“The Road Stops at Nowhere,” by Denis Beckett, 80 pp, NDA Press, 1998. It was our annual summer ritual: a long vacation trip by automobile. Each of us had our roles in this undertaking: We kids were responsible for collecting… READ MORE
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The genesis of my story, “I Feel My Body Grow,” in “100 Wicked Little Witch Stories” was simple: I wanted to sell a story to “100 Wicked Little Witch Stories.” During the ‘90s writer and editor Stefan Dziemianowicz edited a… READ MORE
THE BIRTHMARK A short horror story By Del Stone Jr. — Introduction I can trace the lineage of “The Birthmark” easily enough. I wrote it sometime in the early ’90s. It was published in Pat Nielsen’s small press magazine “Crossroads,”… READ MORE
THE CLOSET A short horror story By Del Stone Jr. — Introduction This story violates one of the big rules of horror – never place a child in peril. Which is odd. I see movies do it all the time…. READ MORE