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Honeybee and the Blot by Logan Thrasher Collins

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Honeybee traveled through deep space towards the Blot, a creature who took the form of an inky cloud …

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Pain Brings Us Together Again by Steven Lombardi

Pain Brings Us Together Again by Steven Lombardi

Short Stories

Two months after Jasmine's funeral, we packed our things and moved to Whitaker Lane. We all needed a …

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Interview with author Steven Lombardi

Author Interview: Steven Lombardi

Interviews

Steven Lombardi earned a bachelor's degree in screenwriting from the School of Visual Arts in …

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Lucky by Thomas Gaffney

Lucky by Thomas Gaffney

Short Stories

The dice were old. Mackenzie could feel in her bones they were the oldest things she'd ever seen. …

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Interview with author Thomas Gaffney

Author Interview: Thomas Gaffney

Interviews

Thomas Gaffney was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He fell in love with horror and …

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Jack by Ronald Schulte

Short Stories

"I don't want to." Even to her own ears, Sylvia's voice sounded whiney.  Hard to win an argument …

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Stalking the Judges' Descendants by Roy Dorman

Stalking the Judges’ Descendants by Roy Dorman

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"Are you going to the big party?" asked Jake Corwin. "And what big party would that be?" answered …

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The Serpents of Kthyb Seven by Maura Yzmore

The Serpents of Kthyb Seven by Maura Yzmore

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The traveler took off his hat and revealed a gleaming, copper-colored face of a young hybrid. He …

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Death in Vivid Blue by Lawrence Buentello

Death in Vivid Blue by Lawrence Buentello

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You are beautiful, Liam Terrell thought when the euthanasia agent first entered the room. The …

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Can you come out and play? by Rick McQuiston

Can you come out and play? by Rick McQuiston

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Can you come out and play? Those fateful words I said still echo in my mind, spinning around like …

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Oblivious Obsolescence by Don Nigroni

Oblivious Obsolescence by Don Nigroni

Short Stories

Last year I read a November 1980 magazine article about occupations that became obsolete in the …

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Kings of the Universe by Chris Dean

Short Stories

"The animal man, for all its thorax beating and pathological behavior, had a certain charm not …

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