A scotophobic man awakes in the middle of the night and has to make a frightening journey to the bathroom.

Short horror and science fiction stories of the surreal, uncanny and unsettling. Narrated by the author.

A young man who is not all he seems enjoys a night out on Sunset Strip in the 80’s.

Short horror and science fiction stories of the surreal, uncanny and unsettling. Narrated by the author.

A man discovers the philosopher's stone is far stranger and more sinister than he could have believed.

Short horror and science fiction stories of the surreal, uncanny and unsettling. Narrated by the author.

A man comes to grips with the crushing silence of a post-apocalyptic landscape.

Short horror and science fiction stories of the surreal, uncanny and unsettling. Narrated by the author.

A young man has to make a life-threatening journey to the top of a building and back down again to avoid a grisly, frigid death. And he's on the clock. 

Short horror and science fiction stories of the surreal, uncanny and unsettling. Narrated by the author.

Indiana's roads get pretty spooky mid-Winter. Sometimes all you can really make out behind you is the headlights...

Short horror and science fiction stories of the surreal, uncanny and unsettling. Narrated by the author.

What if you found an AI program that did more than just created an image of something? What if it was creating something else entirely?

Short horror and science fiction stories of the surreal, uncanny and unsettling. Narrated by the author.

A man's cat brings him an unwelcome surprise. A meditation on how not making a choice is it's own choice and what that means.

Short horror and science fiction stories of the surreal, uncanny and unsettling. Narrated by the author.

In a witchy twist on the hitchhiker story, a young girl  flags down a ride into town and gets more than she bargains for. 

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Short horror and science fiction stories of the surreal, uncanny and unsettling. Narrated by the author.