally overrated! I say we get in the car and go straight to Florida. It’s basically the only state where people aren’t major idiots right now.
What Wandering Eyes Should Appear – Posted 12/01/21 ◦ Read time 16 mins
They try to brighten their stay at the north pole with Christmas cheer. But that might not be enough against the cold. The dark. The silence. And the unknowns.
When the Dice Roll Your Way, When the Eyes of Death Blink - Posted 05/03/20 ◦ Read time 17 mins
It’s just another trade show, another hotel, another boring workday. Until a simple coincidence sends Margret on her first adventure in years.
