The Drop by Vic Lord from Weird Mask Issue 2 I pulled into the back, behind the police station. My nerves hit the high point when I saw the SWAT team van resting in its parking space. I parked a sufficient distance away from the front of the building so… Continue Reading
Some of you may be interested to know that nine years before Robert W. Chambers wrote The King In Yellow, Carcosa was mentioned in a short story by Ambrose Bierce. AN INHABITANT OF CARCOSA For there be divers sorts of death—some wherein the body remaineth; and in some it… Continue Reading
The King in Yellow The Repairer of Reputations Part 3 By Robert W. Chambers One morning early in May I stood before the steel safe in my bedroom, trying on the golden jewelled crown. The diamonds flashed fire as I turned to the mirror, and the heavy beaten gold burned… Continue Reading
The King in Yellow The Repairer of Reputations Part 2 By Robert W. Chambers I climbed the three dilapidated flights of stairs, which I had so often climbed before, and knocked at a small door at the end of the corridor. Mr. Wilde opened the door and I walked in…. Continue Reading
The King in Yellow The Repairer of Reputations Part 1 By Robert W. Chambers Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink beneath the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa. Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger… Continue Reading
THERAPY by B.L. Koller from Weird Mask Issue 1 Out of all the things Branson wanted to do today, this was by far the worst. He pulled out his phone to check the time as he walked towards the building, and held the door open for an elderly couple making… Continue Reading
The Cigarette A Hank Bradshaw Short Story By Mick Hunter from Weird Mask Issue 1 The gat was sizable enough to put a hole in me, that would be big enough, for me not to like it too much. “Keep yer hands where I can see’em.” I shrugged and did… Continue Reading
Where I Keep My Spoons was published in the first issue of Weird Mask back in June. You can find out more about Ben Fitts and his work here. Where I Keep My Spoons by Ben Fitts “Mommy, Daddy! There’s a house in sky!” shouted Trudie as she burst… Continue Reading
