Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editor Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:
“Four Questions with Something Like God” by Carlie St. George
“In the Blue Room” by Orrin Grey (reprint)
“Lost You Again” by Ian Rogers
“Coffin Dancing” by Chris Kuriata (reprint)
You’re dead, and this is unfortunate, but the world is full of unfortunate things, my dear. You’ll need to answer some questions now. Know that I only accept the truth. Firstly— Are you ready to be dead? Let me face whatever comes next, even if what comes next is nothing at all. I have no […]
Avery was late again and Phoebe alternated her time between pacing the stage, checking her phone, chewing her nails, and cursing him under her breath. She’d already had to fight David to incorporate this effect into the play in the first place, and every delay or hiccup made it that much more likely that he […]
Can ghosts bleed? Keith woke up and knew the house was empty. He slipped out of bed and stood up on shaky legs. The floor was cold under his feet. He blinked the sleep out of his eyes and shuffled into the en-suite bathroom to pee. On his way there, he heard a burst of […]
After visiting the Pelham Family Funeral Home, all four men bought coffins. The men claimed they weren’t drinking, but nobody believed that. Arlene Lansbury saw the four of them walking down Court Street, clinging to one another’s shoulders for support, their legs stumbling worse with each step, all the while singing at the top of […]
