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 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 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 change the 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 apocalyptic horror story Die on Your Feet is part of the Suddenly Shocking Vol. 15 episode of The NoSleep Podcast. It’s an allegory about what happens to people who deny the reality of their situation, despite all the evidence telling them they are wrong. The episode is only available to NoSleep Season Pass holders, so subscribe now to listen. You won’t be sorry.
The audio production of my horror story Feed the Worm is now available for free from The Night’s End Podcast. It’s an awesome production with lush soundscapes and nightmare sound effects that really heighten the suspense and terror. The screams at the end make the conclusion even more horrifying than I imagined when I wrote it.
Three of my horror drabbles have been published in the Drabbledark II anthology by Shacklebound Books.
The audiobook version of my body horror story A Thing of Beauty is now available on Audible as part of the Screaming in the Night anthology by Sinister Smile Press.
The full audio production of my horror story Everything As It Was is now available to listen to for free on The Creepy Podcast. Set in the dust-plagued landscape of 1930s Oklahoma, it’s a story about lost hope, lost faith, and lost children come home.
This story originally appeared in Night Terrors Vol. 1 by Scare Street, and was reprinted in The Omens Call by Devil’s Rock Publishing. You can read it online for free here.
Warren Benedetto 