Adrian Kane by Christopher E. Ikpoh “Shh! Shh! No, no, no! Don’t be scared. You can’t even hear them!” The doctors watched their patient frantically pacing in the dimly lit, padded room from the other side of a two-way mirror. Both took notes as the patient continued to exhibit numerous types of psychosis. “I…
A Modern Mary Shelley By Dawn Vogel Mary’s the sort of girl most people don’t really notice. She sits in the back of the classroom, always scribbling in her notebook. She sits by herself at lunch, though you’re not sure she eats, because she’s still writing while the chaos of the cafeteria swirls…
The Annals of Draceas: An Entry by Erol Engin I first came to the village of Draceas on October 5, 1901. To reach it, one must conduct a steep ascent of some 1,000 feet along the Turnu Rosu (Red Tower) Pass, a perilous highway through the Carpathian Mountains connecting Wallachia with Transylvania. It…
The Call of the Ocean by Kev Harrison I’ve always felt it, this affinity with the sea. In those places where the sky meets the water. Where, in the dim light of dawn or dusk, it’s hard to distinguish where one ends and the other begins. I remember, as a boy, in Pevensey Bay…
We are excited to present to you the table of contents for Gothic Blue Book VI: A Krampus Carol. There are 31 days in December, so we thought the best way to bring you a terrifying winter is to give you one short story or poem per month. We are excited to bring you this…
Tracks by Brad Parkkonen Ryan felt a phantom buzzing in his pocket for the fourth time in the last hour. Filled with hope, he retrieved his phone. He unlocked it and peeked at the notification bar; there were none. “Will you give this fucking thing a rest?” Jake shouted over the music in the…
In The Back Row by Jim Towns Three Rivers, Michigan – July 9th, 1984 The afternoon had been hot, even for July. The sun had set around eight, but Rudolf had already risen. These short summer nights always made him impatient. So much of the day spent cooped up…so little time to…