The Grinning Gargoyle

A stone gargoyle sat atop a courthouse in a quiet downtown square. He’d been perched there for centuries, placed there by the settlers as...

Oct 31, 2016

The Birdwalker

Fog cloaked the city. Grackles cawed in the gathering dark as the Birdwalker stalked the banks of the river. He was looking for someone...

Oct 31, 2016

A Ghost's Story

They said I was a witch. What would they know? I lived off the land, like anyone with any common sense to spare would have. I learned...

Oct 24, 2016

The Flicker

The creature drifted down a dark alley. He was a shadow, a fragment of a thought, a flicker at the edge of someone’s vision. Once, he had...

Oct 17, 2016

The Witch and Her Friend

The witch was lonely, so she decided to make a friend. It was a special talent of hers, though her parents and neighbors didn’t quite...

Oct 10, 2016

The Joking Jack-o'-Lantern

A jack-o’-lantern grinned from the porch, its eyes glowing with orange candlelight. No one remembered carving it, but there it sat,...

Oct 3, 2016