The Disciple of Many Faces By Joshua Viola Published Issue 090, June 2021 “Let there be darkness,” the disciple said. He pierced the wretch’s eyes, and it was good. The wretch cried out in pain. “Let there be silence.” The disciple, never seen twice with the same visage, loosed the wretch’s tongue with a slash, …
Flashpoints By Joshua Viola and Keith Ferrell Published Issue 089, May 2021 The first half of Flashpoints was published in Issue 089, May 2021. Click this skull icon for Part 2 to finish where you left off reading in print. Max lay in bed, accompanied by the familiar chirping beeps of his health monitor. Brave, his dog, …
StokerCon 2021: Colorado’s Annual Horror Lit Fest An Interview with John Palisano and Joshua Viola By Krysti Joméi Art by Aaron Lovett Read an exclusive sneak peek of the The Denver Phantom Edition — “Collateral Damage” by Angie Hodapp — below the interview. Horror Writers Association president John Palisano and StokerCon 2021 souvenir anthology editor & producer …
ARTOPSY: Aaron Lovett By Krysti Joméi Published Issue 086, February 2021 REPORT OF INVESTIGATION BY BIRDY EXAMINER INVESTIGATING AGENT: Krysti Joméi SUBJECT: Aaron Lovett OCCUPATION: Freelance Artist RESIDENCE: Denver, CO BIRTHPLACE: Denver, CO TYPE OF ART: Colorful, dark, expressive MANNER OF ART: Digital Art PROBABLE CAUSE OF ART: Wacom Cintiq, Photoshop, iPad, Procreate CASE FILE …
When the Trumpet Sounds By Joshua Viola Published Issue 084, December 2020 The Counting House The King was in his Counting House. Reverend Jimmy Joe King never said those words aloud, but he thought them every week, here in the room no one but Jimmy Joe himself was allowed to visit. He spent …
SCARECROWS By Joshua Viola Art by Aaron Lovett Published Issue 082, October 2020 Scarecrows was previously published in Nightmares Unhinged: Twenty Tales of Terror (2015, Hex Publishers). ‡ “That’s mine,” Cody said, hoping he sounded tough — if he did, maybe he wouldn’t have to fight them. “Give it back.” “Newbie wants his little cap back,” Rich, …