Sinister Minutes

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In the strongest communities, each of us pitch in and do what's best for one another. Sometimes that requires a little sacrifice. Sometimes the sacrifice isn't so little. Open Market was written by guest author Brett R. Scott, who workshops their stories on Reddit, under the name Miss Mnemosyne.Then it's time for Tim to take us down a dark, chill set of basement stairs and lock us away in a piece he calls The Box.Cover art adapted from an original image by Michael Kauer from Pixabay

Original image by Michael Kauer from Pixabay

Guest author Harvey Carnell provides a tale of a modern family called "The Mother." How DO we get into that attic? And just how reliable is our narrator?After that, Tim provides some dark chill with a piece called Midnight Ripples.Harley Carnell lives and writes in London. His Pushcart-nominated fiction appears in Penumbra, the NoSleep Podcast, Bards & Sages, and Riptide Journal, among others. His non-fiction appears in Gamut, Aurealis and the Lovecraft Annual. Find him at https://www.harleycarnell.comImage by Kathrin from Pixabay

Image by Kathrin from Pixabay

A guy who decides to make a deal with a demon...as part of his plan to increase the traffic on his channel. Chapter 1 of Marked.Then, a musical interlude from Mr. Parker, with a seven fugue piece called Cortege.

Our favorite old xenophobe, Howard Philips Lovecraft. A musical piece called Festering Fingers wriggling its way into your track-or-treat bag. Plus a couple of short-shorts inappropriate for even a purple people eater.