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2020 Halloween Finalist: “The Law of Indifference” by Daniel Olivieri
Hardly anyone paid much attention to me until my execution. Or, that isn’t entirely true. I had an incredible amount of attention paid to me when I was a baby. But that attention wasn’t any fun at all....
View Article2020 Halloween Contest Winner: “Rot” by Sadie Kraus
The teeth were too big for Maggie. The wax gums slipped along her molars and stabbed her flesh until she couldn’t bear it and took them out. “Why’d you go and do that?” Brother Daniel asked. “No...
View Article“Chasing the Light” by Will Maguire
Years ago—it was many lives ago—I worked nights in Manhattan. Some people call that grave shifting or paying dues. Others call it chasing the light. To stay awake I used to buy coffee at Smilers, the...
View Article“eBay Violin” by Yongsoo Park
Because even his mid-life crisis takes only frugal turns and it would never occur to him to pay extra for shipping, the violin arrives just when he forgets about it. The mailman doesn’t even bother to...
View Article2021 Halloween contest winner: “My Haunting” by Jamie Orsini
This is what I know to be true about the New Vernon House in Chepachet, Rhode Island. In 1835, the Vernon family home burnt to the ground, claiming the lives of Constance Vernon, 38, and Matthew...
View Article“Friendly Flames,” a short story by Hugh Cartwright
Gran spreads out her knickers on the baking tray. I hardly dare peek: my mother says it’s a crime to stare at undies, especially those of old people. But Gran doesn’t care. Next, she reaches for...
View Article“Vignette” by Claire Fitzpatrick
The paths wove through the vignettes like veins, around the koi pond, the stone retaining walls, the avenue of white pebbled and sandstone pavers, and down to the creek, where an arched bridge linked...
View Article“Across The Street,” a short story by Katharine Grubb
I watched the house from the time the sour old owners, the ones with the massive credit card debt, had moved out. For a couple of weeks, through the dappled shadows of the maple tree growing between...
View ArticleHalloween contest finalist: “The Man with the Hat” by Matthue Roth
As soon as Edie’s Uncle Sly came to visit, she wanted to kick him right back out. It was how he entered the house like he owned it, left his oversized tweed suitcase sitting directly in front of the...
View Article2023 Halloween contest winner: “Assassin 4” by Joseph Kiaza
The letter arrived on Tuesday in a plain white envelope with no return address. Inside was a mossy green card with a smiling, toothy jack-o-lantern on the front and a speech bubble that read, “Boo!”...
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