Sinister Minutes

Guest author K.G. McAbee serves up a tasty treat, a meal she calls Aunt Clytie’s Canning Jars. Then it's time to clean up a sticky mess with Tim's Ectoplasm III.K.G. McAbee is multi-published in a variety of genres, but she especially loves horror, no doubt due to her early passion for Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee. She lives in a haunted log cabin in upstate South Carolina and spends too much time reading and drinking iced tea when she really should be writing. Her latest novella is called HELL BELOW ZERO, which may or may not be an homage to John W. Campbell’s WHO GOES THERE. Visit her at https://reamsofdreams.substack.com/ or https://linktr.ee/kgmwriter for more information.

Original image (before we twisted it around) by Alexey Marcov from Pixabay

A corridor filled with machines that gurgle for no apparent reason, smells of alcohol and bodily fluids, and the most unflattering garb anyone could ever have envisioned. It's time for your annual checkup, if you survive the "Waiting Room." After your checkup, Tim's got something to send you right back to the doctor, a piece he calls Tone Poem: It Bites.

Edgar Allen Poe continues to amaze us in how well he captures descent into madness, from the point-of-view of the one descending. If The Tell-Tale Heart doesn't bring you to the edge, perhaps the bleak view of the Conqueror Worm will. Tim rounds us out with a fresh sprinkling of Mummy Dust.

A child waits for someone special in a hospital hallway that gathers the fewest visitors. Then, it's haunted house season and the kids have decided to check out the newest attraction. Finally, if you're alone in the house and hear a strange noise, Tim will put your mind at ease with his latest. Image by kalhh from Pixabay

A collection sinister stories, pernicious poetry, and macabre music captured live at Black Masquerade (Nov 2024) and Mayfaire (May 2025). Includes (in order):DryadCounting BirdsFunerealThe PoetOde to a MosquitoOctopus, Cow, or DuckGerbilFlash FuneralMidSummerNumbersLet it All BurnRememberDark Reflection

Revenge is a dish best served...by a excellent chef. A rodent makes a dapper first impression. A prison break. And musical porridge unlike anything you've sampled before.Poetry, artwork, and more from guest author Branwen Drew can be found at https://branwendrew.substack.com/p/linksImage by Dieter from Pixabay

Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay

A bad-ass feline, faithful to his pet human for the duration of a life well lived—and then well beyond. Plus fodder for a night of insomnia with "Nightmare III"Elmo the Ghost Cat by guest author Ashtar DezaImage by Birgit from Pixabay