Short Fiction

Burial Day Books is a boutique publisher of supernatural horror short stories.  Once a month we feature an established or emerging horror writer. These short supernatural horror stories deal with elements of superstition, folklore or myth. We look for writers that are innovative but can also give a nod to past – classic horror. We feature scary stories with limited gore and limited extreme violence because of the belief that fear, true fear, comes from the unknown.

Gold Panning
By: Katrina Denman The land holds memory, of ancient peoples and ancient things, but sometimes, no matter how hard we
little red ridding hood vintage
By: Alyne de Winter Gothic Faery Tale inspired by Little Red Riding Hood.
By: Grant Holden Wagner A world where damnation plays by day and tortured, captive souls dream by night. Read Grant
winter shack
By: Tim Tobin Guilt, madness, and loneliness sometimes have a way of reaching down and touching our past. Mr. Tim
old books
T.C. Clark has been published in the Pill Hill anthologies, Solstice Publishing, and the Western Fictioneer’s anthology The Traditional West.
Horror Stories
By: Nick Medina No one knows how it started and no one knows why exactly a hospital in Southern Illinois
By: Allen Kopp In Allen Kopp's new short story, Late of Cherry Street, we learn that sometimes one just needs
dark witer
By: Martin Shelby In Martin Shelby’s short story, “Missy,” the wintery dark months can sometimes bring out darker things. For
By: Milan Smith Death Muses on His Joys, is a monologue by Mr. Death himself. While the second poem, Beasts,
By: Greg Mollin We all have our obligations in life. Sometimes our obligations can lead to distractions and sometimes these