This second story in my Halloween season investigates one house on Halloween night.

The Eyes That See is a free creepy flash fiction set in the early 20th Century at the height of Egyptmania among high society.

What follows is the first part of another longish story. This one will be a fairly quick release (over the next couple weeks), but each segment is going to be a bit longer than other stories that h…

Here comes the second installment of our current story. You can catch up to where we are now or reacquaint yourself with the story with the links below. Thorns of the Apple Tree The Apple The Orcha…

And here we are with the last installment of Thorns of the Apple Tree. This is the longest of the three sections so grab a cup of coffee or maybe some apple crumble and enjoy the ride. You can find…

In the days before their wood was pulped for paper for recording our stories and lore, the trees ranged tall and proud. Their canopi...

He knew he would never ski again. Nor ever take a swim in the sea. No more playing football, not even kicking a ball around in the garden ...

In this free short horror story, a highwayman with bloodthirsty tendencies poses the age old dilemma. "Your money....or your life!"

He charged five bucks a head. Frat pledgers, his fellow medical students of course, criminology majors who wanted to experience something b...

Third Door on the Left is going to be a two parter. It will follow the normal pattern of the longer stories featured here. The link that Follows will take you to the final half of this story. Third…

This one is a bit risqué at times but never fear, it goes right into the strange and odd that we can expect. Chasing Death The sounds of the hammer beating against wood and nail rang out in the sti…

At first I thought you might be casing the joint. But returning day after day after day, I realised you were studying me. What could you po...

No one at this party sported name badges. More’s the pity. They all appeared tightly bonded, hierarchically indentured, Jacob's social ladd...

Speculations in food, beer, and strange fiction.

Speculations in food, beer, and strange fiction.

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Speculations in food, beer, and strange fiction.

The man was lying asleep on his side, his handd tucked under his facee for a pillowwww, when he was shakennn awake. His whole bed was...

Speculations in food, beer, and strange fiction.

The figure stretches, ancient joints popping as it shakes free the sleep of decades. It emerges into the nocturnal world of the city, neon light sparking in puddles outside 24 hour cafes and quiet laundromats. Laughter pours from the bars, and the figure turns away in irritation. The moan of the sickroom is its favourite […]

Icy Sedgwick is a writer, focusing on dark fantasy and Gothic horror. She blogs about folklore and other related topics at her website.