Short Story


  • Happy Release Day to The Collectors: A Short Story!

    It has honestly been too long since I created a new spooky story for the bizarre little series of shorts, An Ominous Hour. This book series is all about misfit short stories that simply are too bizarre to pigeonhole into most categories. And the latest entry is no exception. The Collectors has been described as…


  • Best of Luck

    Best of LuckBy: Jason Mott When I tell you this story was absolutely fantastic, just trust me on it. I can’t say much about it cause the twist in storytelling is just so good! Two friends are sitting at a kitchen table and one of them is clearly ill, holding the other at gunpoint. What…


  • In Bloom

    In BloomBy: Paul Tremblay Another story that suffers from weird framing. We follow a reporter in Miami driving over to get the scoop on a story from the 1980s. I didn’t like her much and I’m not sure why. Maybe it was the weird relationship issues that she thought about all the time? She just…


  • It Waits In The Woods

    It Waits In The WoodsBy: Josh Malerman Honestly this was one of the stories I most looked forward to from the Creature Feature series. I really loved Bird Box by Malerman and looked forward to seeing how he handled what seemed by the title to be a creepy monster in the woods. Did he deliver?…


  • Ankle Snatcher

    Ankle SnatcherBy: Grady Hendrix While I had heard of Grady Hendrix before, I haven’t gotten around to reading his work yet. This is definitely going to change now that I’ve read this! Honestly one of my favorite stories from this collection. I loved the framing for telling the story, the folklore surrounding the monster, how…