The Slush Pile
These stories totally could have been published elsewhere. But why would we want to deprive our readers of our slush?
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This Cat Can’t be Skinned Again (Philistine Neo-Noir #1)
A Bagman for the Civil Disobedience Unit takes a routine assignment that quickly spirals into blackmail, murder, and betrayal. In a city where everyone is disposable, he learns too late that even the men doing the disappearing can disappear themselves.
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Inactively Polite (Transgressive Short Horror)
A socially isolated man drifts through days of scheduled nothingness, violent fantasies, petty grievances, and fractured memories. As his thoughts grow more erratic, the line between numbness, cruelty, and conscience begins to collapse.
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Home (Original Flash Fiction)
A man wakes inside a brick labyrinth beneath a cracked red sky with no memory of who he is. Something heavy is following him. As he runs, fragments of his identity begin to return, along with the horrifying realization that whatever is chasing him may not be the worst thing in the maze.
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My Photographs (Original Short Story)
A photographer wanders the city collecting private, unguarded moments. He watches, preserves, and catalogs…but the photographs are not entirely his to keep.
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ATTENTION! READ NOW! (Original Flash Story)
A strange warning demands your attention and refuses to let go.
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Lord Will Serial #2: The Siege of Darkspire Manor (Original Short Story)
A nocturnal eccentric declares war on his HOA and recruits an unlikely army to defend Darkspire Manor.
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Lord Will Serial #1: A Night’s Walk (Original Short Story)
An eccentric nocturnal nobleman investigates a missing girl, clashes with local weirdos, and stumbles into something far stranger than himself.
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The Choir Without Flesh (Original Flash Fiction)
Humanity finally escaped the prison of the flesh. Unfortunately, we forgot that flesh was the only thing letting us feel anything
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My Shovel (Original Short Story)
A determined builder follows his dreams, digs a very deep hole, and accidentally becomes a nuclear power.
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The Interview of a Young Man (Original Play)
A desperate young man receives an interview for a job he never applied for. The salary is absurd, the company barely exists, and the interviewer seems to know far more about him than she should. The Interview of a Young Man is a one-act supernatural horror play about ambition, guilt, and getting exactly what you…
