“Dare You”
*** published in Diet Milk Magazine, “In The Bleak Midwinter” Gothic Advent Calendar They had told Jade that accepting the dare would make her cool; that it would impress them, so she said yes, and that’s how she found herself—after dark on the Friday night that marked the official start of winter break—treading the dusty…
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“Research Cycle”
*** Published in Hearth & Coffin Literary Journal, Volume 2, Issue 3 The results weren’t ideal—she’d liked her assistant. Ken? Keith? Quiet, eager. But feeding the subjects had been his job, and he’d signed the liability waiver. Anyway, wasn’t science about taking risks? She was an explorer, a revolutionary, and until this morning, Kyle (Kevin?)…
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HAUS: Anthology of Haunted House Stories Ft. “Rest for the Wicked”
The abandoned plantation and ancient mansion have remained empty for 120 years, until three delinquents decide to investigate the haunted property one nightAn author of ghost stories decides to visit the spookiest place in England, Dartmoor. He wants to write a terrifying story, but ends up embroiled in a horror story instead!To find out the…
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NOM NOM: A Black Hare Press Anthology Ft. “I Take” & “Ghost-Knocking”
Hallowe’en Horrors in tiny tales. Vampires, djinns, spirits, werewolves, trolls, banshees, elves, mummies, skeletons, carnivorous jack-o’-lanterns, evil-seeking clowns, Halloween purges, sexy-but-hungry succubi, genius loci scarecrows voraciously guarding their pumpkin patches, revenge of the Hallowe’en candies. But don’t worry, between 100-word gory bites you’ll have a moment to catch your breath before the next soul-eating creature…
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“Falling to Pieces”
Published by Defunkt Magazine in the Anatomy issue, September 2022. *** It was a tiny tear at first—barely noticeable. Just her left ring finger detaching a bit. No big deal. Leah added a strip of silver duct tape and hid that with a flesh-colored bandage, then she got back to work, answering the phone and…
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“Makeover” (AUDIO)
Read on the Blood & Jazz Podcast by Last Girls Club “What are we doing with this one?” asked Janine, Bernard’s uncertified surgical assistant. The Sculpting Clinic was world known, at least in certain, whispering circles. Clients were mostly women, but men came in too—not that the clinic’s services came cheap for any body. Patients…
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“Not Yet”
Published by 50-Word Stories (fiftywordstories.com) *** Where the creek bends is as good a place as any, pills in your pocket, short note signed. Cold in January, lonely too, but that feels right. Until you notice those bare stalks are forsythia, dried seed heads—rudbeckia? Ironweed? And you think you can wait, like them, for spring.
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“A Bargain at Twice the Price”
Published by Etched Onyx Magazine by Onyx Publications. Honorable Mention in the Winter Contest, 2021. Onyx Publications If you had known Beth would leave two months after the closing date, you never would have bought the shoebox starter home on Oak View Drive in a sleepy commuter town with one shitty pizza joint and two…
Keep reading…“Bait & Switch”
Published by 50-Word Stories (fiftywordstories.com). *** “Fortunes, ten dollars,” the jeweled crone had croaked. “Your future awaits. Take my hands; you’ll see.” You ducked into the dim tent. Carnivals were such a gas. A year has come and gone, but still you sit—hawking the same vague promise, waiting for someone to take your outstretched hands.
Keep reading…“Rockets”
Published by Neworld Review, Vol. 11 Number 76 (NewWorldReview.net). *** We ate charred hotdogs and yesterday’s leftovers at the picnic table on Grandma’s covered patio. It smelled like rain even in bright weather. Rot had seeped into the thin layered wood of the awning and up the legs of the paint-chipped table. I chewed my…
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Rebecca Cuthbert 