“Silent as a whisper, he ghosts into the hall. No light leaks out from beneath his father’s door, but the boy stands watch, his tiny heart beating in his chest. An hour, a lifetime, an eternity, it seems, and his father begins to snore. The boy moves again.”

Short StorySubmissionFebruary 24, 2020short story, kira compton, spooky stories, spooky, horror, horror fiction, short fictionComment

My Golem

“I shift in my bones and become a new god.“

PoetrySubmissionOctober 31, 2019spooky stories, spooky poem, spooky poems, poem, poetry, halloween, happy halloween, hallow's eve, hallow's eve 2019, kendra preston leonardComment

Dicks of the Patriarchy

"Bitches, / let us gather. / howl at the moon, / to our mother of all things / large and small."

PoetrySubmissionOctober 31, 2019chloe marie winstanley, poetry, spooky stories, patriarchy, fighting the patriarchy, witch, witches, chloe maria winstanley, halloween, hallow's eve, hallow's eve 2019, happy halloween, poem, spooky poemComment

Helter Skelter

“He was there. / In the cold metal of the broken door frame, / in the dying heat of the laughter in the room— / The dewy grass of the backyard, / the heat of her velvety scream.”

PoetrySubmissionOctober 31, 2019ariel k moniz, poetry, hallow's eve, halloween, hallow's eve 2019, happy halloween, spooky stories, spooky poetry, poem, love, relationshipsComment

turn out the lights

“turn out the lights. / burn a few candles, say the words / (try to) conjure me up, darling / concentrate on my essence in the smoke, / because we’re all ghosts tonight.”

PoetrySubmissionOctober 31, 2019hallow's eve, happy halloween, halloween, hallow's eve 2019, spooky stories, poetry, poem, griffon kayeComment

Darkest Night, Darkest Day

“The sinister presence began its rolling creep up the stairs. No one ever saw it. It traveled under cover of darkness – the darkness of night, of a windowless room, of an underground crypt.”