by Ali Seay | Mar 25, 2023 | Fiction, New Horror, New Fiction, Women In Horror
She hides herself in the stacks and then she screams for me. I came back from my newly nested home in the warm hills of Los Angeles to care for this woman, and she hides in her doom piles and shrieks for me. “Mother! I can’t help you if you hide from me,” I call. I...
by Sarah Sexton | Mar 23, 2023 | New Horror, New Fiction, Women In Horror, Fiction
Grace had a small scar on her chest—no longer than a fingernail, no wider than floss— that I never asked about. It was visible for the few weeks every summer when the air smelled like melting tar and sweat and she resigned herself to wearing flowy sundresses that...
by Bindia Persaud | Mar 13, 2023 | New Horror, New Fiction, Women In Horror
This new fiction is a part of the Women in Horror blog series by Weird Little Worlds Press. Read more entries here. *** The baby shower was finally winding down. Half-eaten canapés lay scattered on sideboards and end tables, alongside abandoned plastic cups. Women...
by Jennifer Howell | Mar 6, 2023 | New Horror, New Fiction, Women In Horror
Power, immortality, perfect skin. These were the things Vanyan dangled in front of me while he ran his fingers over my neck like he was assessing a real estate investment. I’d had one margarita too many at girl’s night and wandered out the Emergency Door into Tito’s...
by G.G. Silverman | Mar 2, 2023 | New Horror, New Fiction, Women In Horror, Fiction
This story is a part of Weird Little Worlds Women in Horror blog series. Read more of the series here. *** When you were a young child in the Old Country, your mother would perch you high on a stool and pry your mouth open, rubbing her fingers on your teeth. You...
