Nuggets: Reflux
Enter the gruesome, grainy 1970s world of Reginald Halliday, the septuagenarian ‘retired’ serial killer who has turned his ‘skill set’ into a small business….
Fiction
Here, you’ll find an expanding collection of some of the best British horror short fiction. Have a story you’d like us to consider for publication? Head over to our Contact page for info on how to submit your work…
You Reap What You Sow
Negotiating with demons is not a young woman’s game, as our character knows all too well. But staying out of Hell means it’s a necessary evil…
Camera Anima Mea
Sully buys a camera which takes pictures of people’s souls. The insight it gives him into his friends is disturbing. Then he takes a selfie.
Tea with Mrs. Hindley
Pages from the private journal of Derek, a fifty-something loner who chronicles his afternoons spent in the company of Mrs. Hindley, a woman whose dark past Derek helps to keep hidden.
Ralph’s Great Big Dog
Story by Jay D. Green. Aria has moved from California to Scotland to start a new life and find the man of her dreams. Her relationship with Phin is going well, but when she turns up at his isolated farmhouse, he has been bitten by an animal whilst out jogging. But they’re not going to let that get in the way of their weekend. Meanwhile, a little way down the hill, Ralph’s great big dog is strangely silent.
The Monster of Glamis
Story by Stuart Cleland. A man is determined to find a secret chamber in a castle. From the moment of discovery and enlightenment on its tragic history, he is never alone. Or safe.
Dust and Shadow
Dominic Thresher, Consultant in Obstetrics and purveyor of humiliation to the unfortunate, finds a different audience in this story by Paul Radcliffe…
The Night of Herne the Hunter
Folk horror and political satire combine when a populist prime minister inveigles a royal invitation to boost his flagging poll ratings, only to invoke a revenge from history…
Oh, Come Ye to the Skimmity
The story takes the pre-industrial perspective of a beaten wife, who prepares for the impending, communal punishment of her husband, and his ritual murder…
The Forest in the Forest
A winter walk in a landscape shaped by the hand of humankind reveals ancient secrets hidden in plain sight…