Miki whispers “Daddy” into the dark, as she has on the cusps of the last seven midnights. The dark breathes back onto her. Her hand reaches up to the shelf beside the bed and presses the large pebbled button on her alarm clock. A thin voice says, “It is eleven-fifty-six p.m.” Each word’s tail is […]
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Tyler shot a foamy jet of roach spray into his laughing mouth. He sprang up from the basement floor and lifted his fists toward the unfinished ceiling, gargling a pop song. An old cloak the color of buttered toast hung off his shoulders, ending in tatters above his knees. “Swallow it,” Meribeth said. Her eyes […]
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Short stories are all fine and good, but when will you have a novel? All the answers I used to give to this question (which mostly came down to “I’m trying to find room in my life”) can finally be done away with, because The October Film Haunt is coming on September 30, 2025, courtesy […]
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Yesterday the UK newspaper The Guardian published an article titled “How post-horror movies are taking over cinema.” I recommend reading it, not only for context but for writer Steve Rose’s thoughts on recent horror films vs. the history of horror cinema. Don’t expect to give it an A+, though. But I enjoyed the article and […]
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Michael Wehunt 