In “Zero Proof,” a ghostly presence lingers in a sober queer bar in the Pacific Northwest—where chosen family and emotional reckoning collide in a space built for safety, but haunted by the past. When a queer couple rushes to protect their friend and her bar, they find themselves face-to-face with a haunting that’s both collective…
A forgotten funerary urn, a quiet crush, and a ghost who has waited too long for someone to listen—the museum’s ordinary displays an extraordinary story. In “Scents Drifting on a Breeze,” Meyari McFarland weaves a soft, romantic ghost story about memory, recognition, and the overlooked spaces where connection quietly blooms. As a museum worker puzzles…
In “To Everything There is a Season,” P. D. Cacek opens the door to a once-familiar writing room—where memory, fiction, and a writer’s legacy blend into one final, ghostly conversation. When retired writer Rhea Wentworth sneaks back into her old office—now part of a museum—she discovers the past isn’t done with her. Her fictional characters…
Stranded overnight by a freezing river, a woman encounters a ghostly presence—and a path toward healing she never expected. Set deep in the Cascade Mountains, “River of Renewal” captures the quiet ache of solitude and the slow, uncertain steps toward healing. Kari Kilgore’s story blends ghostly magic with emotional realism, crafting a haunting where the…
Step into the Shadows Some places linger long after their stories should have ended. An old lake house, a mist-veiled river, a garden on the Isle of Skye—these spaces hum with memory, grief, and echoes of what once was. In Haunted Places, the second volume of the Haunted anthology series from Blackbird Publishing, fourteen storytellers…
“Honeysuckle and Blue,” by Karen L. Abrahamson, appears in Stolen by the Fae, the 6th volume in the anthology series A Procession of Faeries. Excerpt I should have paid more attention to what Posey said, but at the time I was just so relieved to find her. “There you are! I’ve been looking all over!…
“Hunter by Night,” by Annie Reed, appears in Stolen by the Fae, the 6th volume in the anthology series A Procession of Faeries. Excerpt This particular pizzeria didn’t have wait staff. Probably one of the reasons the food was so reasonably priced. When your order was ready, the pizza chef called out your name and…
“Estimated Value,” by DeAnna Knippling, appears in Stolen by the Fae, the 6th volume in the anthology series A Procession of Faeries. The Interview Why do you think the mythology of the changeling, in which the Fae steal a human and replace it with one of their own kind, is so intriguing to people? I…
“Two Pies out of One Pan,” by Thea Hutcheson, appears in Stolen by the Fae, the 6th volume in the anthology series A Procession of Faeries. The Interview Why do you think the mythology of the changeling, in which the Fae steal a human and replace it with one of their own kind, is so…
“The Destroyer,” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, appears in Stolen by the Fae, the 6th volume in the anthology series A Procession of Faeries. Excerpt I discovered the house during one of my last crazy full moons. Nestled in the trees at the very edge of my twenty-acre territory, the house was small, white, with big…
