Blood And Jazz

Welcome to the owner’s manual of your meatslave. Warren Benedetto writes dark fiction about horrible people, horrible places, and horrible things. He is an award-winning author and a full member of the SFWA. For more information, visit  warrenbenedetto.com  and follow @warrenbenedetto on  Twitter  and  Instagram .

Happy Valentines. I feel your pain...

That third song will get you. Pilar lives in Colorado with her dog and her cat. She writes song lyrics, short genre fiction and poetry; and is working on some personal memoirs and essays.

Children seem so innocent when they’re playing, until you hear what they’re really saying…

On the eve of solar eclipse of the new moon, new beginnings are yours to be had. Donna Dallas has been published in The Opiate, Beatnik Cowboy, Tribes and Horror Sleaze Trash. She is the author of Death Sisters, published by Alien Buddha Press. Her first chapbook, Smoke and Mirrors, launched in 2022 with New York Quarterly. Her latest chapbook, Megalodon, launched in April with The Opiate.

Maybe I don’t want my brain to be like yours. Lorraine Schein is a New York writer and poet. Her work has appeared in VICE  Terraform, Strange Horizons,   NewMyths  and  Michigan Quarterly , and in the anthologies  Wild Women  and  Tragedy Queens: Stories Inspired by Lana del Rey & Sylvia Plath.  Her book,  The Lady Anarchist Cafe , is out now from Autonomedia.  https://autonomedia.org/product...

In 1870 the Prussians surrounded Paris, cutting them off from the world. The citizens starved and predators learned a chilling lesson.

The last day of school means so many things these days. And not all happy.

My self destruction sweeps in not so innocent bystanders.

LGC sits down with Elizabeth McClellan to discuss ka’s latest poem and what inspired kan to write it. Get a pen out, ka recommends a whole list of amazing sci-fi and horror for us to read. Nettle and Bone My Heart is a Chainsaw This is How You Lose the Time War Comfort me With Apples @popelizbet on Twitter Mother: Tales of Love and Terror ER McClellan's Patreon Can I Sign Your Tentacle? Buddy...

Linton takes us to the sharp edges of desire.

From capsized boats carrying their hopeful to schoolgirls kidnapped in the bloom of youth, his people sing of mothers' sadness at the fate of her people.

Asserting yourself with authority street style

A nine year old birthday girl takes the train to genocide

Come feel the lost highway vibe in this silky gem of a poem. We’ve all been that girl in the red dress sometime in our life.  Debra worked for many years as an Early Childhood Educator. She began writing poetry in her teens and twenties- and stopped for some decades, as she felt unable to reach the place that she wanted to with her poetry. Instead, she concentrated on fiction. Over the past y...

She strides the world like a colossus, no gun can kill her. Elizabeth R McClellan brings you a vision that will haunt you. Let Martinne whisper this nightmare in your ear. Elizabeth R. McClellan is a disabled gender/queer demisexual poet writing on unceded Quapaw and Chickasha Yaki land. They are a DV attorney working with immigrant survivors. Their work has appeared previously in Strange Horizons...

Charles Njikonye celebrates sex workers through time. Martinne shares her thoughts on the skill of great lovers. What's not to love?

Oh my darlings,  Carmichael had me deep in my sads with this one. Some things and some people you can't fix, no matter how hard you wish to.

Lorraine Schein brings us a cosmic orgasm of universe bending proportions. Pour a glass of your favorite poison, settle in, and let her words cascade over your body until you catch fire. Burn baby burn.

Blair draws you into the Goddess of war, love, and fertility's temple. Feel yourself wrapped in incense and prayers as you prostrate yourself before her feet. Keily Blair (they/them) is an autistic, queer writer, as well as Managing Editor of the Signal Mountain Review. They hold a BA in English: Creative Writing from UT Chattanooga, where their nonfiction won the Creative Nonfiction Award. Their...

Our last public podcast and your last chance for Martinne to purr liquid liminal dark feminine directly into your limbic system before it becomes a Patreon patron treat only. Neethu Krishnan is a writer from Mumbai, India, who holds postgraduate degrees in English and Microbiology. Her nonfiction has appeared in The Spectacle and a short story is forthcoming in an anthology by Improbable Press. Sh...

Fashion your own perfect woman. No judgment here. Poet Alicia Hilton takes us on a shopping spree for all the squishy parts.

Image by Igor Rand on Unsplash  story by Rebecca Cuthbert Body modification evolves beyond our limited view of beauty. Sometimes a knife, and loyal assistant are all you need... Rebecca Cuthbert lives and writes in Western New York. Her work has appeared in Brevity, Slipstream, Neworld Review, and elsewhere. Her story "Joiner" placed as a finalist in the 2021 New Millennium Writing Awards. Sh...

Hekate is haunting the halls of the asylum. Lorraine Schein is a New York writer. Her work has appeared in VICE Terraform, Strange Horizons, Enchanted Conversation , and Mermaids Monthly , and in the anthology Tragedy Queens: Stories Inspired by Lana del Rey & Sylvia Plath. The Futurist’s Mistress , her poetry book, is available from Mayapple Press: www.mayapplepress.com

Revenge is a bloody affair. Vanessa Jae writes speculative poems and short stories. She volunteers as slush reader for Apex Magazine and translator for Progressive International. Jae also collects black hoodies and bruises in mosh pits on Tuesday nights. To read tweets by interesting people follow her at @thevanessajae