Sign in Subscribe
21 min read Science Fiction Horror

Blue Light

In this Science Fiction Horror piece, a hard-core game tester discovers that too many hours in front of a screen may not be as harmless as supposed. And while it is possible to tire of pizza and beer, the innocent food of the gods, eating nothing may have strange side effects.
Blue Light
Photo by Alexander Andrews / Unsplash

Blue Light

A.W.McCollough

Things got weird as the long winter crossed its arms and decided to get darker, rainier, and even more depressing than usual. Right after Dana's girlfriend dumped him just before the holidays.

"Statistically, the most common time", said @GoatFer, one of his guildies, "Better to dump the boyfriend now then spend the holidays with someone you are planning to dump. Cleaner. Fuck!Kill that troll." Dana winced as @GoatFer's mic popped.

"On it," He thwacked the troll viciously with a longsword he kept for that purpose. "Still, unnecessarily harsh though. Winters are long." The longsword cleaved the troll in half and then sent a burst of sparkles across the screen. The troll dropped no loot at all, not even a bag of copper.

"Think of it as your chance to level up, Dingbat." @GoatFer laughed.
...

This post is for subscribers only


Published by:

A.W.McCollough

You might also like...

Nov
21
Alike

Alike

In honor of Thanksgiving, horror writer Cody T Luff presents a creepy story of misguided desire and dark hunger. What if emotions were food, and a dark spirit decided to offer tidbits of other souls to its unknowing love? Find out, in Alike.
10 min read
Oct
28
The Sweater

The Sweater

Buying secondhand clothes can be scary. Weird smells, that strange stain, can disturb even the most hardened thrifter. For this Halloween, A.W. McCollough presents a story with true red flags for the bargain hunter.
12 min read
Jan
31
Pie Day

Pie Day

No one keeps the Old Ways. Now the sacrificial meat for the pie is ethically sourced from volunteers, vat-grown, or plant-based. And no one has seen a god in years. In this SF Horror piece, Cody bakes in a new holiday, the meaning of community, and the consequences of forgetting the Old Ways.
11 min read
Dec
13
Consuming

Consuming

By nature, lovers offer themselves to each other, but in this sweet meet-cute body horror story by Cody, some lovers take this very literally. Consider skipping if graphic masochism, body horror, or cannibalism disturb you.
10 min read
Nov
24
20/20

20/20

Don thought his age of unexpected body changes long past, but in this Science Fiction short with a tinge of Body Horror, when infectious body parts meets intellectual property lawsuits, he learns otherwise.
11 min read