Eunice Mayweather was a young woman murdered before her time, along with all the attendees at her wedding, but the legend of The Black Bride is only a story. To prove it, Leah agrees to perform a r…

For thirty-nine days and thirty-nine nights it has rained, breaking rivers and dams, flooding cities and towns and everywhere else. Wiping humanity off the face of the Earth. And Melissa couldn’t b…

Eunice Mayweather was a young woman murdered before her time, along with all the attendees at her wedding, but the legend of The Black Bride is only a story. To prove it, Leah agrees to perform a r…

All There in the (Monster) Manual are stories based on creatures from the Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual. Over 2022 I released a different story fitting the theme every single week and I’ve …

Ten minutes before the fair closes, Jazmine and her boyfriend use their last tickets on a ride through the haunted house. At first, it looks just like any other cheap carnival attraction, full of p…

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The first time Melissa saw the UFO, nobody believed her. The second time, she could hardly believe it herself. The third, the fourth, the fifth time, and so on? She might have believed but she was …

For thirty-nine days and thirty-nine nights it has rained, breaking rivers and dams, flooding cities and towns and everywhere else. Wiping humanity off the face of the Earth. And Melissa couldn’t b…

A vampire, desperate for blood, waits for his familiar to return. Tired of false promises, however, his familiar has plans for his latest victim that don’t include an easy meal.

A vampire, desperate for blood, waits for his familiar to return. Tired of false promises, however, his familiar has plans for his latest victim that don’t include an easy meal.

Nature has turned on humanity, plants, animals and insects banding together to wipe them from the face of the Earth. The only people able to move around in overrun areas are quislings, traitors, re…

Curtis has never cheated on a girlfriend, it’s just that his partner, Alyssa, has been too busy for him lately. And what she doesn’t know won’t hurt her, right? It seems the woman he’s been talking…

It was just another Monday morning commute, until it was interrupted by a bunch of violent and raving maniacs killing every normal person they could find. Mysterious objects in the sky are driving …

A serial killer stalked the rails and tiny plastic streets of Franklin Toreno’s toy train set. Spanning sixteen-by-six feet, the table holding the set wouldn’t have given a man much room to h…

It was just another Monday morning commute, until it was interrupted by a bunch of violent and raving maniacs killing every normal person they could find. Mysterious objects in the sky are driving …

You are trapped in your apartment with an invisible, silent, almost certainly malevolent presence. You don’t know what its intentions are but it has targeted you, it has tricked its way inside, and…

Every single day, Sharif trains to be the very best and to beat the best. Weights, cardio, and shadowboxing in front of the mirror for hours. Today, however, he faces an opponent he could have neve…

Ten minutes before the fair closes, Jazmine and her boyfriend use their last tickets on a ride through the haunted house. At first, it looks just like any other cheap carnival attraction, full of p…

The world ended not with a bang or a whimper but with a cough. Trapped inside his apartment, one self-described loner has watched as a final, lethal pandemic burned down the rest of the world. But …

The world ended not with a bang or a whimper but with a cough. Trapped inside his apartment, one self-described loner has watched as a final, lethal pandemic burned down the rest of the world. But …

Trapped on an island of rock while the cars keep circling, Kylie and her bandmates were road tripping to their next gig when they were attacked by three strangers who refuse to leave their vehicles…

Mickey Scarselli is dead. Blown into a thousand and one burning pieces. But in his very final moments, his thirst for vengeance was so great even death won’t stop it. Torn from its wrist by the bla…

This is a story about you. You wake up in your bed feeling refreshed and rested. Gentle sunlight slips through your window…

Life in The Schism is lonely, brutish, and short. Neko Derricks thrives in the virtual realm and tries to keep his head down every time he’s forced to interact with the so-called ‘real world’. Afte…

One dose is all it took, now Liam has ripped his third eye wide open. He’s seeing strange people and creatures that no one else can see, but are they demons, angels, or something else entirely?

Life in The Schism is lonely, brutish, and short. Neko Derricks thrives in the virtual realm and tries to keep his head down every time he’s forced to interact with the so-called ‘real world’. Afte…

Life in The Schism is lonely, brutish, and short. Neko Derricks thrives in the virtual realm and tries to keep his head down every time he’s forced to interact with the so-called ‘real world’. Afte…

How long had the beast hunted that empty stretch of lonely highway? An alien monstrosity stalks the Australian outback. Can an average guy outwit it, or will he end up as prey?

Ever since I was a kid I could see them, with their black eyes and deformed faces. It took me a long time to realise others couldn’t see what I saw. It took even longer to understand exactly what I…

For thirty-nine days and thirty-nine nights it has rained, breaking rivers and dams, flooding cities and towns and everywhere else. Wiping humanity off the face of the Earth. And Melissa couldn’t b…

Niklaus is a typical orc in an untypical age. Although he has a wife, twin sons, and an office job, his blood longs for the ancient ways. For bloodshed and the glory of battle. As the petty frustra…

A serial killer stalked the rails and tiny plastic streets of Franklin Toreno’s toy train set. Spanning sixteen-by-six feet, the table holding the set wouldn’t have given a man much room to h…

As part of an initiation, Mikhil is forced to steal from the shrine of local urban legend Stepping Razor. He’s got bigger things to worry about, Stepping Razor is only a ghost story, until the drea…

Ever since I was a kid I could see them, with their black eyes and deformed faces. It took me a long time to realise others couldn’t see what I saw. It took even longer to understand exactly what I…

Desperate to secure his family’s fortunes, Lord William Mayhew hurries to make an appointment with a new benefactor after the disappearance of his previous partner. But first he must make his way a…

I want to tell you what I know of my grandfather’s disappearance. The Judge, everyone called him, which wasn’t all that creative since he was actually a courtroom judge before retirement. My mother…

Echo Beach is a retirement community unlike any other, for residents who have died in the physical world and been uploaded into an entirely digital realm. But it takes a lot of processing power to …

There’s a dead pigeon on the lawn and a little girl upstairs is screaming. I’ve heard her screaming before, they’re a good family, quiet most of the time, but that’s apartment living. Sometimes you…

Ten minutes before the fair closes, Jazmine and her boyfriend use their last tickets on a ride through the haunted house. At first, it looks just like any other cheap carnival attraction, full of p…

Owen figures he’s hit a serious new low after ordering an inflatable sex doll online. But things can always get worse, as he discovers when his new toy proves to have a mind of its own and a couple…

An encounter in an abandoned dinosaur statue park leads Noah to an inescapable conclusion after recent events have turned humanity’s perception of the world on its head.

Six months after their dog, Henry, passed away, Darrell and Molly are considering getting a new pet but moving on is hard to do. That is until the god of death Hades arrives at their door with a my…

The Rapture has come and been, and those left behind find themselves out of the frying pan into the hellfire as they battle against hordes of demonic creatures. Rumours abound of a way to join thos…

Owen figures he’s hit a serious new low after ordering an inflatable sex doll online. But things can always get worse, as he discovers when his new toy proves to have a mind of its own and a couple…