"I’m afraid. I think I’m going mad. I heard the Weaver this morning when I woke up and it spoke to me, but I was awake. Is it real? It asked me to ‘embrace’ it. I’m scared. Maybe I can forget about the Weaver, then...

The Baron’s Ward is a short story written by Isabella Berdyna Zysk. Eighteen-year-old Eustacia Rose travels to Galeva to visit her relative, the Baron of Galeva, whom she hasn’t seen in years. She wonders why he hadn’t replied to the letters she wrote while attending...

The Lover and Interpreter of Human Oddities: A Novella by Anthony Labriola is the story of a man who loves to discover human oddities and tries to find a way to interpret them. Dr. Clive Wango is an eccentric man and he knows it. He...

In this collection of short stories, Thaine Chase stirs some emotion and brings an occasional smile of satisfaction. Old Joe: An aged veteran dies rescuing school children from terrorists. Greggie, a seventeen-year-old kid and his partner guard a bare Korean hill. Below, he sees an...

The Imposters of Badington Bay by Robert E. Kearns is the story of a man who came to Badington on a mission and finds out everything is not as it seems in this sleepy little town. Badington is not a place where you look for...

The Pastor of Rush Springs is a short story by Robert E. Kearns. In a small rural town on a hot July day, some time after neon lights have become popular but before air conditioning is widely available, a newly arrived preacher holds an adoring...

The Christmas Town Calls is a work of fascinating supernatural fiction penned by author J. R. Wirth, and it forms the fourth novel in The Town Beneath the Christmas Tree series. In this novella-length adventure, we return to Hailey, Isaiah, Harper and the rest of...

In The Venusians Among Us by Steve Zimcosky, Ian Stanley is an aeronautical engineer at the NASA Glenn Research Center who loves to unwind with his co-workers at the bar every Friday night. One particular evening, they are comparing the DNA tests they had taken...

It's supposed to be another mundane working day for 46-year-old Doug, a driver for the Greyhound bus company. There's no more spark in his eight-year marriage and the overworked man is tired of fulfilling his luxury-hungry wife’s demands. However, his day is about to change...

The Cries of Manor Lannigan is a short story by Robert Kearns. After traveling in stormy weather late one night, fatigued Reilly can’t believe his luck when he is offered food and shelter at Manor Lannigan. While dining, Lord Lannigan tells his guest a shocking...