Livia Llewellyn | The Low, Dark Edge of Life
Translator’s note: these are the only extant, unburned, and legible (for the most part) pages retrieved from what was apparently the diary of one Lilianett van Hamal, an American girl who apparently l...
21 Des 20161h 4min
Dale Bailey | I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Before Miss Ferguson found Maude Lewis’ body in the school gym, none of us believed in the teenage werewolf. There had been rumors, of course. There always are. But many of us viewed Miss Ferguson’s d...
7 Des 201646min
Sandra McDonald | When You Work for the Old Ones
The first rule is that the company has no name. It has no website or social media presence. It does not pay taxes or Social Security. In a crowded bar near the Providence train station, you drink a be...
16 Nov 201618min
Tananarive Due | Migration
Jazmine woke beside her fiancé, Cal, and nearly vomited from his smell. The nausea began with the scents she knew---garlic from the prawns he’d sautéed for dinner, salty-sour underarm musk, oil from h...
2 Nov 201653min
Nadia Bulkin | Wish You Were Here
“Tell us a ghost story,” said one of the women, the pouty one, the one named Melissa. She was the nice, friendly one for now, the one asking questions, the one who wanted to stop at every little roads...
19 Okt 201656min
Valerie Valdes | A Diet of Worms
You’re not the kind of person who shows up late to work, but today was a piece of shit, so it’s seven thirty and your mom is finally dropping you off at the movie theater. It’s a weeknight, only one p...
5 Okt 201635min
Maria Dahvana Headley | Little Widow
I was fourteen and at a sleepover when the cult drank poison. The sleepover mom turned on the TV and said “Oh my lord, Mary, would you look at this? It’s the feds is what, and a bomb, right out there ...
21 Sep 20161h 1min
Adam-Troy Castro | Four Haunted Houses
This is your haunted house. The realtor was very perceptive the day you first came by, looking for a home that would provide more than mere shelter, a haven that would instead be an expression of your...
7 Sep 201627min
