Let’s Get You . . . Unsettled

 

“Beware the Beech Tree”

Published in Tiny Frights

“Something prehistoric, a vast predatory thing, it poses as a tree with root-like talons, and feathers that pass as leaves.”

Woman with very clear skin

“Appealing Skin Model”

Published in Wyldblood Press

My skin crawled off me onto the washing room’s tile floor, then skittered up the wall.

Photo by Alexander Krivitskiy on Unsplash

cows standing in a field

“Unacknowledged Cows”

Published in Body Fluids

We point at a field of cows as we pass and say “Cows,” for as everyone knows, the bovine population has a deal with all travelers. 

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

Cover art with an ominous deer and moons

“The Call of Dark Water”

Published in the anthology: Tales of Fear, Superstition and Doom

“I write to you because of a danger. I cannot ignore the situation, even on paper, any longer.

I swam too deep, my love.”

 
All Worlds Wayfarer cover art of boy standing in front of boat

“Shivers of History”

Published in All Worlds Wayfarer (Issue XIII)

The secret compartment in the bureau slid open with the self-assuredness of a French word pointing out its silent vowels.

 

“The Curse Collector”

Published in Let’s Get Weird (Vol III)

by The Quarter(ly)

Yima acquired peoples’ broken feet, stuttering hearts, and even little things like their split ends and displayed them on her wall.

Cover art for Let’s Get Weird (Vol III)

 
City hill

“Tally”

Published in Theme of Absence

No one drove up Frankfurt hill.

Photo by Yuheng Ouyang on Unsplash

 
Andromeda Spaceways cover art of futuristic city

“Arm Warmers For the Elder God, Quantity: 66”

Published in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine

It gets so cold after my calendar date with the stars, after the magnificent, thrilling heat of razing the world with madness.

 
Cover art Rampage on the Reef showing a deep sea diver fighting tentacles

“Of Water Turning Into Sea”

Published in Rampage on the Reef

Arline just wants to take care of her mother and sister. Yet, in the heart of landlocked Nebraska, she feels drawn to the puddles in cornfields . . . find out what happens next in this aquatic horror anthology, Rampage on the Reef!

 
blue sky with clouds

“Blaring Blue”

Published in Timber Ghost Press

The Nebraska sky blares an eldritch blue, too bright, too bold. On cloudless days, the locals know not to look up.

Photo by Ritam Baishya on Unsplash

 
chainsaw

“Chainsaw Diary”

Published in Cosmic Horror Monthly

The chainsaws do not stop.

Photo by Sven Brandsma on Unsplash

 
Pile of dishes

“Dish-festation”

Published in Little Old Lady Comedy

The dishes in the sink multiply at an alarming rate. It’s an infestation!

Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash

 
Red Barn

“Shaken Loose”

Published in Three-Lobed Burning Eye

Giant shapes lumber past the farmhouse sometimes. Rachel tries not to think about them.

Photo by Frances Gunn on Unsplash

 
Dirty Hands

“Unearthed”

Published in Gwyllion Magazine

Tae’s brother asks her to help dig a hole in the backyard. He seems strangely intent.

Photo by Chris Yang on Unsplash