BY JONATHAN BALOG Jonathan Balog lives in Rome, where he works as a writer, teacher and tour guide. His fiction and poetry have appeared in Dark Moon Digest, Chiral Mad 3, Chilling Ghost, Dark Visions vol 1, Ominous Realities and Dread: A Head Full of Bad Dreams – The Best of Grey Matter Press. He’s […]
Ralph Steadman's Viral Menace in the New Age
The following are original stories by guest authors who submitted their stories to accompany Ralph Steadman's Viral Menace artwork. I am publishing them in the order they were received. Thank you! Anita Thompson
A BABY ON THE BEACH OF ABU DHABI: GOD AMONG MEN
BY AARON GRAY The day started out like most do while living in the desert. I woke up early, emerged from my bed, and then immediately did my customary 15 jumping jacks to ignite the morning. I followed that off by reciting the pledge of allegiance to an American flag duct-taped to the side of […]
NOWHERE IS SOMWHERE
BY AMELIA PADGETT I am but a mere shadow of what I know to be myself. A ghost, if you will. When I have the strength to lift my head and the courage to face “myself” in the mirror, I am left with feelings of confusion and remorse. My once deep, passionate eyes have now […]
FRIDAY NIGHT IN A PANDEMIC
BY BRIAN PRICE Another Friday night alone. A pile of cigarettes. A half-drank bottle of scotch. And a blank page taunted me. But I wasn’t entirely alone. A beautiful, married woman kept me company too. Entertaining me with naughty videos of her using a lady stick. Naked. On Snapchat. Asking me what I wanted to see […]
COIL
BY CODY OXLEY “No. Not in my ass,” she said to Carlos, startled. It was a gratification he hadn’t breached since college,followed by an awkward terse exchange that yielded to an amicable, more traditional exhaustion. Hisname was Charles – never Charlie, but when an appetite fueled an erection, she’d always called him Carlos. Why the ass now? […]
