Issue 017

By Rob Carroll Fiction is often described as a doorway into other worlds. Stories are where we fall down the rabbit hole, step through the wardrobe, cross the River Styx, and enter the Upside Down....

Art by Cho-hyun KimFeature by Rob Carroll South Korean artist Cho-hyun Kim is inspired by the gothic: medieval patterns, ornamental frames, death, alchemy, literature, the afterlife. Her surrealist...

Art by Dan FrisFeature by Rob Carroll There’s a collectible nature to the artwork of Dan Fris. His gory and grinning depictions of the “final girl” horror trope is a kaleidoscope of B-movie fun and...

By Warren BenedettoOriginally Published in The Storyteller Series Podcast “The back door is open,” an automated voice said in a pleasantly informative tone. Carol’s eyelids fluttered. They felt he...

By Angela Liu Like every night before, I begin my evening trek through the dark, dirt roads toward the spired white chapel. The city is empty. Not a single person or creature. There’s only the slap...

By Belicia Rhea I joined the new dating service Together Again, and I’ll admit it’s a little extreme, but I can’t bring myself to try anything else because I’ve had too many terrible relationships...

By Murtaza Mohsin At the start of our endless night, most of the security squad was a little drunk as it staggered towards the mining outpost. Some of the idiots were actually looking forward to ...

By Aleco Julius It all began with a mysterious find. In the summer of 2019, a small team of underwater archaeologists from the University of Chicago was traversing the waters of Lake Michigan in se...

By Elliott Gish Through windows and over fences we watched the new family arrive on a bright, cold autumn morning. A convoy of moving vans slowly followed the family’s unwashed gray car up the str...