Tales from the Moonlit Path

Tales from the Moonlit Path

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  • ABOUT US
  • all for love By John Reinhart
  • Archaeology By Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
  • ARCHIVES
    • Articles Halloween 23
    • Bloody Valentine 2019 Issue
    • Bloody Valentine 2020 Issue
    • Bloody Valentine Contest 2019
    • Bloody Valentine’s Day Issue 2023
    • Bloody Valentine’s Day Issue 2024
    • BVD-Challenge-2023
    • BVD-Fiction-2023
    • BVD-Poetry-2023
    • Challenge – DMD ’21
    • Challenge – Fiendish Father’s Day 2023
    • Challenge – Sinister Summer Camp 2023
    • Contest 5-19
    • Current Challenge Winners Halloween 23
    • Demented Mother’s Day 2019 Issue
      • Demented Mother’s Day Contest Winners
        • A Painful, Burning Sensation by Marlin Bressi
        • Apron Strings by Stephen Couch
        • Does a Body Good by Greg Beatty
        • New Mother by Peter Philleo
    • Demented Mother’s Day Contest
    • Demented Mother’s Day Issue 2024
    • DMD 2022 Issue
    • FICTION – 2/11/21
    • FICTION – 8-12-21
    • FICTION – Bloody Valentine’s Day Issue 2022
    • FICTION – BVD Issue 2020
    • Fiction – Fiendish Father’s Day 2023
    • FICTION – Halloween 2021
    • Fiction 10-29-20
    • Fiction 2-19 Issue
      • Be Mine By Angela Sylvaine
      • Bullet Harvester By Ken McGrath
      • Dalliance By F.J. Bergmann
      • Entropy’s Design By Rick McQuiston
      • Heartless By Wes Alexander
      • Night Sharers By Ed Ahern
      • Return to Sable Basin By MM Schreier
    • Fiction 5-19 Issue
      • A Sense of Responsibility by Alexandra Grunberg
    • Fiction DMD 2022
    • fiction dmd 2024
    • Fiction Halloween 2024
    • Fiction Halloween 23
    • fiction-bvd-2024
    • Fiendish Father’s Day Issue 2023
    • Halloween 2018 Contest
    • Halloween 2018 Fiction
      • Halloween Hotel by Dan Crawford
      • Neverland by Eddie Generous
      • When the Electric Clock Reads Midnight by Connor Greenaway
      • Road Trip by Blake Johnson
      • The Man Who was Afraid of Architecture by Hillary Lyon
      • Daddy’s Girl by W. T Paterson
      • The Beautiful People by Angela Sylvaine
      • Beneath the Autumn Quilt by Wondra Vanian
      • Not Haunted By Rachel Watts
      • The Painted Woman By Rachel Weist
    • Halloween 2018 Issue
    • Halloween 2022 issue
    • Halloween Challenge – 8/12/21
    • HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE 2022
    • Halloween Challenge Winners 10-29-20
    • Halloween Issue 2023
    • Halloween Issue 2024
    • halloween-challenge-2022
    • halloween-fiction-2022
    • halloween-poetry-2022
    • Holiday Horror Challenge 12/30/21
    • POETRY – 2/11/21
    • POETRY – 8/12/21
    • POETRY – Bloody Valentine’s Day Issue 2022
    • Poetry – Fiendish Father’s Day 2023
    • POETRY – Halloween 2021
    • POETRY – Summer 2019
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      • A Hallowe’en Tale
      • A Halloween Horrorku Series by Marcia Borell
      • A Nuclear Winter’s Carol By Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
      • A Shadow in the Night by Colleen M. Farrelly
      • All the Moon by Matthew Chamberlin
      • An Eve’s Presence by Harris Coverley
      • Aricia by David Kopaska-Merkel
      • AUTUMN’S DESCENT
      • Better Social Distance if You’re Out Late on Halloween by Gary Davis
      • Blood Orchids By Sheikha A.
      • Bringing Sally Back by Tyree Campbell
      • Burnt Offering by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
      • by Francis W. Alexander
      • by Gary Davis
      • Casual Friday by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
      • Christmas Chowder By Marge Simon
      • Cut Short on the Short Cut
      • Dance of Hallows
      • Dawnya – They Seek Freedom by Marcia A. Borell
      • Derailed by John C. Mannone
      • Draw Back the Veil
      • Family Album by Alec Gourley
      • Family Dinner by Colleen M. Farrelly
      • Family Home by John Grey
      • First Love, Mother Love by Jonathan Minton
      • Forbidden Haibun: Juneteenth Day by Francis W. Alexander
      • Forbidden Haibun: The Doting Mother by Francis W. Alexander
      • Forbidden Haibun: Their Halloween
      • Fright Night Out on the Town
      • Grave Spirits by Abby DeSantis
      • Halloween’s Not over yet by Gary Davis
      • Her Scythe by John Tustin
      • HYNGRAN(after Beowulf) by Oliver Smith
      • Imaginarium of the Outdoors: Lurking in a Nightmare
      • In Her Workshop by Oliver Smith
      • In the Shadow of the Flame by J.S. Watts
      • Inaugural by Robert Beveridge
      • Infecting Amy by Francis Alexander
      • Joined Valentine Horrorku by sakyu
      • Legend of the Secret Garden by Marcia A. Borell
      • Legends Rooted in the Bayou by John C. Mannone
      • Lost Wilderness
      • meal time by Lauren McBride
      • Midnight Moon by Albert Schlaht
      • Mortumus Mortum by Oliver Smith
      • My Ancestors at the Veil by Meg Smith
      • My Daughters Dated Bluebeard by Claire Smith
      • Nameless by Rayn Roberts
      • Night Watch by Miriam H. Harrison
      • Night, the Cat I Follow by Greg Tuano
      • Nostalgia by Miriam H. Harrison
      • Not Supposed to be Like This
      • One Less Witch On Hallows Eve
      • Only by Miriam H. Harrison
      • Pathway to Glory
      • Post-Obit Cautionary Tale
      • Praying You Won’t Bite My Head Off by Lauren McBride
      • Resting Comfortably by Alec Gourley
      • Samghnagan
      • Sea of Trees
      • Selfishness and Devotion by sakyu
      • Stills
      • Strawberry Milkshake by Lauren McBride
      • Thanksgiving Nightmares! by Marcia Borell
      • The Darker Holiday Spirits By Marcia Borell
      • The Darkest Part of Your Heart by L.A. Story
      • The Haunting by Talesin Gore
      • The Horseman by Anna Ojinnaka
      • The Last Switch by Colleen M. Farrelly
      • The Lottery, Revisited by Marge Simon
      • The New Mrs. Zombie Longs to Dine Out by Lauren McBride
      • The Poem by Marcia A. Borell
      • The Rushes of Samhain by Meg Smith
      • The Wailing Cries of Zaria Cane by Jason Brasier
      • They Watch by Ivanka Fear
      • Three Horrorku by Marcia Borell
      • Trick-or-Treat?
      • Tricksters Take Back Halloween
      • Unemployment Imminent by Debby Feo
      • Untitled
      • Untitled
      • Untitled by Gary Davis
      • Untitled by Gary Davis
      • Untitled by Lauren McBride
      • Untitled Haibun
      • Why I Always Wear Sharp Vampire Teeth on Halloween by Gary Davis
    • Poetry 10-29-20
    • Poetry 2-19
      • all for love By John Reinhart
      • Archaeology By Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
      • By Marcia Borell
      • Chapel Perilous By J. B. Toner
      • Moonlight Serenade By John C. Mannone
      • Someone Is Looking for You (from a spam subject line) By F.J. Bergmann
      • To the Family in the Cabin By the Lake by John Grey
      • Two Horrorku By Francis W. Alexander
      • Valentine Card By T. Santitoro
      • Visitation By J. J. Steinfeld
    • Poetry 5-19 Issue
    • Poetry DMD 2022
    • Poetry DMD 2024
    • Poetry Halloween 2024
    • Poetry Halloween 23
    • poetry-bvd-2024
    • SUMMER FICTION 2022
    • SUMMER POETRY 2022
    • Welcome 5-19
    • Welcome Bloody Valentine 2019
    • Welcome DMD 2022
    • Welcome Halloween 2018
    • Welcome Page Halloween 2024
    • Welcome Readers – 8/12/21
    • Welcome Readers – Fiendish Father’s Day 2023
    • Welcome Readers – Halloween 2021
    • Welcome Readers 10-29-20
    • welcome readers dmd 2024
    • Welcome Readers Halloween 23
    • Welcome Readers! BVD 2022
    • WELCOME SUMMER 2022
    • Welcome-BVD-2023
    • welcome-halloween-2022
    • welcome-readers-bvd-2024
  • ART
  • ARTICLES
    • “She makes a beautiful zombie, doesn’t she?”: I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
    • 15 of America’s Most Haunted Cemeteries by Tricia Urlaub
    • Are Ghosts Real? By Timothy L. Wright
    • Bram Stoker’s Mummy: The Jewel of Seven Stars
    • DADDY DEAREST: WHO IS HORROR’S TOP BAD DAD by Paul Lonardo
    • Danny Elfman and the Danse Macabre by Madison McSweeney
    • Desire and Death: Richard Adams’s The Girl in a Swing
    • Five Top Horror/Romance Movies from the 1980’s by Paul Lonardo
    • For the Love of Horror! (And other Halloween Oxymorons) by Tricia Urlaub
    • Halloween Month by Paul Lonardo
    • How Easter is Celebrated throughout the World: The Dark, Supernatural, and Just Plain Weird by Paul Lonardo
    • I Am Providence: How This City Influenced Lovecraft and His Work by Paul Lonardo
    • I Am Providence: How This City Influenced Lovecraft and His Work by Paul Lonardo
    • Midnight Mass Review by Timothy L. Wright
    • Movie Remakes; Are They Actually Good?
    • Nazi Ghost Ships are Scary Fun
    • Nosferatu: A Love Story? by Paul Lonardo
    • One Bad Mother by Paul Lonardo
    • SEX, ZOMBIES AND VIDEO MUSIC: MICHAEL JACKSON’S “THRILLER” TURNS 40 by Paul Lonardo
    • The Long and Short of Horror Fiction by Paul Lonardo
    • The Murky Waters of the Horror Genre: Should JAWS be Considered a Horror Movie? by Paul Lonardo
    • THE OILLIPHEIST – and other legendary water monsters associated with Saint Patrick – by Paul Lonardo
    • The Skeptic by Tim Wright
    • Top 10 Creepy Kids on the Horror Scene
    • Top 10 Signs You Might Be in a Horror Flick
    • Top 13 Locations to Run into a Supernatural Being (& Why)
    • Top 8 Reasons to Go it Alone at a Horror Movie
    • Unraveling the Mystery of Poe’s Death by Paul Lonardo
  • Be Mine By Angela Sylvaine
  • Bloody Valentine Contest Winners
    • A Weekend of Omissions By Diane Arrelle
    • Room for Two By Rick McQuiston
    • Sex with Elvis By David Turnbull
    • The Visit By Bethany Van Sterling
  • Bloody Valentine Special Edition Challenge
  • Bugs Contest Winners
  • Bullet Harvester By Ken McGrath
  • By Marcia Borell
  • Cake by MM Schreier
  • Cake by MM Schreier
  • Challenge
  • Chapel Perilous By J. B. Toner
  • CONTACT
  • Contest
  • Contest HM 2-14-20 Anwin
  • Current Challenge Winners
  • Dalliance By F.J. Bergmann
  • Day of the Mother By David Kopaska-Kerkel
  • DMD ’21 Challenge Winners
  • Dreams of Cotton Candy by Avra Margariti
  • Dutiful Daughter By Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell
  • Entropy’s Design By Rick McQuiston
  • Expiring Beneath Tremulous Wings by Ken McGrath
  • Expiring Beneath Tremulous Wings by Ken McGrath
  • FICTION
    • 29 AZA
    • A Constellation of Wounds by Emma Murray
    • A Funny Story by Axel Kohagen
    • A Gathering of Crows by Christina Sng
    • A Gift for Saint Oksana by Jim Wright
    • A Hitchcock Teaser by Ken Goldman
    • A Love Like Salt by Jennifer Howell
    • A Mother’s Lot by Tim Wagemans
    • A Smile to Keep by Tori V. Rainn
    • A Whooping Crane Sketch by Bernardo Villela
    • A Winter’s Funeral
    • Abandoned Memories by Ami (Gypsie) Offenbacher-Ferris
    • Abominable
    • Abscission by L.M. Lydon
    • Adjusting The Bar by Nancy Widrew
    • Adventure in the Worm Hole by Christina Sng
    • All the World was Shadow by Thomas Canfield
    • Ambrosia by Ginger Strivelli
    • An Abandoned Man by Chris Kok
    • An Unusual Excorcism by Maria Dean
    • Arsonist’s Room by Tim Frank
    • As Nature Intended by Ken Goldman
    • Ashes to Ashes by Ken Goldman
    • August Sun by Davide Staffiero
    • Badgers for Christmas by Diane Arrelle
    • Bedtime Tales by Nicola Lombardi
    • Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Skogen
    • Betrayal by Christian Hardt
    • Billy Rings Presents: HalfLife by Connor Mellegers
    • Birthday Wishes from My Brothers in Arms by Donna J. W. Munro
    • Blood On Her Tongue by Marge Simon
    • Borges and I by Hermester Barrington
    • Box of Claws by Jacqueline West
    • Cake Walk by Mark Huntley-James
    • Callings by William Wandless
    • Camping Buddies by Jacqueline Moran Meyer
    • Candles at Night by Matt Hollingsworth
    • Captain Ares by Rachel Racette
    • Careless by Mia Dalia
    • Cemetery Runway Lights by Rasmenia Massoud
    • City of Blood by Matthew J. Gleason
    • Contest Winner
    • Cook Me a Storm by Elizabeth Guilt
    • Courtship @ to ç by Brenda Anderson
    • Curie Curse
    • Daddy Magic by E. Michael Lewis
    • Danny by Donna J. W. Munro
    • Dead Tide by Andrew Punzo
    • Dearest by Shannon Lawrence
    • Demons on the Wind by Craig Crawford
    • Deus Ex Machina by Mads Golding
    • Dinner Date by Mike Murphy
    • Distracted by Pamela Love
    • Done is Done by Tony Valiulis
    • Double Dare You by Faith Allington
    • Dreaming Epidermis
    • Drowning Song by Ella Leith
    • Edith’s Promise by Robert Freel
    • Emily by David Talon
    • Euro Camp of Dread by Charles Sartorius
    • Fair Game
    • Finnegans Woof by Richard O’Neil
    • Fly Paper by Matthew J. Gleason
    • Foil by Philip Feiv Wolff
    • Friends Forever by Mark Humphries
    • Ghastly Horrors on Moon Europa by Tom Ball
    • God Backwards is Dog by Paul Wilson
    • Grange Ghosts
    • Halloween by Rick McQuiston
    • Hatchet Man by Christian Riley
    • Head Case by Mike Murphy
    • Heart Like a Bruise by Terrye Turpin
    • Hey Valentine, by Amanda Cecilia Lang
    • Highway Flowers by Kathryn Nairn
    • His Little Horrors by Daniel Southwell
    • Honorable Mention
    • Honorable Mention
    • Honorable Mention
    • Honorable Mention
    • How to Eat Your Daughters by Jacqueline West
    • Hybrid
    • Hybristophilia by Paola Martucci
    • Hybristophilia by Paola Martucci
    • I Eat the Dead by Lawrence Buentello
    • I Just work for the old lady by Ryan Dee Gilmour
    • I Know My Casey With Her Chamomile Hair by Zary Fekete
    • I’m so Angry by Paul Wilson
    • I’m Sorry, Mr. Stenton by David Berger
    • Idiots of the Underworld by Ray Daley
    • In a Room at the Top of the Stairs by W. Tyler Paterson
    • In Season by Rachel Unger
    • In the Bright, Green Woods by Donna J. Munro
    • In the Dark by Jenna Cornell
    • In the Negative Space by J.L. Royce
    • Inevitable Clouds by Jordan Hagedon
    • Inexplicable Aversions by P.S. Traum
    • Intangible Gifts by Malina Douglas
    • Inverted Snow by Douglas Gwilym
    • Iron Maiden by Caleb Greenough
    • Is there a Killer In Mrs. Norris’s House? by Nicole J. Simms
    • It Sobs Wetly by Jeff Suwak
    • It Started on Sunday Street By Bryson Richard
    • Joey Salami’s Halloween by Mike Murphy
    • Little People by Ed Ahern
    • Lobes by Austin Mooney
    • Lonely by Miriam H. Harrison
    • Long Distance by David Calbert
    • Love Your Pet by Carl Papa Palmer
    • Lovely in the Dying Light by Carolyn R. Russell
    • Lucifer by John M. Floyd
    • Lucy Pemgrass Eats a Crow by Koji A. Dae
    • Lurking Inside by A.J. Brown
    • Macrophages by Erica Ciko Campbell
    • Madre Tierra by J.L. Royce
    • Making Rent by Abbie Doll
    • Mallsoft by Amelia Engen
    • Mary and the Demon by Tricia Lowther
    • Mel’s Curiosity Shop by Mackenzie Jade
    • Metamorphoses by Steven Wittenberg Gordon
    • Mombie’s Daily Planner by Connie Millard
    • Mother by M.E. Solomon
    • Mother Feared the Grey Men by Andrew Hansen
    • Mother May I? by Thomas Stewart
    • Mother, May I? by Susan McDonough-Wachtman
    • Mother’s Death by Eliza Master
    • My Wife, The Witch by Barry Burton
    • Night Terrors by Danielle Woodgate
    • Night Walkers by Barry Charman
    • Oh Yes, There Will be Blood by Allanah Osborn
    • On an Open Fire by Mike Murphy
    • Once Upon a Star by Paul Wilson
    • One: Cordelia’s Blaze by Louise Worthington
    • Onion Breath by Matthew J. Gleason
    • OR by Laura Campbell
    • Over at the Schoolhouse by Terri Mullholland
    • Pebbles by Andrew Hughes
    • Peeved and Prickled by David Calbert
    • Polydactylism by Josh Pearce
    • Porcelain by Danielle Woodgate
    • Reggie and Cherry’s Last Dance by Stephanie Parent
    • Scratch’s Lament by Michael A. Clark
    • Seeing Him Through by Maggie Nerz Iribarne
    • Seeing Red by Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris
    • Sepsis
    • Shadow Residue by A.M. Symes
    • Shore by Richard Leise
    • Skate-O-Rama by Jessica Gleason
    • Skulls & Roses by Ken McGrath
    • Sleepwalker by Melissa Pleckham
    • Someone for the End by Andrew Hughes
    • Something about Roy By Christian Riley
    • Splitter by Kevin Winiarz
    • St. Catherine’s Park by J. L. Royce
    • Stable by Don Stoll
    • Sticky Vixen by Joe Giordano
    • Stiff Lillies by Lesley Warren
    • Strawberries and Bayonets by Dorian Wolfe
    • Suburban by Carolyn R. Russell
    • Sum of the Parts by Ali-Abbas Ali
    • Sunrise by Caitlin Upshall
    • Sunshine Girl by Mia Dalia
    • Surviving a Bear Attack: A How To
    • Sweet Winged Babies by Donna J.W. Munro
    • Tarnish by April Grant
    • The Absent Wife by Carl Hughes
    • The Assault by Terry Boothman
    • The Bat
    • The Best Father’s Day Ever by Anthony Roberts
    • The Bloodsucker by N.V. Devlin
    • The Bluebells by DJ Tyrer
    • The Boy’s Head by T.L. Beeding
    • The Choice
    • The Clearing
    • The Creeping by C.J. Subko
    • The Curtain Seer by Chris Flakus
    • The Devil’s Pulpit by Alexandra Grunberg
    • The Elevator Operator
    • The End of Strangeness by Daniel Burnbridge
    • The Farm
    • The First and the Last by Megan Diedericks
    • The Firth of Tay by Erich von Neff
    • The Giant Wasp by Adam Breckenridge
    • The Goat by Claire McAneny
    • The Gray Lady by Marcus Whalbring
    • The Hangman’s Tavern by Dave Hangman
    • The Head by Aimee Cozza
    • The House in the Woods by Colleen East
    • The Interview by Heather Fleming
    • The Last Christmas Guest by Brad Baker
    • The Last Night of October by Nicola Lombardi
    • The Little Girl Across the Street by Robb T. White
    • The Littlest Witch
    • The Meeting by Max Griffin
    • The Merciful Deer Woman Of The Forest, Who Ends The Suffering Of Those Who Seek Her by Eliot Li
    • The Mirror and the Clook by Feridina Bisha
    • The Morning Demon by C.C. Rayne
    • The New Valkyrie by Hermester Barrington
    • The Nightmare’s Time by Lynn Rushlau
    • The Norm by Ade Car
    • The Original Version is Always Grimm-er by Rex Caleval
    • The Polite Thing
    • The Precinct by Jill Jepson
    • The Procured by Andrew Heymann
    • The Pumpkin Patch by Alexandra Grunberg
    • The R by Jessica Gleason
    • The Rebound by Kathryn A. Brackett
    • The Revelation by Christian Riley
    • The Rookery by Sarah Turner
    • The Sidewalk by Kemal Onor
    • The Stain, The Gaps by Ben Curl
    • The Stars are Going Out by Clay Waters
    • The Trader by Nicole Givens Kurtz
    • The Trees by Cassandra Daucus
    • The Vegas Accountant by Jennifer Maloney
    • The Visitor by Renita D’Silva
    • The Visitors by Chelsea Comeau
    • The Voices of the Dead by Michelle Ann King
    • The Wading Pool
    • The Worm Crawled In by Nancy Widrew
    • Thicket by Christine Makepeace
    • Thing in the Backyard by Paul Wilson
    • This is What Dying Feels Like by Ike Lang
    • Thy Branches by Mike Murphy
    • Together for Christmas by Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar
    • Untitled
    • Vacant Shadows by Cydney Goodwin
    • Vampire by Aelily
    • Veil by A.E. Stone
    • Vinyl and a Veneer of Safety by Melissa Rose Rogers
    • Water Wish by Michael James
    • Wax People by Josh Pearce
    • Wayward Sisters by K.M. Mckenzie
    • What Was Discovered At T’aren-Migh by Art William L. Breach
    • Whispers in the Cyclone by Amanda Crum
    • White Noise by Chris Riley
    • Why He’s Recharging on the Couch Tonight by Jeffrey Hunt
    • Will by Max Wheeler
    • Witch Way Home by Charlotte Platt
    • With Demonic Love by Kerri Brown
    • Worm Song
    • Yes, The Opium by Stephen Myer
    • You’ll Come Back
    • You’re All the Same to Me
    • Your Biggest Fans by Carson Frederiksen
  • FICTION – new
  • Fiction – temp
  • FICTION DMD 2021
  • fiction summer 2019
  • fiction temp
  • fiction temp 1
  • Fiendish Father’s Day Challenge Winners
  • Halloween 2018 Horrorscopes
  • Halloween 2018 Poetry
    • Victim By Francis W. Alexander
    • Regardless By F. J. Bergmann
    • The Calling by Frank Coffman
    • Mommy’s Boy By John Grey
    • Men on Mars and Witches from Venus By John C. Mannone
    • Retribution By Lauren McBride
    • Curse of Waccasassa Lagoon By John Reinhart
    • Possible First Lines of a Novel By David Rogers
    • An Existential Foretelling by J. J. Steinfeld
    • Daughter of Witches By Matthew Wilson
  • Halloween 2019
  • Halloween Challenge
  • Halloween Challenge
  • Halloween poetry 2019
  • Halloween Special Edition Challenge Winners
  • Heartless By Wes Alexander
  • Holiday Horror Challenge Winners
  • Holiday Horror Challenge Winners 2021
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  • Introducing Our…
  • Moonlight Serenade By John C. Mannone
  • MOVIE & BOOK REVIEWS
  • My Mother the Illusionist By Karen Greenbaum-Maya
  • Night Sharers By Ed Ahern
  • Nightmare Corner
  • Ocean Salazar
  • Only the Best by Cassie McDonald
  • Other Hungers By Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
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  • POETRY
    • 3 Untitled by Francis W. Alexander
    • A Bewitching Holiday: Valentine’s Falls Between Halloween and Walpurgisnacht by Gary Davis
    • A Midsummer’s Night Meal (a drabbun) by Francis “Wes” Alexander
    • A Mythological Lover’s Visit on the Loneliest of Nights by J.J. Steinfeld
    • A Nickel for the Boneman By Jennifer Montgomery
    • A Novel Death by Tyree Campbell
    • A Truer Affair by John Grey
    • Acrostic for Full Moon by Elizabeth Creith
    • Artery by Diane Funston
    • At grandpa’s funeral by Terrie Leigh Relf
    • Bad Date by DJ Tyrer
    • Bartering By J. J. Steinfeld
    • Changes to Come by Miriam H. Harrison
    • Choice by Templeton Moss
    • Daddy Coming Up the Stairs by J.A. Hartley
    • Dances of the Dead Tragicomedy by Anne McCrea
    • Dancing with the Dead By Aaron Grierson
    • Day of the Dead – The Vampire’s Secret by Marcia A. Borell
    • Dear Valentine by Linda Trott Dickman
    • Departed by Brandon Pickrell
    • Dinner Date by Ron Perovich
    • Dracula Plans His Hallowe’en Soiree By LindaAnn LoSchiavo
    • Drunk Driver by Priya Shridhar
    • Electric Company by Nicholas Grooms
    • Etiquette for Girls by Toni Scales
    • Exiled by Holly Day
    • Fairy Tales & Fear by IG Agent 18
    • Father by Timothy Wilkie
    • First Day Among Humans by Lauren McBride
    • Ghost Story by Kevin Patrick McCann
    • Ghosts of Christmas Past by G.O. Clark
    • Gifts for Father’s Day by Sarah Das Gupta
    • Hallowe’en by DJ Tyrer
    • Halloween in the Haunted House by David Kopaska-Merkel
    • Haunted Hill by F.A. Calder
    • Have a Fiendish Laugh on Father’s Day by Gary Davis
    • Horrorku by Dmitry Peredonov
    • Horrorku by Gary Davis
    • How to Make Goofer Dust for the Quelling of Enemies: A Modern Method by Juleigh Howard-Hobson
    • Hypothermia’s Final Warm Embrace by Louise Worthington
    • I Wait by Marcia A. Borell
    • If We Could But Die Together by Lauren McBride
    • Into the Further by Justin Z
    • Ladies of the Night—Their Most Delicious Evening of the Year by Gary Davis
    • Lighthouse Keeper to Rambler at Dusk by Frank William Finney
    • Little Black Rose by IG Agent 18
    • Love – It Bites by Marcia A. Borell
    • Male Soul by Marcia A. Borell
    • Midnight by Holly Day
    • Mom at Devil’s Spring – When Hell Froze Over by Marcia A. Borell
    • Mom’s Surprise by Francis W. Alexander
    • Moon Garden by Tyson West
    • Mooncalled by Robert Allen Lupton
    • Mother’s Day: No Holiday for the Hungry Denizens of Mother Nature by Gary Davis
    • My Eternal Valentine by Fariel Shafee
    • No Rest for Witches and Pumpkins on Halloween By Gary Davis
    • No Treats Back Then: Tricks of Ancient Samhain by Gary Davis
    • Not of the Internal or of the Infinite by J.J. Steinfeld
    • On An Evil Halloween Night By Jim Piatt
    • On Meeting a Goth Androgyne in a Dark Downtown Bar by J.J. Steinfeld
    • Open Season By Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
    • Perfect Date by DJ Tyrer
    • Presumption by Marcia A. Borell
    • Rice and Beans: Variations on a Theme by C.S. Lytal
    • Romance and Horror Under the Full Moon by Gary Davis
    • Scales by Marcia Borell
    • Shaken by Lauren McBride
    • Snow on Snow by Mariel Herbert
    • Something Else Came Through by Gary Davis
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💙❤️BLOODY VALENTINE’S DAY ISSUE❤️💙

Welcome to the Annual Bloody Valentine’s Day  Issue of TftMP! 

We are excited to offer you exceptional horror fiction and poetry!

We are now OPEN to poetry and story submissions for our Fiendish Father’s Day issue, which will be our next full issue. 

Thanks to all for visiting, submitting to, and supporting Tales from the Moonlit Path!

Publication Date: 2/15/25

           

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