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…
A retired writer slips into her old office—and finds that not all the characters she created are ready to say goodbye. In “To Everything There is a Season,” P. D. Cacek spins a gentle, wistful ghost story about creation, memory, and the invisible life of fiction. When Rhea Wentworth sneaks back into her former office,…
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 “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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
