Our pulse quickens. Our eyes grow wide. We gasp for breath, shudder, and shrink back into our seats. Horror readers—and writers—are a true contradiction. As our favorite genre hurls us mercilessly into our deepest childhood frights, feeds us to monsters, and speeds us headlong into destruction and death, we’ve never Read more
by Meahgan Ferral In the dark of the woods, where sunbeams rarely kissed the ground and strangers never stepped, there was a small community, tucked away in the leaves and branches and dirt. I’ve lived my life there, in a cabin with my parents and sister. The two of us Read more
Sitting amidst the woods with the golden glow of the sun, you watch satyrs run by with their flutes. Fairies zoom to join them. Well, except for one. She’s barely the size of your finger, but you still manage to see her smile beneath her wide eyes. The fairy offers Read more
by Clarissa Janeen Said Seelie to Unseelie Queen,“What calls you to my court?”Unseelie said, “There’s one small thingwhich I would like to sort. “You call yourselves the Seelie, say you’re happy, lucky, blessed.But when I bring up these few points,you’ll see you’re not the best. “Your people treasure beauty fairfrom birds Read more
by Clarissa Janeen Dear Thindelus, By now you must realize I am not at home. What was so pressing as to merit you breaking into my tower eludes me, yet here you stand. If you were dedicated enough to spend what must have been at least 30 minutes dispelling my Read more