Short Horror Fiction

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October 2024.

Science fiction, fantasy, ghost, romance, and spooky stories, all served up in small and easily-read portions. Thrill, chill, and don’t spill your wine or beer as you go through this potpourri of adventures.

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Your Flight Has Been cancelled

An Anthology of Airline Travel Horror published by Little Ghost Books.

“Ready to Board Now” sees friends, Angie and Davina, eager to jet off to San Francisco, only to discover that Dublin airport is a lot stranger than it seems.

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“Air travel is nightmarish, and these stories perfectly encapsulate those nightmares in a variety of inventive and entertaining ways.”

Gemma Amor, Bram Stoker Award Nominated Author

dragon gems fall 2023

An anthology of spooky tales from Water Dragon Publishing.

In “The Dancing Bear”, young teen Ursula becomes obsessed with seeing her favorite animal at a strange Halloween attraction.

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ho ho ho

An anthology of festive themed horror drabbles from Black Hare Press. A drabble is a story of only 100 words, excluding title. It is amazing how much story can be contained in so few words.

“Revenge Turkeys”, “Fairy Tale”, “Save Christmas”, and “Mistletoe Kiss” all appear in this anthology.

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run rabbit run

Bunny butchers, lunatic lagomorphs, cut-throat cottontails, evil Easter bunnies, poisonous pikas, and all manner of arduous alliterative animal anecdotes, compiled by the Hell Hare Submission Reader.

This is an anthology of 100 word horror stories, called drabbles.

“Rusty”, “A St. Patrick’s Day Ramble in the Cooley Mountains, Ireland”, “Across the Universe”, “The New Pet”, and “Illuminating Rabbits in the Fourteenth Century” all appear in this anthology.

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“The story that is stuck in my brain, the one that gave me the most “eeeek!” moment is “Across the Universe” by Iseult Murphy. She manages to write a metaphorically relevant story for our time then infuses it with existential dread. Really, Murphy? I’m gonna have nightmares!”

Priscilla Bettis, Author of “The Hay Bale”

year five

The Black Hare Press YEAR FIVE anthology is a culmination of all the nano-tales published in the Dark Moments online archive, and all the tales published on Patreon during 2023.

Horror drabble, “A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste”, was originally published in January 2023 as part of the Dark Moments series on the Black Hare Press website.

A drabble is a 100 word story, excluding title.

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advent of doom

A charity anthology of festive themed horror stories, with all profits going to Dementia UK, the specialist dementia nursing charity that is there for the whole family.

In “Oh Christmas Tree”, Becky dreads spending Christmas in the wilds of Donegal with her mum Carla, and Carla’s new beau, Adam. Carla knows just how to needle Becky, by ignoring the new branch to the family tree – Becky’s son Paul. As Christmas Eve turns into Christmas Day, it’s not Santa who comes calling. Becky is about to find out if sap is thicker than blood…

“Oh Christmas Tree” is accompanied by an illustration by the author.

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