‘Strangely Sweet Memories’
When I was a child, my family lived for a while in a flat above a video shop. This struck everyone at school as very odd (though to be honest,… Read more ‘Strangely Sweet Memories’ →
The Death Watch
Damian Mark Whittle
Winter
I remember another winter when the snow also fell. I was far away from home. For a week, I lay every night with another man. There was no question of… Read more Winter →
The Descent – A Short Story
After a few moments’ consideration, Lucas decided to trust to his luck and eat the food that was set before him. True, the meat looked as far from appetizing as… Read more The Descent – A Short Story →
The Road – A Short Story
Ethan glared at the stationary car ahead of him and turned the question over in his mind. How could they sack him? He was one of their best, he knew… Read more The Road – A Short Story →
It Hatches
It Hatches Inside the egg, Scott is neither awake nor asleep. Held tight within the folds of membrane, his consciousness is drifting in blissful detachment. He’s aware of the changes in… Read more It Hatches →
Reading Room: H.P. Lovecraft and Racism in Literature
I recently started reading a compilation of body horror themed short stories, this being a part of the genre I find particularly fascinating. Among the contents is Herbert West – Reanimator… Read more Reading Room: H.P. Lovecraft and Racism in Literature →
Design Room: Grotesquerie
The following two pieces were inspired by a visit to the Thackray Medical Museum. On of the museum’s most popular features is a recreation of dark and smelly 19th century city streets before the arrival of proper public health procedures. They come complete with fake hanging slaughterhouse meat and a variety of disease-faced mannequins . While I was there, a family walked by with their young child who was crying in absolute terror at what he was seeing. The piece below was an attempt to convey my sense of how the nightmarish experience might have felt… Read more Design Room: Grotesquerie →
