Short Stories

Afield of Tulips

Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Welcome to the Ministry of Post-Life Services, where you are employed until...whenever. This story dives into the meaning of paradise, and what it could look like for individuals.

I Smile to Myself

Genre: Horror (the Other)

A crack in a mirror leads to a supernatural spiral. Fruitlessly waiting for apartment maintenance, the reflection continues to prey on the tenant's sanity

Tall Tale

Genre: Folk Horror

A simple academic trip turns into a nightmare of giant proportions. Old tales of a giant lumberjack have disseminated around the Midwest, but what if they were hiding a terrible truth? An older truth?

Tawas Lantern

Genre: Supernatural Horror (Literary)

When the Castle and the Shoe play structures in Tawas are scheduled to be demolished, someone with childhood memories there goes to see them one last time. The call of nostalgia and better times becomes too good to resist.

The Brakeville Butcher

Genre: Slasher

A washed up butcher's apprentice tries to stay alive and out of trouble as he's under increasing scrutiny.

The Observer

Genre: Supernatural Horror

A probation officer becomes increasingly unsettled as her client becomes the one watching her.