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Monthly digital magazine from Dark Holme Publishing — new issue on the 15th, every story under 500 words. Short horror that lingers considerably longer than it should.

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I've been on the keyboard writing some Short Fiction again

The Seventh Repetition
Simon had always considered himself a creature of habit, finding comfort in the predictable rhythm of his days. But today, that rhythm had been disrupted by an unsettling undercurrent; a feeling that something was amiss. From the moment he stepped out of his apartment, a sense of being watched had prickled at the back of his neck, a sensation that persisted throughout his commute and into the sterile environment of his office.

read more: https://david.shortfiction.online/the-seventh-repetition

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Dark Descent — a monthly digital magazine from Dark Holme Publishing. Short horror fiction, under 500 words. Now in print from the Dark Holme store. Support us on Patreon or order the print edition too.
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🖤 Nightmare Poetry is open.

Two pieces featured in every issue of Dark Descent. Dark, eerie, unsettling — that's the brief. Not everything makes it in, but we read everything that comes through.

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Gintinn is giùlan / Bearing and Begetting

A story in Gaelic & English written by Mairi Kidd & illustrated by Tom Morgan-Jones. Inspired by a poem in the National Library of Scotland’s collections attributed to Iseabail Ní Mheic Cailéin & preserved in the sixteenth‑century Book of the Dean of Lismore.

https://www.nls.uk/collections/stories/literature-and-poetry/bearing-and-begetting/

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Short Works: A Timeshare in the Heart
Currently available on BBC Sounds

A tale of wonder, heartbreak and tenderness during one boy's trip to the Scottish seaside. Original short story by Michael Pedersen. Read by Russell Tovey.

Michael Pedersen is a prize-winning Scottish poet & author. He is the current Edinburgh Makar & a former Writer in Residence at he University of Edinburgh.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002vc53

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