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Predators A stranger in town can spell trouble...if that town has a dark and deadly secret in Belinda Ferrymen's noirish little tale...
Seeing Red Jealousy and secrets on the carnival circuit can have deadly consequences when it's an aging knife thrower who's in the middle of it all...
Le Carcajou Biking through deserted countryside in the middle of the night can be deadly, as there are things which prey on the unwary...but deadly for whom...? This serial has been removed from the Archives at the request of the author as the story will be re-appearing in another publication (so keep an eye out for it!)
Black Idol A missionary's zeal to convert the unbelievers may cause him to cross the line...and then, whose beliefs will prove the more deadly...?
The Weeping House Folksy spook-buster John Bass returns to P&D, courtesy of author Joshua Reynolds, in this tale of Hollywood royalty in the deep south...and a haunted mansion...
The Cat Lady Contributor Sean Gilbert comes around again to P&D with a wry little tale of false hearts, felonies and felines...or is that felonious felines...?...
Alternates Author A.L. Godfrey returns to P&D with this brief but cleverly twisty little sci-fi tale of dopplegangers and double crosses...
Authenticity They say you should write what you know. Sage advice not always wise to heed...if such knowledge can only be acquired in the mountains of Romania, and your subject is the truth behind the myth of Dracula...
One Call Does it All Perry Richards discovers an escort service that will get rid of those unwanted people in your life on the side. But be careful if your fingers do the walking...you never know where they might lead...
The Marriage Magician Author Sean Gilbert arrives here at Pulp and Dagger with this wry, light-hearted little offering about a most unusual marriage counsellor who produces some unexpected results...
Wicked Wood Another returning scribe this week, as "Jolly" Josh Reynolds treats us to a little southern spooker, as a small town spook hunter is called upon to investigate the thing that goes "bump" in the night...
When is a Man? "Royal" Richard Lyon returns to PDF with a philosophical little tingler that may stir the mind...even as it chills the spine...
Ricochet War may be hell, but it's politics that can kill you in Belinda Anne Ferrymen's cold blooded tale of a would be union boss whose debating skills have the whiff of cordite...
Freeze Frame Chris Burdett brings us a tale of the date from Hell. But don't worry. If things get too frightening, you can always freeze frame...
Visions of Terror Once again, J. Vandersteen brings PDF a tale to put the rats up your spine. No sign of Harvey Banks, this time, but psychic investigator Ryan Nova is on the case...
A Tale of Ak Fhur of Theer A haunting frightmare from Herbert Jerry Baker...Beware the fate of Ak Fhur of Theer! Some things are best forgotten...
Red Sky in the Morning Jeffrey Blair Latta offers up this tale of Humanity's first trip to Mars and what they find there...or what finds them?...
A Watery Grave Once again, the return of Jochem Vandersteen's paranormal investigator, Harvey Banks, who suspects the monster in the lake is just a myth...after all, they told him several men went "mything", heh, heh, heh...
Entrails With a title like that, what more need be said? The hunters become the hunted in this homage to Lovecraft courtesy of Randall Stephan....
Snake in the Grass A.L. Godfrey returns with this silthering sideshow of the serpentine variety. Watch where you step...
Sky Babies Your humble editor Jeffrey Blair Latta presents this monster-piece in which the end of the world is only the beginning of the...Sky Babies!
Identity Crisis Daniel Vanvick offers up this compact character study of one Tony Culpa. Tony's got a lot on his mind these days and it's just about driving him nuts!... Just about?
A Serpent's Tooth Jochem Vandersteen's tabloid reporter, Harvey Banks, returns for a fourth scarifying tale! Put this one down to a lesson in safe sex...Cause this lady's into more than heavy petting...hm?...
Mrs. Foggarty's Mirrors One of the most popular voices here at PDF, "Long" John Outram comes through yet again with this riveting reflection as two small boys learn it isn't smart to mess around in Mrs. Foggarty's house...
Sinister W. David MacKenzie debuts at PDF with this nano-sized nail-biter. Justice served calls for a most unusual menu...
Awaiting Death Another tale from the dependable pen of Jochem Vandersteen featuring his paranormal reporter, Harvey Banks, called to investigate a nursing home with a decidedly elevated check-out rate, heh, heh, heh... ...
The Antiquity A chilling charmer from J. vanderHorst-Buckley. To quote the inestimable Norman Bates: A boy's best friend is his Mother...
Bumper Crop PDF welcomes Karl W. Heffelfinger who brings us this sinister little snippet sure to have you all squirming in your Buster Browns...
The Color of Blood Jochem Vandersteen's paranormal investigator, Harvey Banks, returns to PDF in this tale of grisly goings-on in the roughest part of town...A little spatterfest sure to have you seeing red, heh, heh, heh...
One Small Step Jeffrey Blair Latta puts things in perspective with this tantalizing time-waster of otherworldly visitors and a First Contact with most unpleasant consequences...
The Mirror Story Once again "Jolly" Josh Reynolds finds a monster in the most unlikely place...Remember this one, the next time you're alone in your bedroom...or think you're alone...
Locked Room Horror PDF proudly introduces Jochem Vandersteen's paranormal investigator, Harvey Banks! Harvey will dare anything for a scoop...and we do mean any...THING...
A Midnight Snack Talbot Pratt brings us this toothy tale of Penelope Leighton, whose dreams feature a very hungry, very vivid crocodile...But, of course, dreams can't hurt you...can they?...
Come Not Near Our Fairy Queen The fairies in this creepy crawler would eat Tinkerbell alive, wings and all! Thanks to Carl Lind for this Midsummer Nightmare you won't soon forget...
Skulkers Kevin "The Wizard" Lumley returns with this sci-fi soliloquy set on the alien world known only as #0134! A great place for colonization...if the Skulkers don't get you first... This serial has been removed from the Archives at the request of the author as the story will be re-appearing in another publication (so keep an eye out for it!)
Creepers A.L. Godfrey returns to the Mighty PDF with this sinister little sapling about a grisly green thumb...Or, in other words, this one will really grow on you...
"Behold, In the Ashes!" The Supreme Plasmate humbly offers up this cautionary yarn about a father's love and a terrible curse. Foreseeing the future is one thing, changing it is something else...A lesson in Fate?...or a "Fate"-al lesson, heh, heh, heh...
The Crying Sound A haunted LP? "Bashful" Brian Grisham delivers this musical meditation -- a soulful sonnet of love lost and the ghost in the grooves...
No Such Things as Curses Talbot Pratt once again unleashes a mighty roar with this tawny tale featuring his "villain-eternal" Tobias Veale! This time, poor Tobias has committed murder and you might say he's just about eaten up about it, heh, heh, heh...
Kudzu "Jolly" Josh Reynolds returns to PDF with this horticultural horror set in the sinister South...Well, they don't call them "creepers" for nothing, heh, heh, heh...
Do Not Adjust Your Set From the grisly grey cells of PDF's own Supreme Plasmate comes this newsworthy number about anchorman, Robert Rhodes, and a news report that is literally out of this world...
Between Somewhere and Nowhere Another monster-piece from "Bashful" Brian Grisham! You know the expression, "Getting there is half the fun"? Well, don't you believe it. Don't you dare believe it...
The Dead Are Lonesome Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..."Drooling" D.K. Latta shambles in with this eerie tale of the Dead and an English Professor's terrible loss...Care for a swim, anyone?...
First Draft for a Murder This criminal contemplation comes courtesy the poison pen of Belinda Anne Ferrymen! Ernie Beeker learns a valuable lesson in murder...You might say, it was a lesson he would kill to learn, heh, heh, heh...
The God Word They say "words can never hurt you" -- well, maybe not, but in this diabolical dissertation we learn that some words can kill. Literally. One word in particular...the God Word...
The Back-forty Monstrosity From the perilous pen of Talbot Pratt comes this rural reflection! Henry Haversham should remember you reap what you sow...especially when you plant a corpse...
Someone in the Wall Having trouble sleeping? Neighbourhood noises keeping you awake? Well, dear old Agnes needs more than a glass of warm milk if she wants to get some shut eye in this sleepy stanza courtesy of the Supreme Plasmate, Jeffrey Blair Latta...
Hilltop Drive "Bashful" Brian Grisham offers up this little morsel concerning a boy and a girl making out under the stars! Ah, but you're in for more than heavy petting when you park on Hilltop Drive...
The Google-Wumpf PDF is very proud to re-publish "Drooling" D.K. Latta's clever little tale previously published in Spaceways Weekly! An eccentric inventor discovers the invention of the Century! No home will want to be without one! What does it do? Believe me, you don't want to know...
A Menace to Shipping The Supreme Plasmate steams in with this little number sure to give you a chill! When Captain Carruthers sets off to rescue the survivors of a shipwreck he encounters a menace to shipping that he'll never forget...
Big Nasty "Jolly" Josh Reynolds triumphantly returns with this chilling little nail biter set in the Antarctic ice...a homage to H.P. Lovecraft yet! Watch out! When the worm turns, it turns nasty indeed!
All Hallows at the Lions' Cage Edward C. Lynskey unleashes this strange little number of lions and Halloween...and good deeds in the dark...
"Solar One, Please Respond" The Supreme Plasmate offers up this spine-tingler of a space opera! The starship Syngnathus responds to a distress signal from deep space...only to find the victims are less than willing to be saved...
"Four and Twenty Blackbirds" "Jolly" Josh Reynolds serves up a slice of home-baked horror, in this chilling charmer set in the sleepy south where revenge is a dish best served piping hot...
Money For Old Rope "Long" John Outram tosses us another one with this haunting homily of ropes and revenge. You know what they say: Give a man enough rope...
The Winter Dragon Richard J. O'Brien blows in with this frigid fable that is chilling in more ways than one! Madness or magic, you decide...
Two Sides to Every Coin Will Jenkins cooked up this sinister little souffle...a horrifying haunter with a spine-tingling twist...Two hobos, an abandoned house and things that go thump in the fright...Read on, if you scare.
The Many-Headed Monster Kevin James Miller offers up this penetrating programmer...a malicious meditation on the nature of entertainment...and fear...
Boxes And the hits keep coming!!! "Royal" Richard Lyon (co-author with Andrew J. Offutt of Pocket Books' Tiana Trilogy) has kindly offered up this perilous little parcel of mobsters, magic and a most unpleasant special delivery...If you'll just sign here...
Lifeboat Another scarifying tale of Tobias Veale, the Mr. Bill of Horror! This time, a shipwreck is the least of poor Tobie's problems, in this nautical nightmare from Talbot Pratt, about a passenger who just won't go down with the ship...
The Skin of the Old Gods Ssssnakes!!! A.L. Godfrey slithers into PDF with this scaly little squirmer about serpents and sideshows! Oh yes, there are more things than are dreamt of, Horatio, and way too many of them are slimy! Case in point...
Do Not Feed The Zombies Voodoo! Zombies! The stalking dead? In that vein, may we present a main corpse of peasant under grass, heh, heh, heh. Oh yeah, and never, ever feed Zombies salt...we mean it...
Small Sacrifices How far would you go to save the world...?
Does Anyone Remember Dash Summers, Time Tripper? Remember the comics you read as a kid? Maybe it would be better if you didn't...
Uncle Max A little "Ick-or-Treat"! Tobias Veale (PDF's "villain-eternal") gets a most unwelcome phone call on Halloween...Uncle Max wants to reach out and touch someone...from beyond the grave!
Dead Aim In a world of PCs and email, marital infidelity ain't what it used to be...it's worse...
The Severed Hand (of Glory) Peter Henderson sold all kinds of things in his Occult shop, and he wasn't too picky about where they came from...until now...
Ailurophobia A suitable choice for our 13th short...a tantalizing tale of Witches, potions and a very justified fear of black cats
Weird Tale A diminutive diversion by Gary Thomas! If you had a time machine, what would you use it for? Save the world? Gary knows what he'd do...
The Last Safari Reprinted by popular demand! This go around, Tobias Veale is a big game hunter who finds himself tackling the ultimate prey...one million years in the future...
Last Fare on a Christmas Eve This Haunting Holiday Homily is guaranteed to give you a seasonal shiver when a lonely taxi driver picks up a passenger that he won't soon forget...
It's a Quarter to Three... "Drooling" D.K. Latta delivers a Christmasy contemplation about a has-been lounge singer and a final performance with a most unusual audience...Put your hands together, please...
T.T.O.T.M. Inc. Howl you pass up this one? Much fangs to J. Geraci for this Werewolf shocker! What more need we say? This one has teeth...


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