Fiction by Alison Stine
In the spirit of Lord Byron and Halloween, our founder Adam Morgan launched a microfiction contest called the 1816 Challenge, awarding one horror story, of 50 words max, $100, and four finalists publication in our journal. Here is one of the four finalists.
Every night the dream: the man coming out of your past and shadows, his coat dark, his hands huge. The clinic takes that away. Removes a black, gelatinous column near your spine. Siphons it. You sleep well, after. So well, you don’t hear the door — or the heavy, familiar footsteps
Alison Stine’s novel TRASHLANDS will release from MIRA/HarperCollins in October. Her first novel won the Philip K Dick Award. She writes for The New York Times.
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