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Friday Fright at Frank’s

August 8, 2016 // 17 Comments

Story By Karina Pinella The fridge is empty; the oven is cold. Looks like no one is making dinner tonight. Brad decides to go to his friend’s house next door. Brad’s been known to drop by Frank’s house at odd hours. He rings the doorbell, but no one answers. He knocks on the door, [Click Here & Be Scared!]

Yon Side of the Canes

August 5, 2016 // 29 Comments

Story By Mary Cathleen Clark Sheriff Tackey drove by awhile ago, eyed me sitting out here on the front porch, drinking, watching the sun going down. I saluted him with Mr. Wild Turkey and yelled out a “howdy”. He acted all casual-like, pretended he didn’t see me. But I knew he [Click Here & Be Scared!]

Nightlight

July 29, 2016 // 24 Comments

Poem By Doug Branson an oasis of sorts a refuge in the distance beings who stalk to be kept at bay for the moment whether they slither or prowl *The poem was written using the gogyohka form…a new form of poetry which has been developed in Japan [Click Here & Be Scared!]

Supplication

July 22, 2016 // 18 Comments

Poem By Phoenix Risen Oh, dark spirit, old and wise – hearken unto me this night. Give me thine ear, if only for a moment – that thou might relieve me of my plight. Look thou upon me in mine hour of despair, for a woman hath beset me. Another dark spirit like unto thee. She is [Click Here & Be Scared!]

The Maze

July 15, 2016 // 17 Comments

Poem By J.T. O’Sullivan Tepid tapered streams seamlessly Flow through rigid rivers in each Creaking crevice of his mangled Maze-like mind. Each turning twisting twirling whirling Step and stone through flesh and bone Beyond the walls a man; [Click Here & Be Scared!]

Grave Digging

July 8, 2016 // 28 Comments

Poem By AJ O’Brien I awake within a black box beneath sacred soil. My heart hits a beat – tiny tunnels fill with blood, beginning to flow and boil. I claw my way out and happily arise within a graveyard dark, surrounded by the dead and forgotten goodbyes. I hunger for your pain [Click Here & Be Scared!]

Woodbine

July 1, 2016 // 36 Comments

Story By Robert Emmet Megan was an ugly girl. She knew this, because everyone told her so. Even her mother. “You’ve a crooked nose, a chin like a frog’s arse; no man will ever want to take you as a wife. But you have other talents. You do well in school; if you apply yourself, you [Click Here & Be Scared!]

Earth

June 24, 2016 // 19 Comments

Poem By Bryan Hughes Earth Under my feet As I step close To your resting place Earth Dug from the ground Piles of brown dirt That you will replace Earth Thuds onto you Covers the smile On your sweet face Earth I pat the earth down My whisper ‘goodbye’ [Click Here & Be Scared!]

The Fateful Undertaking of Leonine Crick

June 17, 2016 // 16 Comments

Poem By Nick Gibbs Leonine Crick hitting on middle age like a wrathful child with a stick whacking it hard against a wall. ~ Thickset, ruddy-hued not so tall as the coffin-lids that betokened his call arrayed in shades of polished pinewood and yew in the rose-scented parlour room [Click Here & Be Scared!]

R.I.P. My Fractured Heart

June 10, 2016 // 31 Comments

R.I.P. My Fractured Heart By Charles Payne We hold hands strolling among the rows and rows of markers. The grass well fed and green so like a park – an invitation to share a picnic lunch. — These headstones You say— are so close together and so small. I can’t bring [Click Here & Be Scared!]