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“The Coldest Room in the House” now appearing in Abyss & Apex

She’d tried to leave him in a blizzard once, hoping the wind and snow would fill in her footsteps the same way her own creeping indifference had filled in the holes that years of frustration had gnawed into her heart. It was so much like a hollow winter day, this business of being married to…

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The Stowaway in Your Story (How to Make a Lazy Setting Earn Its Keep)

The Stowaway in Your Story (How to Make a Lazy Setting Earn Its Keep)

Does your fiction have a stowaway? Is there a character who hides in every scene, getting a free ride without having…

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“A Childproof War” nominated for Pushcart Prize

“A Childproof War” nominated for Pushcart Prize

Galvan Furth, the oldest at thirteen, dreaded the bone-jarring stop at the end of Scamp’s sickening fall.  Not because the landing…

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“Fresh Air” in Slices of Flesh

“Fresh Air” in Slices of Flesh

Featuring a cool Mike Mignola cover, this ebook full of short-short horror tales benefits Project Literacy.

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“Head Music” reprinted in New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird

“Head Music” reprinted in New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird

At 1:02 AM, Diego snapped awake.  The haunting, tuneless music was in his head again, louder than ever.  Mournful tones rose and fell, reverberating between his temples.  Throughout his eighteen…

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“Like Baby Elephants”

“Like Baby Elephants”

The dead buildings of the distant city stood long and white. There was no shade and no trees but the van hid them from the two figures trudging up the…

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Readers & Reviewers

Of particular interest to those who love the Lovecraft, a poem called “Desparata” by Lon Prater struck me as part poem, sure, but also part artifact as the poem, it is suggested, was part of a Gentleman’s Estate and not affixed to the stone in the ruins of Arkham. The hint of a greater story around the poem really sets it apart for me.


~ Filamena Young in the Innsmouth Free Press