Appears in: Weird Mask (Issue 24)
Release Date: May/2020
Summary: Two globetrotting academics, one British, one American, get stranded in a storm. As the rains fall and the sky darkens, they find shelter in a mountain shack, realizing too late that this sanctuary may be more dangerous than the wilderness they sought refuge from.
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Appears in: Back Patio Press
Release Date: May 15/2020
Summary: A cinemagoer is startled by the strangely patriotic alternate ending of a sci-fi blockbuster.
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Appears in: Sci-Fi & Scary
Release Date: May 10/2020
Summary: A tongueless punk rocker and an AWOL nurse revolt against a tyrannical government.
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Appears in: Mysterion
Release Date: Dec. 23/2019
Summary: An eclectic group of fast food workers spend the holidays stranded on an outer space truck stop, in this Christmas sci-fi comedy.
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Appears in: Horror Tree – Trembling With Fear
Release Date: Nov. 10/2019
Summary: A reluctant groom gets cold feet the day of his post-apocalyptic wedding.
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Appears in: Cabinet of Curiosities (Owl Hollow Press)
Release Date: Oct. 15/2019
Summary: A ghostly teen romance unfolds against a soundtrack of old-school rock-n-roll.
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Appears in: Enchanted Conversation
Release Date: Sept. 30/2019
Summary: Goblins go trick-or-treating in this dark Halloween folk tale.
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Appears in: Enchanted Conversation
Release Date: June/2019
Summary: An elderly lighthouse keeper is tormented by the hectoring mermaid stranded on his shore.
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Appears in: Horror Tree – Trembling With Fear
Release Date: May 19/2019
Summary: A woman tracks a witch’s consort after her child is attacked.
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Appears in: Weird Mask (Issue 18 – Cthulhu)
Release Date: May/2019
Summary: A journalist covering a flighty pop star is unnerved by her embrace of an ancient, esoteric religion in this riff on Lovecraft.
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Appears in: American Gothic (Flame Tree Publishing)
Release Date: May/2019
Summary: An eccentric undertaker investigates the death of a disturbed young artist in this gothic tale.
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