Original cosmic horror themed short fiction. Reader beware
By Forestleg From #CHM 73 July 2026 See now, the vast, bleary dark of the Lunar sky at dawn. She is sundered in twain—a crackling smile seeping with purplish lightening. From the non-Euclidean outer-black beyond that grinning tear, a flotilla…
By Adam Porkolab From #CHM 73 July 2026 My vocal cords seize three minutes before the door opens: a tuning. The scar tissue along the left fold tightens into the exact configuration required to produce the sound they need: a…
By Sophia Krich-Brinton From #CHM 73 July 2026 Her face looked delicious, so I stole it. Reached right out and snatched it off of her. She almost screamed, but her head crumbled up before any sound could be heard. I…
By WM. MERRIT Originally published in Weird Tales, May 1923 Thornton Stowe was always a puzzle to me. Very methodical in everything from early childhood, he always seemed utterly devoid of impulsive emotion. The only thing he ever did that really…
By Margo Pecha From #CHM 72 June 2026 Nothing remained of Solomon’s grandmother save for a few charred fingertips, a toe, and a stinking pile of ash. She’d ignited in her recliner while watching her programs. The TV still chattered…
By Christi Nogle From #CHM 72 June 2026 Daphne thought she might never get over the quiet here. It wasn’t silence, not quite. Loud sounds were still loud—carhorns, cheering at the football game, barking dogs—but too much empty space fell…
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