Give and Take
It’s easy to forget the reasons for traditions, and unfortunately, just as easy to suffer the consequences.
Selah Janel April 20, 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Every dreadful thing we’ve ever published.
Why We Don’t Expect Writers to be Public Figures
As social media gained popularity, publishers and agents began expecting writers to come with their own platforms and share themselves and their lives online in service of building a customer base. At The Dread Machine, we don’t.
Alin Walker April 16, 2021
Chickenscratch
Forced to live with unfriendly relatives on an Arkansas farm, Cooper accepts strange chicken feed from a sinister salesman that impacts the chickens in unexpected ways.
Kevin M. Folliard April 15, 2021
Twenty Seven
Linda Long, promising vocal artist, lives in fear of becoming a member of the 27 Club—a list of popular musicians who died at the age of twenty-seven. To ensure she makes it to twenty-eight, she takes off a year, but music is her soul, and she’s having a hard time resisting the stage.
Andrey Pissantchev April 13, 2021
The Hole at the Top of the World
A mountain guide leading a Cthulhu cult to their death contemplates letting the end of the world happen.
Benjamin Blattberg April 8, 2021
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