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Women in Horror Interview: Linda Addison
Linda D. Addison is a groundbreaking American poet and writer of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. She is the first African-American winner of the Bram Stoker Award®, which she has won 5 times. Her poetry collections Consume, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes and...
Open Hem by Sarah Sexton
Some scars should never be re-opened. You might let the spiders out.
An Interview with Inna Effress
Inna Effress is a speechwriter, fiction writer, and poet who emigrated from Ukraine to the United States. Her work appears in numerous publications, including FOLIO, CutBank, Air/Light Magazine, Santa Monica Review, Swan River Press’s Uncertainties series, and Strange...
I am a Coffin by Willow Dawn Becker
I know they need a mother still.
To splash with them in Stygian waves.
To teach them the song of fallen sparrows.
To snuggle them in earth-warmed graves.
The Archer by Aya Maguire
Some mothers go into space and never return. All you can do is watch for the archer and learn to sing “Starman” while you say goodbye.
An Interview with Donyae Coles
I’ll never stop writing spooky stories because horror is my soulmate.
Matryoshka by Bindia Persaud
In this unsettling tale of pregnancy and obsession by Bindia Persaud, a woman receives a set of Russian nesting dolls at a baby shower. The gift leads to a revelation about the nature of her forthcoming child and the undoing of her reality.
An Interview with Nadia Bulkin
Nadia Bulkin is a unique voice in the horror writing community. She sits down with the Weird Little Worlds team and shares some of the internal workings that make up the award-worthy author’s mental landscape.
Sleep Training By Jennifer Howell
Some people become vampires for the flawless looks, some for the wealth, and some… for the coffin. Moms. Moms become vampires for the coffin.