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Touched
Horror by
M.J. Salmon
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I woke to the sound of frightened children. The wind swung in through the broken windows of the wrecked bus and curled around us, stealing in under our clothes. It [...]
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The Abilene Abduction
Science Fiction by
James Francis Keegan III
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Before a microphone: “Sir, so you say you were abducted by aliens?”
“Yes, Ma’am,” says Harold Golt in Tony Lama boots, his daddy’s boots: resoled, real rattlesnake skin.
“Tell us about it.”
“On [...]
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Viy
Dark Fantasy/Fantasy/Horror by
Maria Perales
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An ogre’s worth five minutes. Demons are ten. Double that if you’re working with two people; triple it for three. Multiply it by six if you want a horde. Increase [...]
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Pullen & Bumber’s Catalogue of Particulars
Dark Fantasy/Erotica/Fantasy/Horror by
Kirsty Logan
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As we at Pullen & Bumber are familiar with your particular proclivities, we hope to interest you in a series of items that have just come into our possession. They were delivered to the auction house mere days ago, and I assure you that no other customers yet know…
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Der Führer’s Bunker
Dark Fantasy/Fantasy/Horror by
Kevin McClintock
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The Soviet artillery is a steady heartbeat above our heads now. Reminds me of a child stomping about the house inside his daddy’s oversized boots, moving from room to room. Footsteps instead of detonations. I rather like the image. So do a few others in here with me. It lessens the fear. And down in our hole, there’s a lot to fear these days…
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Soulless, by Gail Carriger
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Romie Stott
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Miss Alexia Tarabotti is a spinster, a bluestocking, and a woman entirely without a soul—a rare condition which allows her to neutralize vampires, werewolves, and other manifestations of the supernatural. [...]
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