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September 1, 2024
The Slavering Hounds
From a distance, Will Dougherty spots the old man and the hounds. They appear like a mirage on the lonesome ...
September 1, 2024
The Matron of Hawthorne Hall
Halloween was my favorite evening to work at this exclusive all-girls boarding school. I know I should have retired years ...
September 1, 2024
The Blood Horse
Sleek. Strong. The color of mahogany. Rachel Lutz lifted the statue of the horse up off the flea market vendor’s ...
September 1, 2024
Diabolus Ex Machina
Olivia Frances is a writer, first. That’s what she’s always identified as. As a young child, she created pictures and ...
September 1, 2024
Pavement Spatula
The paramedics called the orange backboard they used to scrape up my brother their “pavement spatula.” I heard the fat ...
September 1, 2024
Beneath
In the hours that had passed, or days, they had lost sight of the ship’s lights and had not found ...
September 1, 2024
Down by the Jetty
David just wanted to get away for an hour. Mia’s family was getting so loud, so obnoxious. He tried to ...
September 1, 2024
I Remember Halloween
Growing up in those days, every kid on my street knew Halloween was a big deal. Every yard and every ...
September 1, 2024
Dollface
I stumble slightly on my way down from my parents’ musty attic, nearly toppling the precarious stack of plastic storage ...
September 1, 2024
Break Into Pieces
Despite being the magazine’s only in-house journalist on all things related to paranormal tourism—a niche subject if ever there was ...