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
    • 4 poems by louie crew
    • articles february 2007
    • Articles Halloween 23
    • Bloody Valentine 2019 Issue
    • Bloody Valentine 2020 Issue
    • Bloody Valentine Contest 2019
    • Bloody Valentine’s Day 2025
    • Bloody Valentine’s Day 2025 Fiction
    • Bloody Valentine’s Day Issue 2023
    • Bloody Valentine’s Day Issue 2024
    • Bloody Valentine’s Day Poetry 2025
    • BVD 2021 Issue
    • BVD 2021- Fiction
    • BVD 2026 Issue
    • BVD-Challenge-2023
    • BVD-Fiction-2023
    • BVD-Poetry-2023
    • Captain Kronos: Vampire Huntery by John Plunket
    • Challenge – DMD ’21
    • Challenge – Fiendish Father’s Day 2023
    • Challenge – Sinister Summer Camp 2023
    • CONTEST – BVD – 2026
    • Contest – Halloween – 2025
    • Contest 5-19
    • contest dmd 2026
    • 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 2021 – Fiction
    • Demented Mother’s Day 2021 Poetry
    • Demented Mother’s Day Challenge 2021
    • Demented Mother’s Day Contest
    • Demented Mother’s Day Issue 2024
    • DMD 2022 Issue
    • DMD 2026 Issue
    • felon moon by michael m. marks
    • FICTION – 2/11/21
    • FICTION – 8-12-21
    • FICTION – Bloody Valentine’s Day Issue 2022
    • FICTION – BVD – 2026
    • FICTION – BVD Issue 2020
    • Fiction – February 2007
    • Fiction – Fiendish Father’s Day 2023
    • Fiction – Fiendish Father’s Day 2025
    • Fiction – Halloween – 2025
    • FICTION – Halloween 2021
    • Fiction – July 2020 Issue
    • 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 DMD 2026
    • Fiction Halloween 2024
    • Fiction Halloween 23
    • fiction-bvd-2024
    • Fiendish Father’s Day 2025 Issue
    • Fiendish Father’s Day Issue 2023
    • Flower in the Hand Yard by M Wilkinson
    • 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 2025 Issue
    • Halloween Challenge – 8/12/21
    • Halloween challenge – July 2020 issue
    • 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
    • Horror Tropes Contest – Halloween 2025
    • I’ll see you home by victor J. Banis
    • July 2020 Issue – The Great Outdoors
    • Last Date by Kurt Reichenbaugh
    • Of Time and Water by Terrie Leigh relf
    • POETRY – 2/11/21
    • POETRY – 8/12/21
    • POETRY – Bloody Valentine’s Day Issue 2022
    • Poetry – BVD – 2026
    • Poetry – Fiendish Father’s Day 2023
    • Poetry – Fiendish Father’s Day 2025
    • Poetry – Halloween – 2025
    • POETRY – Halloween 2021
    • Poetry – July 2020 Issue
    • POETRY – Summer 2019
      • #4888 (no title)
      • 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
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      • 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 BVD 2021
    • Poetry DMD 2022
    • Poetry DMD 2024
    • Poetry February 2007
    • Poetry Halloween 2024
    • Poetry Halloween 23
    • poetry-bvd-2024
    • Review of Saw III by Carlos R Savournin
    • REVIEW OF THE BEGINNING BY CARLOS R SAVOURNIN
    • REVIEW OF YOU SUCK: A LOVE STORY BY CARLOS R. SAVOURNIN
    • Roommates by Damien Roos
    • searching for signs of the paranormal by tricia urlaub
    • shadow’s conquest (black as bane) by robin pommier
    • SUMMER FICTION 2022
    • SUMMER POETRY 2022
    • Summerween Challenge & Winners 2025
    • the Secret of the dancing houses by Richard Pitaniello
    • THE VANISHING HITCHHIKER BY NORMAN A RUBIN
    • tree spirits by todd hanks
    • Upon Reflection by Tara thompson
    • Welcome – BVD – 2026
    • Welcome – BVD 2-21
    • Welcome – Fiendish Father’s Day 2025
    • Welcome – Halloween – 2025
    • Welcome – July 2020 Issue
    • Welcome 5-19
    • Welcome Bloody Valentine 2019
    • Welcome DMD 2022
    • Welcome DMD 2026
    • Welcome Halloween 2018
    • Welcome Love Bites Issue 2007
    • 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-page-BVD-2025
    • welcome-readers-bvd-2024
  • ART
  • ARTICLES
    • “She makes a beautiful zombie, doesn’t she?”: I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
    • 10 Steps to Block the Block by Carlos R. Savournin
    • 15 of America’s Most Haunted Cemeteries by Tricia Urlaub
    • 5 Disturbing Gestational Horror Movies by Paul Lonardo
    • A Conversation on Horror by Carlos R. Savournin
    • A Ghost of a Difference: Reports of the Visitor and Presence by Gary Davis
    • A Writer argues with his muse by t.m. wright
    • Appropriately short-lived acronym of the season by t.m. wright
    • Are Ghosts Real? By Timothy L. Wright
    • Article “Golden” Oldies
    • Atmospheric Conditions by Tricia Urlaub
    • Autumnal Shivers by Tricia Urlaub
    • Bram Stoker’s Mummy: The Jewel of Seven Stars
    • CLOWN IN THE CORNFIELD MOVIE REVIEW by Paul Lonardo
    • Creating 21st Century Monsters by Tricia Urlaub
    • DADDY DEAREST: WHO IS HORROR’S TOP BAD DAD by Paul Lonardo
    • Danny Elfman and the Danse Macabre by Madison McSweeney
    • DEAD CALM: A Voyage in Survivor Horror with Sam Neill by Paul Lonardo
    • Defeating Writer’s Block by Tricia Urlaub
    • Desire and Death: Richard Adams’s The Girl in a Swing
    • Don’t forget to breathe by Terrie Leigh Relf
    • Don’t Forget to Save by Terrie Leigh Relf
    • Encounters with the Supernatural? by Terrie Leigh Relf
    • 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
    • How to Avoid Getting Stuck in AP Mode: 10 Easy Steps for Troubleshooting Avoidance and Procrastination by Terrie Leigh Relf
    • 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
    • In praise of the typewriter by t.m. wright
    • Inside the Halloween Franchise Multiverse by Paul Lonardo
    • Jump Scares or Slow Burn? by T. Lucien Wright
    • Keep it simple, stupid by T. Lucien Wright
    • Looking for Heart in all the wrong places by T. Lucien wright
    • Love it or hate it – it is what it is by T.M. Wright
    • 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
    • Opening and then writing your novel—How easy is that? By T. Lucien Wright
    • Plotting with Play Dough by Terrie Leigh Relf
    • POV – Keep it Simple by T. Lucien Wright
    • SEX, ZOMBIES AND VIDEO MUSIC: MICHAEL JACKSON’S “THRILLER” TURNS 40 by Paul Lonardo
    • Struck by Inspiration by Tricia Urlaub
    • The Creepiest Kids of Horror by Paul Lonardo
    • The Dark Green Side of Saint Patrick’s Day 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 5 Iconic Horror-Comedy Movies by Paul Lonardo
    • Top 8 Reasons to Go it Alone at a Horror Movie
    • TOP ROMANCE HORROR FLICKS OF 2025 by Paul Lonardo
    • Trick or…. Turkey? by Paul Lonardo
    • Unraveling the Mystery of Poe’s Death by Paul Lonardo
    • Vincent Price: The Father of Horror Films by Paul Lonardo
    • What is Erotica? by T. Lucien Wright
    • Why Audiences are Obsessed with Curry Barker 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
  • Ceviche Azul by Aaron DaMommio
  • Challenge
  • Chapel Perilous By J. B. Toner
  • CONTACT
  • Contest
    • A Pirates merry sea shanty, a mermaid’s key for prey, a cabin boys que for some witty sarcasm. By Jordan Zuniga
    • Before the Fire by Anne Hoekstra
    • Closure by Nchang Fru
    • Halloween Challenge 2025 – Tropes
    • Hands by Syd Acuff
    • Ripples by Barlow Crassmont
    • Shantanu and the Ganges by Race Harish
    • Shedding by Zaqary Fekete
    • Something in the Water Contest Winners
    • Soon by Kathryn Fargason
    • Summerween Challenge
    • The Fisherman by Penelope Styes
    • The Grin Reaper: The Silence of the Grumps by Dimitry Partsi
    • The Ice Cream Man on Emerald Lane by Kristine Moropito
    • The July Jack-o’-Lanterns by Zaqary Fekete
    • The Lost Children Beneath Miller’s Pond by Vicky Zhao
    • The Wrath of God by Emma Chin
    • There is Something in the Water by Hodonu Esther
    • There Was No Note by Julianna Fowler
  • 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 Century in Stasis by JS Apsley
    • A Constellation of Wounds by Emma Murray
    • A Funny Story by Axel Kohagen
    • A Game of Spiders by Alex McAnarney
    • 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
    • Alligator Man by Matt Tice
    • Ambrosia by Ginger Strivelli
    • An Abandoned Man by Chris Kok
    • An Eater by Heather Cutforth
    • 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
    • Automorphophobia by Morgan Roth
    • 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
    • Black Envelope by Allison Pottern
    • Blood On Her Tongue by Marge Simon
    • Borges and I by Hermester Barrington
    • Bottom of the Pond by Maggie Slater
    • 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
    • Certainty by Haley Grace
    • Choke by Kate Bladek
    • 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
    • Devils Dressed in White by Anthony Everett
    • Dinner Date by Mike Murphy
    • Disease Vector by Diana Fenves
    • 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
    • Emma N. Amme by Lucien R. Starchild
    • Euro Camp of Dread by Charles Sartorius
    • Eyeball by Wendy S. Palmer
    • Fair Game
    • Fetish by J.T. Seate
    • 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 ’97 by Milanka Sulejic
    • 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
    • Horror Tropes Contest Winners
    • How to Eat Your Daughters by Jacqueline West
    • How To Melt Ice In Your Mouth: A Field Guide by morgan roth
    • Hunger Artiste by Lev Raphael
    • Hunger by Eden Angus
    • Hush Little Baby by PS Traum
    • 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
    • Into Pieces by John Stadelman
    • 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
    • It Takes Thirty Seconds for My Bones to Reset by Daniel Letz
    • Joey Salami’s Halloween by Mike Murphy
    • Klaus by KJ Douglas
    • Layover by Betty Stanton
    • Little People by Ed Ahern
    • Lobes by Austin Mooney
    • Lonely by Miriam H. Harrison
    • Long Distance by David Calbert
    • Love Me Most by Nicholas Starr Kellogg
    • 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
    • Malediction by Nick Young
    • Mallsoft by Amelia Engen
    • Mary and the Demon by Tricia Lowther
    • Mel’s Curiosity Shop by Mackenzie Jade
    • Memento Mori by Ida Zdilar
    • Memory-Eater by Sarai Mannolini-Winwood
    • 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 Name is Frankenstein! by P.S. Traum
    • 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
    • Paste by Austin Goodmanson
    • 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
    • Soulmate by Mark Thomas
    • 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
    • Such Beautiful Teeth by Jakob Angerer
    • 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 Rot by Fiona Verity Higgins
    • Sweet Winged Babies by Donna J.W. Munro
    • Tarnish by April Grant
    • Testimony by Zaqary Fekete
    • 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 Fairy Tale of An Angry Woman by Naina Sharma
    • 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 Girl Who Loved Your Guts by Anna O’Brien
    • The Goat by Claire McAneny
    • The Gray Lady by Marcus Whalbring
    • The Great Un-Haunting of Raven’s End by Lucien R. Starchild
    • The Hangman’s Tavern by Dave Hangman
    • The Head by Aimee Cozza
    • The Holoyard by Tim Boiteau
    • The House in the Woods by Colleen East
    • The Interview by Heather Fleming
    • The Knock Behind the Wall by Angel Graves
    • 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 Nauticals by Dr. Suvajeet Duttagupta 
    • The New Valkyrie by Hermester Barrington
    • The Nightmare’s Time by Lynn Rushlau
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