What could be better than hunting Sasquatch on Christmas Eve. Roy could think of few things. The year had been his treasure for the taking. Maybe it was because the earth’s axis had shifted and something inside Roy had shifted too. He was invincible. First the knocking on trees and… Continue Reading
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “‘Tis some visiter,” I muttered, “tapping at… Continue Reading
Chapter IV: The Attack From the Air The shadows were black around him, The dripping jaws gaped wide, Thicker than rain the red drops fell; But my love was fiercer than Death’s black spell, Nor all the iron walls of hell Could keep me from his side. – The Song… Continue Reading
The power went out. Sandy could handle a small power outage, but not tonight. Ever since the “Shifting” had been happening she had been seeing things, horrific things, that she never would have even dreamed in her wildest nightmares. The one small consolation is that since the Shifting, she isn’t… Continue Reading
Richard knew the zipper in his flesh couldn’t have been there long. It ran down the middle of his chest, from just beneath his collar bone down to just above his navel. He couldn’t figure out what it meant. He lay on his back on what seemed to be the… Continue Reading
Divorce. Lockdown. Loneliness. As long as he had lived alone, David had no real friends. Except that now, a largish spider was inhabiting his shower. It hung out in an upper corner, above and to the right of the shower head. At first, he was leery of it. Margaret, when… Continue Reading
As if it had anything to do with love or the lack thereof, Marcus paced. It had been hours, and he had begun dragging his feet, unaware that he had actually worn a pattern into the carpet. He wasn’t sad, and there was no remorse, yet he kept rubbing his… Continue Reading
Here are the prompts for the 2021 Weird Mask 500! Two genres: Horror Bizarro Secret word: Square Google Trending Topic: Climate Change / Earth’s Axis Shifting So there you go! Write a 500 word story containing those elements and send it to me at weirdmaskzine at gmail dot com… Continue Reading
‘Twas noontide of summer, And mid-time of night; And stars, in their orbits, Shone pale, thro’ the light Of the brighter, cold moon, ‘Mid planets her slaves, Herself in the Heavens, Her beam on the waves. I gazed awhile On her cold smile; Too cold—too cold for me— There pass’d,… Continue Reading
ELDORADO Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he grew old— This knight so bold— And o’er his heart a shadow Fell as he found No spot of ground That looked like Eldorado. And, as his… Continue Reading
