My short horror story Leftovers is now free to read at Teleport Magazine. It’s a story about an elderly woman whose son moved out and left her to fend for herself in a decaying, crime-ridden neighborhood. She’s not worried about the junkies and the gangsters though—there’s something far worse out there.
My horror story Leftovers has been accepted by Teleport Magazine. It’s a story about an elderly woman whose son moved out and left her to fend for herself in a decaying, crime-ridden neighborhood. She’s not worried about the junkies and the gangsters though—there’s something far worse out there.
My post-apocalyptic horror comedy Wine List For The Apocalypse, Courtesy Of Your Olive Garden Sommelier has been selected for the longlist in the Bear Creek Gazette’s Apocalypse writing competition. Winners will be announced August 1st. 🤞
My flash fiction tale You Are Reading This Story joins a collection of other 2nd person point-of-view horror stories in the This Is Too Tense anthology by Bag of Bones Press. It’s a self-referential piece of metafiction about a writer trapped by his own words.
My historical horror story Breathtaking has been accepted by the Thirteen Horror Podcast. Set in 1930’s Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl, it’s the story of a girl who sees a mysterious, white-robed woman screaming outside in her yard during a raging dust storm.
My sci-fi horror story One Last Step has been published in the Summer 2022 issue of The Sirens Call. You’ll find it on page 226 of the downloadable PDF.
It’s a story about a little girl stalked by an unseen shadow-thing across a post-apocalyptic landscape. The key to her survival? Following the instructions her dead father tattooed on her arm.
My techno-horror story Blame is now available to read for free on The Dread Machine.
It’s a “found footage” story consisting of emails, Slack conversations, Reddit threads, phone transcripts, and more unusual artifacts like git commits, JIRA tickets, door entry logs … even a Walmart receipt.
Also, like many found footage tales, the story is ultimately pieced together based on incomplete information. Multiple reads of the story should reveal new hidden details that may change your interpretation of the ending.
My sci-fi horror story The Door Is Open leads off the Another Dimension anthology from Smoking Pen Press. It’s hard to describe the story without spoiling it, so let’s just say: never open a door that can’t be closed. You never know what may slip through.
My short horror story Feed the Worm has been accepted for publication in the Beautiful Darkness anthology by Dragon Soul Press. If you like stories about cosmic murder worms, this one’s for you!
My weird fiction story The Salt Circle has been accepted by The Literary Hatchet. It’s about a man who turns into a slug and his wife’s misguided attempt to keep him safe. This is probably the weirdest story I’ve ever written, so I’m thrilled that it actually found such a great home.
Warren Benedetto 