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The Chill Quill: Romancing the Gothic

This is the first edition of The Chill Quill, a twice-monthly Horror, Suspense and Speculative Fiction column by Lindy Ryan. There’s something beautiful about the dark, isn’t there?  Characterized by dark atmospheres, grotesque characters and events, and powerful emotions that blur the line between love and hate, Gothic fiction has…
Lindy Ryan
February 20, 2024
Fiction

Why is the Servant Covered in Their Blood?

 From the prisoners’ hold, they take me through the gallery, down the stairs and past the table crawling with barristers and clerks. Around me a river of faces in flood, their mutters rising, blending with the lawyers’ whispers. A noise that hums with all the spite of bees in a…
Neil Nyren
April 29, 2019