The New Bedlam Project follows the adventures of numerous and sundry characters found in the past, present and future of one messed up little town. Originally started as a companion piece to the Courting Morpheus anthology, the webzine has taken on a life of its own. We publish several short stories and a selection of poetry in each quarterly . . .
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Though pompous with its modern advancements, Sybar City has always fostered a seedy underbelly stretching back millennia. Glory, a humble scholar with a talent for occult research, is unwillingly thrust into this world of ancient malevolent races and scientific exploitation. A girl with issues, she would just as soon crawl into a bookshelf and never come back out, leaving a . . .
What do Lovecraftian demons, power-hungry magicians, heavily-armed religious fanatics, and vampire mobsters have in common? They’re all trying to ruin Alice’s day. . . .
Welcome to the world of master fabulist Edward Morris, where History has been pulled down a Hieronymus Bosch rabbit-hole and everything makes far too much sense. In Morris’s alternate history tour de force, on an East Coast two centuries after Armageddon, a rogue soldier throws himself back in Time to wreak havoc upon History and feed on the blood in . . .
Isobel Talbot’s life was a monotony, even her heartbreaks were predictable; but a chance encounter leaves her running for her life from the most terrible and impossible things. And worse yet, she’s fallen in love. . . .
Original works of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Ten years of novels, short stories, and serial fiction. All free. . . .
A man wakes up inside a coffin with no knowledge of how he got there or who he is. After freeing himself, he finds a note in his pants directing him to “Avoid the sunlight! Don’t touch anybody!” Afraid, hurt, and alone, he starts a journey to discover the truth about himself. But some things are better left unknown. . . .
30 Pieces of Silver is an urban fantasy webserial set in Baltimore, a.k.a. Charm City. Each installment is self-contained, though all take place in the same city and characters and plots sometimes interrelate. A new installment is posted every Sunday morning, and they usually are between 300 and 1500 words long. . . .
The New Bedlam Project follows the adventures of numerous and sundry characters found in the past, present and future of one messed up little town. Originally started as a companion piece to the Courting Morpheus anthology, the webzine has taken on a life of its own. We publish several short stories and a selection of poetry in each quarterly . . .
Faith and religion are dying, but that doesn’t make the demons any less real. Maeve, an Irish small-town girl who has recently moved to London, realizes just how real demons can be when an everyday morning commute turns into a fight for her life. And now that she can see them, they can see her . . . . . . .
Halfling and fledgling mage Amber McKenzie has fled from Arizona with Vicky the vampire to avoid the law. Marcus has walked out on Amber, and in his absence, Vicky and Amber find themselves growing closer together, each of them desperate to ease the ache of loneliness. While hiding out in San Antonio, Vicky encounters Emil, an ancient vampire and . . .
Morality constantly teeters on a scale measuring the cost of life and the willingness to forfeit virtue. As Dmitri will soon find out. The story opens up in 1980’s Russia, a time of great anxiety for the people, with our main character starving, with a baby sister to care for. Where on the pendulum shall the boy balance out at? . . .
All over the world, Knights are appearing. They have swords. They ride horses. They wear shining armour. They’re causing trouble. Nobody knows where they came from or why they’re here—even the Knights themselves are pretty vague on the matter. However, they’re not about to let that get in the way of their crusading. They have a Law to uphold. . . .
There are two things you need to know before I begin this review proper. First of all, it’s not normal for editors in WFG to review a work that’s just started. Knightfall’s only at Issue One, though that issue is fairly substantive. But I stumbled onto it by chance on the editor’s unreviewed listings board, and I found myself scrolling, [more . . .]
I love going to the movie theatre. My dad had a rule—we only went to epic movies. He didn’t see the point in paying good money to watch a small-time comedy that we’d be able to watch on television in a few years. Because he was picky, we went to great movies. Jurassic Park, Star Wars, the Lord of [more . . .]