Horror

Read my horror stories, ghost stories, and suspense tales below.

COMING SOON:
A Visit from the Depths (Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved and Insane: Nostalgic Terrors, Brigids Gate Press, December 2025)

COMING SOON:
Food Baby (Of Beasts and Bones, Inky Bones Press)
Newlyweds on a remote island disrespect local legends and pay a gruesome price.

The Painted Man (PRETEND YOU DON’T SEE HER, Kandisha Press 2025 Women of Horror Anthology)
Valarie rents a wing in an eccentric mansion for an artist’s retreat, far from the past she’s trying to forget. But there’s more to the house – and her new landlady – than meets the eye.

The River’s Revenge (RED LINE: Chicago Horror Stories, From Beyond Press, August 2025)
The Chicago River is a great place for boating and sightseeing. Just watch out for those two-headed mutant eels.
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Andie (Weird Tales to Haunt Your Reptilian Brain, Burial Books, August 2025)
A man returns to his childhood home to confront unfinished business buried on the premises.
Available from Burial Books via Amazon

Break Time (Whisper House Press – Featured Stories, August 2025)
Warehouse worker Darcy makes some unsettling discoveries about her night-shift coworkers.

The Window-Room (parABnormal Magazine, June 2025)
During the 1919 influenza pandemic, a woman dead before her time must breach a spectral barrier to save her baby’s life.
Available from Hiraeth Publishing

Kitty’s Hobby (Horrific Scribblings, April 2025)
For murder enthusiast Kitty Kester, retirement is anything but boring…

The Cutoff (Podcast version) (The Other Stories, December 2024)
Working in a crematorium is no day at the park. Still, Dale, Luke, and Trevor didn’t have to do what they did to Adrienne’s corpse. And she aims to let them know it…
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The Last Train (Horror That Represents You, December 2024)
A young woman is haunted by a phone call from a customer who later commits suicide.
Available from Brigids Gate Press

Feast Your Eyes (Mouthfeel Fiction, Issue 2, May 2024)
“Nice eyes,” he said, looking at her like she was the tastiest morsel on Earth…
Download Issue 2 (free download)

Plant Friends (Spread: Tales of Deadly Flora, December 2023)
A scientist invents a plant that responds to human touch. Will it be a delightful new pet? A brilliant cure for loneliness? Or a recipe for disaster?
Available at Amazon

On the Back Roads (December Tales II, Curious Blue Press, November 2023)
When a co-worker mysteriously vanishes after her elopement, garment factory worker Suzie must figure out what really happened, in this Appalachian tale of myth, magic, and murder.
Available at Amazon

The Devil Went Down to Georgia After the Dobbs Decision (Eggplant Emoji Volume 3: A Wealth of Comedy, October 2023)
When the Governor outlaws abortion, Satan sees an advantage.
Available at Amazon

If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride (Strangely Funny X, Mystery and Horror LLC, October 2023)
Two wealthy families enlist the help of a mysterious old woman to arrange a marriage between their children. However, the magic goes awry as only magic can.
Available at Amazon

The Cutoff (Dragon Gems, October 2023)
A woman comes back from the grave to get revenge on the crematorium workers who defiled her corpse.
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Roots (Two Thousand Word Terrors, October 2023)
Something sinister lurks in the bucolic fields behind a defunct drive-in movie theater.

Double Blind (Epic Echoes Magazine, September 2023)
After a disturbing dream, a man attempts to avoid the terrible death he feels is coming.

Fortune’s Wheel (The Crow’s Quill, February 2023)
Read this poem on page 14 of the Tragic Fates issue
Tempt yourself, tempt somebody else, but never tempt Fate.

The Collectors (Tales of Sley House 2022, October 2022)
Available at Amazon
When a boy goes missing, his father knows the mysterious lights in the forest hold the secrets to finding him.

The Sailor and the Serpent (The Arcanist, September 2022)
When a storm at sea sets two men adrift, they must battle the evils that slowly invade body and mind.
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Home Sweet Home (Bullshit Lit Anthology 01, August 2022)
In this horror comedy, someone is trying to break in, and the homeowner is not pleased.
Available at BullshitLit.com

The Brentford Wives (That is SO Wrong! ​An Anthology of Offbeat Horror, May 2022) – Available at Amazon
When Carrie moves to a posh suburb, she joins the Women’s Club to meet her new neighbors, but soon she learns what lurks beneath their glamorous surface.

The Mirror Keeps the Score (Scare Street, Night Terrors Vol. 20: Short Horror Stories Anthology, May 2022)
Available at Amazon
When Eddie’s girlfriend tries a new beauty routine, he watches her slowly deteriorate, but can he trust his eyes?

Doll Face (Alder & Ebony (Hawthorn and Ash Book 3), Iron Faerie Press, April 2022)
Available at Amazon
An out-of-work model visits an agency that may offer more than she bargained for.

The Last Train (The NoSleep Podcast, Season 17, Episode 16, March 2022)
When Kenna answers a phone call from an upset stranger, it’s just another day at the office. But the next day, the caller winds up dead, and Kenna cannot shake the feeling that she might have contributed to the woman’s fate.

The Painted Man (A Quaint and Curious Volume of Gothic Tales, Brigids Gate Press, February 2022)
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Valarie rents a wing in an eccentric mansion for an artist’s retreat, far from the past she’s trying to forget. But soon she finds there’s more to the house – and her new landlady – than meets the eye.

Fever Pitch (Bag of Bones – 206 Word Stories: A Horror Anthology, February 2022)
Available at Amazon
He shouldn’t have pissed off a pro softball player…

Jane and the Crows (Luna Station Quarterly #48, December 2021)
A woman seeks answers from her dead husband to explain the dreams that haunt her, in this story that is part fairy tale and part horror.

Matters of the Heart (Short Story Town, November 2021)
Working-class Henry Cadogan goes to extreme measures to win the heart of Teresa de Muñoz.

The Train to Piper Hollow (Dream of Rust and Glass: Speculations from the Midwest, November 2021)
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In the summer of 1986, a mysterious train passes through town, appearing to be a local legend come to life. Eleven-year-old Courtney must decide what’s real and what’s not before its strange passengers lure away local children.

In Hazel Hollow (Made of Rust and Glass: Midwest Literary Fiction, Volume I, November 2021)
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As an old woman lies dying and a midwife attends a high-risk birth, an ancient spirit is on the move.

Attack: 1986 (Pestilence: Drabbles 1 (Revelations), Black Ink Fiction, November 2021)
A deadly sea creature devastates a mighty armada, but things are not as they appear.
Available at Amazon

Machinations (Martian: The Magazine of Science Fiction Drabbles, October 2021)
In a dystopian future, a worker receives a secret request to aid in a revolution.

Driving Me Mad (White Enso’s “Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai: 100 Days, 100 Supernatural Stories”, October 2021)
Read the story (scroll to Day 79)
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Played Out (666: A Dark Microfiction Anthology, August 2021)
An angry ex plots a musical sort of revenge.
Available at Black Hare Press

Contagion (Sanitarium, August 2021)
An ancient book gets a modern opportunity to spread its ideas.
Available at Amazon

Reasonable Doubt (WRATH – SEVEN DEADLY SINS #7, A Black Hare Press anthology, April 2021)
At thirty thousand feet, a man receives an unexpected communication from his past.
Available at Amazon

Becoming Brandon (WATCH – A Black Hare Press anthology, April 2021)
A man goes to great lengths to prove himself to a beautiful woman.
Available at Amazon

Fan Fiction (HAVOK, March 2021)
A desperate man tries to discover the identity of the fan who’s stalking his famous wife.

Machinations (Dark Moments – Dark Sci-Fi, Black Hare Press, January 2021)
In a dystopian future, a worker receives a secret request to aid in a revolution.

Feast Your Eyes (Macabre Ladies: Extreme Drabbles of Dread anthology, December 2020)
“Nice eyes,” he said, looking at her like she was the tastiest morsel on Earth…
Available at Amazon

The Gray Man (101 Proof Horror anthology, July 2020)
A man on the street has a message for Shannon, and he won’t stop until she gets it.
Available at Amazon

The Tobin (Perspectives Magazine, p. 30, July 2020)
A bridge narrates the tale of a jumper who meets someone unexpected.

Incoming Call (Horla: The Home of Intelligent Horror, June 2020)
A widow receives phone calls from her dead husband’s number.