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Upstairs, Nathan Breakenridge
The rain had started sometime in the afternoon. Michael sat in his car and stared across the road at the tenement door, waiting for the...
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notdeermag
- Apr 27, 2021
- 7 min
Opal, Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin
CW: blood, human remains I get to know the world long after it has ended. The lunar cycle is the first thing I learn, waiting for Selene...
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- Apr 24, 2021
- 9 min
Inside Your Mind, Helena Pantsis
CW: gore, death, violence Abbey pulled the sheets tight around the mattress. Not a crease marred the sleek flat plains of the freshly...
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- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
Cervidae, Arah McManamna
You don’t know it yet, but early in the morning, the dead deer will lift their broken bodies from where they’ve fallen. It won’t matter...
notdeermag
- Apr 18, 2021
- 4 min
Eaten, Joe Howsin
I met him at a party. He was older than me, mysterious. He stood at the back, always talking to someone but never looking at them, like...
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- Apr 16, 2021
- 2 min
The Woods are Wondrous Here, but Strange, Leonie Rowland
CW: blood This town bares its corners for me, turns its people inside out. There is always rain, but the puddles catch my reflection, and...
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- Apr 15, 2021
- 2 min
The Things We Offer, Shelly Jones
I carry the wood, frozen and splintered, into the cabin, sap oozing onto my sleeves. Wiping my hands on my skirt, something stirs and...
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- Apr 10, 2021
- 4 min
The Sound Monster, Cecilia Kennedy
CW: Some violence, blood At the edge of the pier, we watch the shapes the ripples of water make along the horizon. We’re looking for...
notdeermag
- Apr 6, 2021
- 8 min
Royal & Ancient, M.E. Proctor
Previously published in The Wire's Dream Magazine – 4th collection – December 31, 2018 Alex was relieved the meeting was finally over....
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- Apr 5, 2021
- 4 min
Pleasant Nightmare, Victoria Wraight
I met the vampire when I was high on cough syrup. I had a nasty cold that night, the kind that makes you feel like you aren’t exactly...
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- Apr 4, 2021
- 5 min
The Rabbit, Isabelle Singleton
CW: blood She is one of the cunning folk, and it is a heart filled with desire and hope that I make my way through the woods towards her,...
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- Mar 24, 2021
- 3 min
Eating Boats, Allison Manley
I was at work. My cubicle has a small window that overlooks the lake, and I was staring at the boats, clustered around the shore. It was...
notdeermag
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
Osteo-Orchestra, Nick Gardner
The first kid discovered Debussy blown through the hollowed rib nabbed from the skeleton that rotted in a pile of leaves. And this was...
notdeermag
- Mar 15, 2021
- 7 min
Five Matches, Steven Cousler
Jude sat at the table, a storm brewing outside. He had been invited to this dinner, but by whom he did not remember. He wasn’t even sure...
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- Mar 14, 2021
- 5 min
The Lure Man, Steven Cousler
Mr. Doyle liked to fish. He was considered quite good at it. His friend Liam often went as well, although Mr. Doyle had a hard time...
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- Mar 12, 2021
- 5 min
The City of Unmanageable Blood, J.V. Sumpter
CW: Pregnancy scare, PCOS, slight medical gore, death by medication side effects, brief mention of suicide The troubles began with the...
notdeermag
- Mar 3, 2021
- 4 min
Cry Wolf, Lauren Parker
The old woman saw them along the tree line, tails sweeping through the brush, the coals of their eyes clouded by the spring fog. She...
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- Mar 1, 2021
- 4 min
The Bear in the Tree, Rebecca Harrison
They don’t talk to me, so I sit in the demon tree. The black leaves tickle me and grush to ash on me. Ash goes mothish round me and flies...
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- Feb 22, 2021
- 5 min
The Haunting of Piedras Blancas, DC Diamondopolous
Previously published by Antarctica CW: Suicide There is no end to my love for Jemjasee. I pace the ragged cliffs, searching the sea for...
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- Feb 19, 2021
- 9 min
Beginner's Luck, Leah Mueller
I’d only been a witch for a few months. I devised spells as I went along. Everything was my familiar. Scorpions in the bathroom and...
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