In “At Water’s Edge,” Rebecca M. Senese returns a grieving daughter to her family’s lakeside cottage—where the still water hides something ancient, hungry, and all too familiar. Gemma thought a quiet stay at the old cottage would bring peace after her father’s passing. But the reeds whisper, the lake watches, and something long-submerged remembers her…
In “Shadows in the Mirror,” Jason A. Adams sends a small-town sheriff to a family estate where mirrored halls and old grudges reflect more than just the past—and what waits behind the glass has been watching for a long time. Sheriff Larry Crabtree was hoping for a quiet Sunday with his hound and his girlfriend—but…
In “The Only Thing Left,” Shannon Lawrence delivers a furious, grief-soaked survival story set in a decaying Victorian mansion—where one woman fights back against the ghosts that refuse to let her rebuild her life. Sydney thought restoring a crumbling estate would help her reclaim her life after divorce and devastating loss. The house feels like…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In “Dance Hall Days,” Jamie Ferguson invites us into a retro-themed swing weekend that brushes against another time—and the ghosts that haven’t stopped dancing. Set in a quirky Oregon hotel filled with seashell lamps, tiki heads, and decades of charm, the story blends nostalgia, quiet romance, and a haunting that’s both playful and poignant. Part…
