Tag: horror
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Guest Contributor to The Shortlist at Turn and Work
Arts and media and all things new and cool website Turn and Work gave me the keys to The Shortlist this week. I curated a small selection of unforgettable new short fiction, all free to read online, around a loose theme: “works that manage to be both dreamlike while also smacking you in the face…
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Louisiana Literature: We Will Find Each Other Again
“Being from a place could make a person reckless.” Fleeing an abusive relationship, Ellie Camphor navigates exhaustion and loneliness while traveling through rural Florida. Drifting between gas stations, parks, and rest stops, she fights to cling to fragments of self in a world that’s becoming increasingly surreal. We Will Find Each Other Again is A…
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Star*Line: Troy Sunk in Violet
Pick up Star*Line 49.2, home planet to my poem “Troy Sunk in Violet,” an homage to Yeats, Hole, Space and Sadness. Founded in the year of my birth (1978), Star*Line is the official publication of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association. It is a literary venue for speculative (including science-fiction, fantasy, and horror) poets and…
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Inkd Publications: Cthulhu Dreams: That Sinking Feeling
Cthulhu Dreams: A short story anthology of horror influenced by or reflective of Lovecraftian themes. For sale at Barnes and Noble online. My contribution, “That Sinking Feeling,” is a quasi-memoir of the time I lived in a commercial loft space built by family members. The place was horrific, an abandoned call center, and we did…
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Slipstream Press: The Gun Looks Wrong
“The Gun Looks Wrong” – a poem about a game of Duck Hunt gone, well, Slipstream, is featured in the 45th Annual issue (“Strange Days” theme) of Slipstream magazine. Founded in 1980, Slipstream features the work of both new and established writers. Charles Bukowski, Gerald Locklin, Wanda Coleman, Lyn Lifshin, David Chorlton, Jim Daniels, Ron…
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Creepy Podcast: The Scavenger
The Scavenger: A disaffected art school dropout returns to their impoverished rural homestead. But nothing good comes from a life of scrounging for scrap metal and ruminating on everything that has failed you. One must find new hobbies. Dramatized in August 2024 on Creepy Podcast. Narrated by Michelle Kain. Direct link to the audio (Patreon…
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