A young runner rails against a former friends ego, using dark forces to wreak his revenge. What really happens when you catch your own shadow? Could it be worse than what might happen if it catches you?
FREE THREE CHAPTER PREVIEW: Raised in a world where the first born are often sacrificed, Louise May Reynolds believes it is her destiny to appease her family by entering into an arranged marriage. However, Louise...
“Granma”, is the sixth story in a series At the Crossroads. Events presented here are not necessarily true, but almost possible. Everything depends on the imagination of the reader. Those, who do not believe...
On August 11th, 2009 a new and exciting blog was born, THE NEW FLESH. This blog quickly became the home of hundreds of misfit stories that, to put it simply, were 'too weird' for other markets. 212 stories were...
School is out and summer has begun. For eleven year old Timmy Quinn and his best friend Pete Marshall, the dreary town of Delaware Ohio becomes a place of magic, hidden treasure and discovery. But on the day...
I was challenged to do a piece of flash horror, but flash fiction isn't my cup of tea. I have a hard enough time keeping a short story under 5,000 words. But this is less than 1,500, so its close enough in my...
TQF34 features a series of terrific stories, an indulgent editorial, our first ever convention report, and a huge review section: twenty-two books, seven movies, three audio reviews, one comic and one game....
144 pages of fiction and reviews, all available for free download! Our fiction this time: The Photographer’s Tale by Daniel Mills, A Fable of Worcester by Victor D. Infante, Angeline of the Woods by Dylan...
Is the apocalypse a world wide event or is it something that happens privately to the individual? It's Christmas. While Greg Smith is reunited with his estranged parents, Anthony Heron must battle his demons...
Eight stories and one article feature in this issue of Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction: Apoidroids by Douglas Thompson, Make It Sacred by Mike Sweeney, The Last Testament by Rafe McGregor, Curios by Ben Kendall-Carpenter,...
Stories in this issue: “The Lives and Spacetimes of Thornton Excelsior” by Rhys Hughes (actually eight stories in one!); “The Daylight Witch” by Jim Steel; “Off and On Again” by Alison Littlewood;...
Three French Hens is a collection of short stories based on titles of well-known christmas carols, ditties and hit singles. Includes - "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Fang Teeth" - a vampire get a bit more...
The Artist is a serial killer that kills for the creation of art. He finds death beautiful and takes it very seriously. He insists on killing in unique ways. His latest work of art is Vicky, a young nurse. She...
While living the somewhat perfect life she's built for herself, she still felt alone and restless. She's slowly deteriorating and the thoughts that hold her captive in her own mind are there to watch her fall....
A trio of short paranormal tales. A woman gets a shock after confronting a trespasser. A man wakes up in a never-ending dark tunnel, unsure how he got there. And a young woman tells of the day her mother was...
When his westbound train had an unexpected layover in the small midwestern town that had been his boyhood home, a man haunted by memories of his older brother's mysterious disappearance, seeks to uncover the...
Jack is a winner who grinds his competitors into the dirt. His wife's lover is about to find that out in the harshest way possible. But Jack finds out he's been playing by the wrong set of rules...