Fiction
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FIT CAMP by Shane McKenzie
Baxter sat on the couch, staring at his stubby fingers. His parents stood over him, arms akimbo, the harsh words aspirating from their frowning lips. He couldn’t look them in the eye, not while they announced his punishment. Of course, they said it wasn’t punishment, but Baxter knew better. “What do you think, honey?” His [...]
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Fiction: (How to Tell) The Danser from the Danse by Jennifer Rachel Baumer
The day sounds like silver. Wind chimes dangle from trees to light the way up the canyon. The heady smell of eucalyptus and Timothy grass rises in the heat. A haze of clouds covers the Marin sky. Morris dancers moving out of shade and shadow flicker into existence and out. Robert holds Gwen’s hand tightly, [...]
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Fiction: THAT’S ALL RIGHT By Nate Southard
THAT’S ALL RIGHT By Nate Southard For my father. She’s road ready. “Eddie, you have to go faster.” “I’m trying.” “Well try harder! I don’t wanna die!” “C’mon, Sally.” Eddie shoved the ’49 Mercury’s pedal to the floor as both lanes of midnight blacktop straightened out in front of [...]
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Non-Fiction
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Interview with Mike Cairl, Founder of Star Costumes – $1000 Horror Scholarship
An Interview with Mike Cairl, Founder of Star Costumes on the $1000 Horror Scholarship by Chris Perridas Question by Chris Perridas: Mike, welcome to Dark Recesses! So, you’re offering a $1000 scholarship to some worthy film student? How did you decide to do this? Answer by Mike Cairl, founder of Star Costumes: Chris, Star Costumes, [...]
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A Shared Bloodletting With Bailey Hunter << Type AJ Negative
A.J. Brown was kind enough to have a sit down with your’s truly and do a little bloodletting with me. It was all in fun and everyone survived (any rumors to the contrary will be categorically denied). If you ever wondered where it all began, how it got where it is and just who the [...]
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Weird News: Epidemic! Horns growing out people’s heads! by Chris Perridas
When you’re down, and think it can’t get worse – it can. And when arrogance rears its ugly head, and you think you are at the top of the food chain – get a grip. You are food! Here are some tragic and startling cases where individuals have been hijacked by microscopic invaders. The first [...]
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Weird Beasts
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Weird Beasts: Giant Isopods by Chris Perridas
Weird Sea Creature Surfaces Mike Krumboltz, in his blog, reports that a creature right from the imagination of Steve Alten or Howard Lovecraft has surfaced. If we one day walk on another planet, can we find anything as weird as these “weird beasts”? He says that the Bathynomus giganteus which he nicknames Bart, is an [...]
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Weird Beasts: Life on Mars? by Chris Perridas
Have we finally found life on Mars? We at the “Weird Beasts” desk cruise the Internet to bring you eye-popping things. We have been (figuratively speaking) under the sea, on frozen plateaus, and through steaming jungles, or bone-dry blazing-hot deserts. Now we go … to … Mars. Budget strapped NASA frequently releases raw data [...]
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Weird Beasts: Jellyfish Live Forever by Chris Perridas
”Breaking News! Jellyfish of Death are Immortal. Invasion Imminent!” Jellyfish are beautiful, translucent jewels … of death! Just get stung by one of them! Now, breaking news! We at the Weird Beast of Dark Recesses patrol the world to bring to YOU important news of apocalyptic import. Now a scientist has not only declared that [...]
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Reviews
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(Review) Michael Bailey’s SCALES AND PETALS by Nancy O. Greene
Paperback: 214 pages Publisher: CreateSpace (March 25, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1449544959 ISBN-13: 978-1449544959 Talk about disturbing. If you’re looking for a quick summer read, if you’re looking for something easy-going with a few cheap scares, then look elsewhere. Scales and Petals is a collection of poetry and fiction that dangles hope like a carrot [...]
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Review: The Human Centipede (First Sequence) — (2009) by R.J. Cavender
The Human Centipede (First Sequence) — (2009) Written and Directed by Tom Six Ok, first off, if you WANT to see this film I’d recommend NOT reading anything at all about it. Skip the previews and don’t read any further. Seriously, stop reading now if you want to enjoy this film on any level. I [...]
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(Review) Jeani Rector’s AND NOW THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS: THE HORROR ZINE by Nancy O. Greene
AND NOW THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS: THE HORROR ZINE Edited by Jeani Rector Paperback: 260 pages Publisher: BearManor Fiction (December 22, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1593933568 ISBN-13: 978-1593933562 Review by Nancy O. Greene AND NOW THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS: THE HORROR ZINE is an anthology edited by Jeani Rector, the editor of The Horror Zine. It [...]
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Other Recent Articles
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Dark Recesses Press Issue 12 is ALIVE!
Issue 12 is staring out of the darkness—right at you! This creepy cover is by our feature artist Dean Calusdian. This is a Jeff Strand three part special. We’ve chopped him up and delivered him straight to your plates. Bentley Little gives us a peek into his mind. Cody Goodfellow delivers another serving [...]
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Fiction: Empty Houses by Michael Lutz
The house high on the hill was new. State-of-the-art it was once called: a behemoth of glass walls and cool white stone, and it was in immaculate condition. Every morning Argus stepped out of his closet and offered a cheerful greeting to the Housemind. On Mondays he mowed the lawn. On Tuesdays he inspected the [...]
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Fiction: The Skin of the Mountain by Kevin Shamel
Susan, I know you’re alive. I know your city is receiving this transmission. You’ll see it, I’m certain. I am also certain you’ll die soon after. You won’t be taken by the bugs. It’s too late in the cycle for that. You don’t have to worry about anything crawling under your skin while you’re [...]
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Review: A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010) by R.J. Cavender
Something occurred to me about a half-hour into the new “Nightmare on Elm Street” remake. You can’t make people enjoy shitty remakes when they’re not even asking for them in the first place. And, make no mistake; this film is a totally worthless pile of shit. I didn’t expect much, to be honest with you. [...]
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Fiction: At Least the Dead by Lee Thompson
I walk to forget, or until I’m forgiven my crimes against God and man and Earth. Hezekiah Jackson’s face had long turned chestnut brown from the relentless, seething sun. The knife duct taped to his left forearm rubbed his skin raw as he walked the shoulder of a side road—one he knew he could [...]
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