The Custodian is all about the sort of menial job you hate and the pressures to keep doing it, while Lily gives us a taste of a very different profession: therapist. Our characters may be ready to switch stories by the end of their shifts. Then, Tim gives tops up our Halloween program with a chorus of the macabre, a pièce de résistance called "Disembodies Voices."
The Custodian comes to us from guest author Ed Ahern, who resumed writing after forty odd years in foreign intelligence and international sales. He’s had about 700 stories and poems published so far, and fourteen books. He works the other side of writing at Bewildering Stories where he’s a review board editor and at Scribes Micro, where he’s the idle figurehead.
Lily, previously published by Blood Moon Rising in July 2025, comes to us from the talented Emily Jones; a passionate writer who turns everything into an idea, even her darkest moments. Especially her darkest moments. She writes in many forms, from drabbles to novels, and enjoys exploring the darker side of genres. She's been published by The Horror Tree, Dark Holme Publishing, The Horror Zine and more.
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