A supernatural horror story about desperation, bad choices, and the cost of disturbing something that considers the house its sanctuary.

by Ken Saunders

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A beautifully observed story about mortality, love, and the fragile bargains we make with ourselves when we believe being careful might keep the worst things away.

One night in 1999—and the enormous difference between what a seventeen-year-old boy thought he witnessed and what the man he became now understands happened.

A grimy, darkly funny crime story about loneliness, desperation, self-deception—and the kind of trouble that starts looking like opportunity.

DAYDREAM BELIEVER is out today from Shotgun Honey. Thrilled to have my story “Goin’ Down” included in this Monkees-inspired crime anthology alongside a terrific group of writers. Bad decisions, desperation, darkness & a song I knew I had to write from. https://t.co/uZQnS1vyZi

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The classic Western showdown gets an existential twist

Dark, sharp, and deeply unsettling, A horror story about greed, legacy, stolen youth, and the moment a debt finally comes due.

A gritty, darkly funny story about addiction, dignity, bad luck, and the stubborn little possibilities people keep chasing when almost everything else has been taken away.

Part Southern Gothic, part ghost story, and part meditation on memory, love, sacrifice, and the things we spend a lifetime trying to understand

Part domestic noir, part neighborhood gossip, part quiet menace, this one lingers long after the final line.

Darkly funny, wildly inventive, and packed with fractured-fable chaos

Get to Know Geonn Cannon

A hard-edged crime story about loyalty, secrets, desire, and the lies we tell out of something that might almost pass for kindness.

Faith, rivalry, sacrifice, and the dangerous cost of serving something greater than yourself.

A smart, wistful story about escape, memory, loneliness, and the places we convince ourselves are waiting for us somewhere else.

Tom Keegan comes home from war looking for a way back into ordinary life. A new job. A road trip to Oregon. A straightforward assignment to find a lumber supplier. Then he looks in the rearview mirr...

Some people see a farm and see home. Others see what it’s worth. Ellen may be young. That doesn’t mean she’s helpless.

Jealousy. Bad bets. Cosmic-blue fingernails. And a French house painter named Pierre. Little things start adding up....

Get To Know Keith Roysdon

Dark, visceral folk horror about faith, cruelty, family, and the moment fear finally gives way to power.

Fantasy, strange magic, dark humor, and two women discovering exactly what they’re capable of.

Childhood. Butterflies. Heaven. Murder. The infinite universe.

Get to know Colin Brightwell

A dark coming-of-age story about appetite, consequence, and what happens when the rules that keep us human begin to disappear.

A new look. A wild night. One dangerous mistake.

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Editor's Notes From Inside the Pages of Bad Intentions

Editor's Notes From Inside the Pages of Bad Intentions

In a place where everyone has an angle, loyalty may be the most dangerous bet of all.

A dark farmhouse. A dead husband. A story that only works if everyone remembers their part.

Sometimes you don’t know what something’s worth until it walks out the door.

Get to know Nathan Pettigrew

Small town suspicion, bad luck, and one very strange road trip.

Seven days. One cell. And a whole lot of ways not to make it home.

When a casual break-up doesn't go the way it as supposed to go...

A group of teenage boys, a stolen boat, beer, cigarettes & plans for a summer night on the lake.

Get to know D.J. Tuskmor