Over 40 tales of monsters, magic, mystery, and madness. From the real to the weird, from the traumatic to the hilarious. Includes three shortlisted works.

So, make yourself a cup of coffee or a pot of tea. Turn off the lights. Make sure you locked your front door. (Did you remember to latch it? Best check.) Wrap your hands around your mug. Wrap your blanket around your shoulders. Come, spend a while in the twisted corners of the human mind.

And always keep an eye on the shifting shadows. Sometimes, terrible things lurk in the darkness.

Joshua G. J. Insole is a British writer who lives in the Austrian Alps. His favoured genres are horror and science fiction. Joshua — three-time winner of the Reedsy contest and author of several other shortlisted stories — published his first book, A Chance of Rain, in July 2020.