Story Spotlight: “Haunting Chloe” by James Pyles

Story Spotlight: “Haunting Chloe” by James Pyles

In “Haunting Chloe,” James Pyles sets a lonely girl on a frozen lake during winter break—where an encounter with a ghostly boy turns eerie, unsettling, and quietly unforgettable. Chloe didn’t expect much from her winter break in the tiny town of Alice Cove—until a pale boy appears on the ice and tries to pull her…

Story Spotlight: “When You Can Walk Away But You Can’t Leave” by DeAnna Knippling

Story Spotlight: “When You Can Walk Away But You Can’t Leave” by DeAnna Knippling

In “When You Can Walk Away But You Can’t Leave,” DeAnna Knippling traps us inside a haunted escape room—where the real horror isn’t just the tech or the spirits, but the systems that refuse to let anyone go. Sharon manages a haunted escape room in suburban Denver—one she designed herself, including the server room she…

Interview: “Zero Proof” by Erik Kort

Interview: “Zero Proof” by Erik Kort

In “Zero Proof,” a sober queer bar becomes a sanctuary—and a battleground—where chosen family, spectral protection, and personal reckoning collide. Set against the backdrop of a queer sober bar in the Pacific Northwest, “Zero Proof” is both a ghost story and a love letter to spaces built with intention and care. Erik Kort weaves haunting…

Story Spotlight: “Blue Bride” by Alicia Cay

Story Spotlight: “Blue Bride” by Alicia Cay

In “Blue Bride,” Alicia Cay pulls us into a chilling Christmas Eve in Berwick-upon-Tweed, where a man searches for his missing brother—and finds instead a house steeped in vengeance, memory, and ghosts that refuse to stay buried. On the storm-lashed northern coast of England, Nathaniel Throne returns to the Wright Mansion—the last place his brother…

Story Spotlight: “That Lake House Summer” by Deb Logan

Story Spotlight: “That Lake House Summer” by Deb Logan

In “That Lake House Summer,” Deb Logan sends a restless teenager to her family’s old vacation house—where no electricity, no Wi-Fi, and one ghost girl turn a reluctant getaway into something unforgettable. Amanda expected boredom when her parents dragged her to a remote lake house with no signal. But a ghost girl hiding in a…

Interview: “They Stole My Love Last Night” by Alexandra J. Brandt

Interview: “They Stole My Love Last Night” by Alexandra J. Brandt

On the Isle of Skye, a granddaughter revisits her family’s inn—and the love story that never ended, even after death. Set against the rugged beauty of the Isle of Skye, “They Stole My Love Last Night” follows a granddaughter returning to the White Skye Inn alongside her Granmarie. What unfolds is a gentle but emotionally…

Story Spotlight: “River of Renewal” by Kari Kilgore

Story Spotlight: “River of Renewal” by Kari Kilgore

In “River of Renewal,” Kari Kilgore strands a woman overnight in the Oregon wilderness after she loses her keys in a freezing river. What begins as an inconvenience turns into a ghostly, healing encounter—with memories, spirits, and a horse that may not be of this world. Elizabeth’s solo hike in the Cascades was supposed to…

Interview: “Blue Bride” by Alicia Cay

Interview: “Blue Bride” by Alicia Cay

A coastal mansion, a missing brother, and a legacy of violence—some doors are locked for a reason. In “Blue Bride,” Alicia Cay reimagines the classic Bluebeard fairy tale through a gothic, gender-flipped lens. When Nathaniel Throne arrives at a secluded coastal mansion searching for his newly married and now missing brother, he steps into a…

Story Spotlight: “Scents Drifting on a Breeze” by Meyari McFarland

Story Spotlight: “Scents Drifting on a Breeze” by Meyari McFarland

In “Scents Drifting on a Breeze,” Meyari McFarland introduces a museum worker with a crush, a mysterious funerary urn, and a ghost who’s been waiting for someone to listen. While sorting through artifacts in a small museum, a queer woman begins to suspect one of the displays—a forgotten funerary urn—might be haunted. As she deciphers…

Interview: Story Spotlight: “When You Can Walk Away But You Can’t Leave” by DeAnna Knippling

Interview: Story Spotlight: “When You Can Walk Away But You Can’t Leave” by DeAnna Knippling

Running a haunted escape room sounds like fun—until the ghosts aren’t just part of the game, and walking away isn’t as easy as it should be. In “When You Can Walk Away But You Can’t Leave,” DeAnna Knippling twists hauntpunk atmosphere with sharp emotional undercurrents, building a story where tech, trauma, and supernatural entrapment collide….