Tag: Horror
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Silk, Velvet, and Bone – Issue No. 1
One: Letter From the Editor Two: Excerpt – Bram Stoker Three: Horror – BATSTOR Erotica – SIXTY NIGHT Four: Excerpt – Anais Nin Five: Excerpt – George R. R. Martin Six: Fan Fiction – YODA’S LOG Seven: Poetry – A Terrible Fate Eight: Poetry – An Honorable Drink Nine: Letter to Lestat Ten: Excerpt –…
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Nine: Letter to Lestat
By Emmanuel Williams September 8, 2026 * Dearest Lestat, You know that I need you. It’s been shit, fuckery, and just a debauchable disaster without you… My vampire, my human, my dawg, my psychotherapist… Dearest Lestat, You know my life, and all I’ve been through, the blood in my heart, that’s kept me from you.…
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Three: Horror – BATSTOR
By Emmanuel Williams September 11, 2026 Terrance could hardly wait to get his room key. He had run as far as he could from the nightmare waiting for him in what seemed like every town before this, and twice on the road. It was his need for rest that told him to turn in here,…
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Excerpt From “Madison Hollow”
By Emmanuel Williams July 26, 2026 * From Chapter Two: “Roy drew himself a bath as the darkness of the heavens breached the marble balcony, the floor, the carpet, and swept over the couch, spreading into the bathroom where he sat soaking. Sadness sagging his eyelids and creasing up his forehead. Memories kept flooding his…
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Boney’s Cookbook
By Emmanuel Williams In a cabin somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, a woman lived, alone and away. Away from the complications of others and their stupid fucking problems. The only company she found in years had been a book laying on the ground left by… well god knows who… but its pages kept her company…
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O Frankenstein, Thou Monster
By Emmanuel Williams * “Evil in Germany” by Matthias Stadler, The Austrian Times, translated to the English, 17- The town of Ingolstadt, Germany has been ravaged by a string of deadly encounters with what appears to be a man on a rampage through what is typically a quiet and studious community. Attacks began without warning…
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SALT
By Emmanuel Williams * I walk through the forest, as I usually do. Lurking, waiting, but everyday they come along. With their bows and their arrows. Hungry. Hunting. I wonder what it’s like to come home with a meal, but missing some solitary member of the group. It’s quite simple really, I wait. They come.…
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Patient: Andrew.
By Emmanuel Williams (Content Warning: Adult Themes) Letter to Dr. Bill Klein from Dr. Van Stidham September 19, 2025 Dr. Klein, I have been treating a patient presenting with Substance Abuse symptoms. Andrew began treatment with overwhelming anxiety complaints with persistent triggers in conversation. Every time he hears of musicians in the rock genre, Andrew…
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Fiction’s 5 Greatest Enemies
By Emmanuel Williams When you look up what genres of fiction are most popular, you are confronted with the popularity of Speculative Fiction. It is the most imaginative fiction because it speculates on what could be instead of using elements found in the real world. The most popular speculative subgenres are Science Fiction, Fantasy, and…
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Off The Ball…
By Emmanuel Williams I can see the ball spinning. The lift as it fights air pressure and gravity. It’s above everyone’s head. It’s taking forever! Swish. That’s what I’m talking about! I sink another five minutes later, and suddenly they’re passing it to me more than anyone. I make one, two, three, the fourth one’s…
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The True Beast
By Emmanuel Williams The snow fell soft and thick. Boots found the powder softly and sound escaped no one as the four immortals prowled the white forest throbbing with thirst. Spear, Reed, Crux, and Raven were the forest hunting party for the Brotherhood of Rogan, an obscure clan of vampires, outcast after a failed rebellion…
