Hector Acosta
A dead white girl is found on the edge of the Rio Grande. Juan Blanco takes it upon himself to find out what happened.
Soap52395
Do your hands shake because of what you do? Or do they shake because they're supposed to?
Jeff
A down-on-his-luck cardplayer drags his cocktail waitress girlfriend out on the road with him.
louisagholson
Resistance is futile. Maybe not. A smoker uses mind over matter to set boundaries.
Sound
Ana remembers her hovering mother, and the abuse she endured at the hands of her father. (2100 words)
IndyTam
A family can create a lot of negative energy. Mostly benign energy; but sometimes, not so benign. The Hogwell family wrestles with their own personal creation in my "horror" submission.
Whyend
A couple hit rock bottom and Hell throws a galactic curveball when the neighbors arrive
szainabwilliams
There's something terribly wrong with Martyn and, no matter how bad his health condition gets, nobody seems to care or take notice. Has everybody gone mad? Is he missing the joke?
Warren Byrd
Working as a temporary sitter for a neighborhood married couple, Joanna tries to maintain her composure as the playroom at the top of the stairs gives her a menacing sense of dread. (2,400 words)
philip.mcnroe
A drug peddlar and his apprentice, are out for the night pushing dope.They get into a tangle with the local Mafia. Now to buy their freedom, they have to do the Don's dirty work.
Bree Ogden
Ada has just lost her parents in a car accident and has to live with her estranged aunt, Moira. While staying with Moira, Ada is locked in a room with very unusual wallpaper.
Strange Photon
It's a strange and terrifying business, sometimes, answering a knock at the door.
Pushpaw
High school student Wade is a social reject who saves his crush from a girl fight.
JEFFREY GRANT BARR
'In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.'
Jane Wiseman
This is the internal dialogue of a woman who is about to have a baby and flashes back to an unfortunate early experience in her life.
Bekanator
Faced with demons from his family's tumultuous history, Seth (Adam and Eve's third son) becomes a gonzo porn god in order to save his family from emotional ruin. (approx. 3200 words)
lifetemp
Arkady, a Detective that investigates unusual cases, investigates the murder of a local businessman that is tied to his own dark past.
avery of the dead
The prompt was the Gnostic Gospels.
Benny's mommy wants to go to heaven. Only 1700 words!!!
Giacomo Leopardi
Three pages from the diary of a undergrad medical student student.
Sound
A crash, and a corpse cause the people of Los Angeles to create their own Apocalypse. (5800 words)
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