Dispatched from the Dark

Biannual Journal

The Horror Persists

Lock your doors and shut the blinds, the October issue of The Horror Persists will materialize shortly! A big thank you to long-time artist Z. Olivia, who has produced the cover, as well as all thirteen new voices featured in the upcoming issue. Prepare to be scared.

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2025

This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

by Eric LaRocca

The following pushes not only the boundaries of relationships, but that of horror and the reader. Read unspeakable horrors given life at your own risk.

2024

The Houseguest: And Other Stories

by Amparo Dávila

These stories are claustrophobic, and filled with paranoia and obsession. Step inside and enjoy the horrors of domesticity, life, and the unnatural.

2023

Dark Places

by Shaun Allan

Thirteen stories, thirteen poems, twenty-six opportunities to second guess your sanity, understanding of the world, and the human mind.

Monthly Spotlight

September: The Long Vacation

short story by J. Barr

Sunny mornings drinking coffee on the balcony. Late night meals cooked with the dishes left as tomorrow's problem. No work. No engagements. No place to be. Just a blissful month-long vacation for Alex and her girlfriend in an old house upstate, recorded in her daily journal.

Follow closely as the vacation of her dreams turns into a descent of madness as Alex's journal entries slowly become frantic and unsettled, while she tries to conclude whether the house is the problem, or she is.