dark fiction
Found 5 works tagged 'dark fiction'.
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The Beach
Published Oct 22, 2020 · 246 words (1 minute) · 28 views
Horror dark fiction Contemporary fiction Challenge
Dark flash fiction (exactly 250 words) written as a challenge to include one or more of the following: pebbles, ribbon, gum wrapper, baby stroller, seaweed, straw, comb. As a smartass, I used all seven.
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The Good Doctor
Published May 8, 2019 · 1,479 words (6 minutes) · 1 like · 439 views
Horror contemporary dark fiction Realistic
For several years one of my jobs involved helping new doctors complete death certificates. I also typed and submitted them for doctors who’d been doing this a while. This story came from some of the conversations we had.
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Taiya
Published Apr 19, 2019 · 4,059 words (15 minutes) · 6 likes · 1005 views
Fantasy ghosts urban fantasy dark fiction quiet and eerie
Karen and Patrick move across the world and into a new home, only to be haunted by the faint cries of a taiya, a spirit eaten by grief so old it no longer knows the cause of its own sorrow. They might be able to starve it into disappearing—if Karen can break the pull she feels toward it. Author Vanessa Fogg has published many pieces of beautiful, haunting short fiction as well as a novella, available now from Annorlunda Books.
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Thin Man
Published Mar 17, 2019 · 7,437 words (28 minutes) · 387 views
Fantasy Horror Historical historical fantasy victorian london dark fiction
Modern children fear the monster in the closet and the creature under the bed. Victorian climbing boys have no closets and no beds. What do they fear? This story originally appeared in MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY'S FANTASY MAGAZINE as the cover story. Year later, I wrote a sequel to it. "The Soul Jar" appeared in a steampunk anthology called THE SHADOW CONSPIRACY, and I'll post it next week. Click LIKE or SUBSCRIBE. I can't do this without my fantastic readers!
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Suicide Club
Published Mar 12, 2018 · 1,353 words (5 minutes) · 619 views
Literary Fiction Science Fiction dark fiction
The first rule of Suicide Club is not what you think.
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