This year’s Fiction Vortex Horror Contest has some of the best short fiction horror we’ve ever seen. Entries ran the gamut from personal to apocalyptic. Filled with strangeness and terror, madness and fear, these stories are a tour to the dark places of the imagination. FICTION VORTEX: Founded in the 277th year of the Takolatchni Dynasty, Fiction Vortex set out to encourage people to write and publish great speculative fiction. It sprang fully formed...

Toronto in the twenty-first century: At night, a beacon on a lonely ancient lake, a drainage pond from the last ice age. In the daytime, a bulwark of glass, glinting in the radiant sun. Joe, Mary, and her cat, Sam, sit in a lakeside condo, trapped by a crazed, mysterious sniper. What has become of their lives? What has become of their city? What has become of their century? As the situation begins to unravel, Mary finds herself wondering, “What would Margaret Atwood do?”

Nightmare is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In Nightmare's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror. In this month's issue, we have original fiction from Matt Williamson ("On Murder Island") and Tamsyn Muir ("Chew"), along with reprints by Lucius Shepard ("The Ease with Which We Freed the Beast") and Lisa Tuttle ("Need"). We also have the lat...

***Get 6 FREE ebooks @http://www.DavidMarkBrownWrites.com as part of the FREE DMB PRIMER LIBRARY!*** Raising Arizona meets Joe Black "A provocative moral tale as much about embracing life as meeting Death." "Never has Death been so human as a kiddie pool, a folding chair and a bottle of regret. If only the other three horseman could be as easy to relate to." WARNING: Handling a scythe without proper ...

An eclectic blend of science fiction, horror and the fantastical. 24 tales from authors across the globe: South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, England, Canada and the USA. A bloodthirsty teddy bear, an alien trapped in a child, a lunch date between God and the Devil, orphaned zombie children, a bio-mechanical android, a murder within a game, a small town's age-old curse, an ancient evil in darkest Africa, an unorthodox exorcism, a sacrifice to the gods and a mourning generation shi...

A scientist, desperate to discover his origin, uses a time machine to visit his distant relatives.In a cruel twist of Fate, his plans are dashed when he learns that perils in the present were just as prevalent in the past.His colleague, worried for his safety, tries to locate him. What he discovers, neither of them could have foreseen.

When the monster who killed his wife returns to destroy his home, Apollo, a simple island fisherman, must flee with his daughter to the open sea.But can they outrun the Beast?Luke J. Morris, author of Twisted Shorts: The Kill and Other Stories, Cthulhu 4 Kids, and Tales from the Teeth, pens a nail-biting tale of adventure that will make you think twice before going swimming.

In this world, Grezans are prized as exotic captives, on display in households of the wealthy.And the cruel.Tulano was saved by his Master, saved from a life of arena fighting, slavery, or worse. He's trained to be a warrior now, acting as bodyguard to his benefactor. But when his Master has to court his constituents, how far will Tulano have to go appease his Master and the wealthy who fund his campaigns?

Richard Booth suspects something amiss just beyond his hotel room door. Waking to the memory of a scream in the wind blown New Hampshire night, does he dare to explore the hallway? Was it just the remnants of a dream? How do you know when your imagination is getting the better of you, and when there really is something out there? 

John and his daughter Ki are enjoying a night at the carnival when they stumble upon a brightly lit old fashioned merry-go-round. Struck by the lights, the music and the animals, they eagerly take it for a spin. But this is no ordinary ride. As they plunge headlong into otherworldly darkness to face an unnatural evil, John begins to suspect that they may lose more than just their lives...

When rumors of an uprising in Metaltown's factories hits Bakerstown, sixteen-year-old wannabe reporter Caris knows she's found the story that will finally prove her worth to the Journal. "Burned Away" is a standalone story set in the world of Metaltown (Tor Teen, September 2016).At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.