Curious Fictions

DC Phillips

Catacombs (Excerpt)

Nov 16, 2018 · 610 words (3 minutes)

Horror

There he stood alongside the others at their final destination, hundreds of feet underground, clinging to the remnants of a smashed picture frame and a torn photograph. He gripped the broken edges of the frame so tightly that his hands began to bleed. "This is how it's all going to end," he thought. "Trapped."

Jen Knox

Senile Cradle

Nov 15, 2018 · 3,073 words (12 minutes)

Horror Literary Fiction Strange

An unexpected visitor shows up in the garage on a winter day.

Chris Cooper

The Dreadful Objects - Chapter 1

Nov 15, 2018 · 1,526 words (6 minutes)

Fantasy Horror Mystery Strange

When his reclusive uncle commits suicide in a mansion full of curiosities, Jamie Lawson is left to clean up his dusty estate. As Jamie peels back the layers of his uncle’s life as a semi-famous horror author, he discovers an eerie connection between his uncle’s works and real life tragedies. Now, he must uncover the truth behind his uncle’s books while trying to rebuild his life in a new town. But, the bizarre facts he uncovers may just threaten his new life and everyone in it.

Tracie McBride

The Harvesters

Nov 15, 2018 · 8,624 words (32 minutes)

Horror

In this take on the Hansel and Gretel story, seven-year-old Melina looks forward to nothing but a slow death by starvation when her addict father sells her and her brother Damon into slavery for the price of a vial of precious tolarum. Make one false move, and her new mistress, Lady Orlaine, will bring about that death much more quickly. Especially if Melina uncovers the unholy secret behind tolarum’s method of production.