The face was unnaturally long. Its cheeks were sunken in. It was not a human face. Of course it wasn’t. What did I expect except a vague approximation? But it…
Horror
Hex-Ray Hoodoo Rapture
CALL HIM MR. H-MAN Hard meat, sexy sinew, gristle and sleek shimmy skin. His hairless head reflects the infrared and U.V., baleful as a bugzapper at midnight. Naked, handsome chest…
The Debt of One Hundred Thousand Heads
1597 A.D., KOREA. Lord Admiral, I make my report. We made quick work of invading Korea. They fled before us. We came from all sides. Heads flew like hewn flowers,…
I See You, Too
You don’t know the world you live in. You think you do, but you have noooo idea. Beyond the depth of your living room and the bright yellows and muted…
The Flight
“Money in for the very first round of the second year,” called Simon, “come on, hands in pockets. But freshers” — he smiled his famous smile at the girl next…
Rita’s Finger
The groom’s mother fawned over her 25-year-old son. Rita McKay was dressed in a pale pink skirt suit, looking like Jackie Kennedy without the pillbox hat. She set down her…
Rich Bear, Poor Bears
“This is why,” Cynthia Van Der Well said, pouring her fifth glass of wine for the evening as she stared at the stuffed bears, “we should not have allowed the…
Dawn
He thinks: if someone could describe this scene, it would be stark and simple. In a house in a very old city, a city layered deep with murders and covered-over…
My Buttermilk Girl
(Or: Why Love in the Moonlight Is Never a Good Idea) Delicate, exotic flowers are still growing in the gardens at the Duke Estate, although it’s a lot harder to…
Hello, Brother
You never did like that corner of your room. It was just out of reach from the faint and flickering television—riddled with shadows. I remember your nightly texts, begging me to come over and stay with you until dawn. You said the darkness was too much to bear. That what was waiting within it was watching.