My short horror story Something’s Wrong With Mom has been published by Literally Stories.
It’s the story of two brothers who wake up in the middle of the night to discover that their mother is on the ceiling. Again.
Content warning: suicide (implied)
My short horror story They Say Crows Can Remember Faces has been published in A Coven of Witches by West Avenue Publishing. When a bully kills one of Ava’s favorite crows, he quickly learns that some birds never forget a face.
Content warning: bullying, animal death, mild goreThe stone hit Ava in the back of the head. She stumbled and fell, spilling her schoolbooks out of her arms and onto the dirt road in front of her. Gravel dug into her palms as she threw out her hands to break her fall. Her knees skidded painfully across the ground.
“Have a nice trip!” a boy’s voice called out from behind her, to a chorus of laughter. “See you next fall!”
My post-apocalyptic horror story One Last Step has been published in the Halloween Special Edition of Dark Matter Magazine. It’s a story about a little girl stalked by an unseen shadow-thing across a post-apocalyptic landscape.
“Will it hurt?” I watched my father roll the sewing needle between his fingers, its tip glowing orange-red in the heat of the flame. My eyes welled with tears.
“Just a little,” he replied.
My body horror story A Thing of Beauty has been published in Beautiful Darkness 2 by Dragon Soul Press.
Interesting scientific fact: the memories of a traumatic event can persist through a caterpillar’s metamorphosis into a butterfly, despite the near-total liquefaction of its body.
The same goes for people too.
Content warning: sexual assault (implied), bullying, goreThe body hanging from the ceiling began to writhe, straining against the inside of the translucent, teardrop-shaped sac in which it was encased. The sac stretched and distended, pressing outwards in all directions as the figure inside struggled to break free.
The audio production of my horror story Uncle Pumpkin’s Tongue has been released on S20E5 of The NoSleep Podcast. It’s the story of a Halloween carnival ride with a sinister secret.
The story starts around 19:05.
Content warning: sexual harassment
My sci-fi horror story The Door Is Open has been published in Issue 017 of Dark Matter Magazine. You can read it online for free here.
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 who—or what—might slip through.
Content warning: miscarriage (mentioned), suicide
My post-apocalyptic eco-horror From Below has been published in the Parsec In Print anthology by PS Publishing, debuting at Fantasycon in Birmingham on Friday. Originally published in ParSec #5, From Below was chosen to appear in print along with stories by Ramsey Campbell, Steve Rasnic Tem, and many others.
In the flooded remains of Old Manhattan, the wealthy stay dry and well-fed in their penthouses, while everyone else is left to fend for themselves against the unseen horrors lurking just below the surface.
Content warning: cannibalism (implied), gore, suicide
My sci-fi body horror drabble Only We has been published in Martian Magazine. It’s the story of a couple who wanted grow closer to each other … but not that close.
His hand caresses my cheek. His cheek. Our cheek.
There is no he anymore. There is no me. There is only us. Only we.
Three of my horror drabbles has been published in The Book of Drabbles by Shacklebound Books.
The audio production of my weird horror story Molehills has been released by Chilling Tales For Dark Nights. It’s a longer version of my story The Man Who Ate The Road, originally published in Haven Spec.
When a woman tries to return home after visiting her abusive father, she discovers that the road is closed … but just for her.
Content warning: child abuse (implied)
My story is the first in the episode, starting around the 3:50 mark.
Warren Benedetto 