Sinister Minutes

In "The Well," there's some really weird shit going on. Over there. Just beyond the edge of town. Might better tell the sheriff. Or maybe not.Then, just when you thought it was safe to go to sleep, Tim's blasting us with Night Terrors."The Well" was written by E.B. Sommer, whose work has been featured in The Daily Tomorrow, Manawaker Flash Fiction Podcast, and The Stygian Zine. She is an Associate Member of SFWA and can be found at www.ebsommer.comCover art based on an image by Volker Glätsch from Pixabay

Directions is all about the ways we get from point A to point B, and how much we rely on our phones to get us there in the most efficient way. After getting lost in the narrative, Tim leads us down a dark path with a piece he calls It Came From the Box.Graphic based on an image by Jiří Groh from Pixabay

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

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

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.

Duet - a fairy tale about a princess and the musical challenges she's willing to tackle to meet her prince. Then, a composition that cuts right to the bone - The Knife.

Both of Us, by Zachary Reisch, features a woman whose inherited illness causes her romantic relationships to come with a painful price. In Poppet, a bayou witch is hired to craft a voodoo doll...of a creature most certainly not human. Finally, Tim's gearing up to blow us all away with a piece of sinister music he calls Pandemonium 4.Zachary Dein Reisch writes speculative fiction in Boston, Massachusetts.Cover art based on an image by 💚🌺💚Nowaja💚🌺💚 from Pixabay