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…
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….
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…
A bored teenager, a forgotten lake house, and a ghost girl hiding in a cupboard—sometimes the most unexpected summers leave the deepest marks. In “That Lake House Summer,” Deb Logan crafts a gentle coming-of-age ghost story filled with warmth, curiosity, and a hint of wistfulness. When Amanda’s summer trip to a remote, signal-free lake house…
In “Whispers of the Whistle Stop,” Charles Eugene Anderson puts us aboard a ghost-haunted train on a presidential campaign trail—where lost souls and forgotten voters ride alongside ambition, grief, and reckoning. As a presidential hopeful rides the Liberty Express across the country, he begins to realize the train—and the campaign—aren’t what they seem. Haunted by…
Restoring an old house seemed like a fresh start—but the house’s past, and its restless ghosts, have other plans. In “The Only Thing Left,” Shannon Lawrence delivers a fiercely emotional haunted house story rooted in grief, rage, and the sheer stubbornness of survival. Sydney’s attempt to start over collides with spectral forces that don’t want…
In “They Stole My Love Last Night,” Alexandra J. Brandt brings us to the wind-lashed coast of the Isle of Skye, where a granddaughter joins her Granmarie on a bittersweet return to the White Skye Inn—a place where grief, music, and fae magic still linger. When a young woman returns to her family’s inn on…
A frozen lake, a lonely winter break, and a boy who doesn’t belong among the living—Chloe’s quiet holiday is about to turn unforgettable. In “Haunting Chloe,” James Pyles crafts a quietly eerie tale of loneliness, intuition, and the dangerous charm of the unknown. When Chloe meets a strange boy on the ice during a winter…
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…
