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176<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Logo-Black-Transparent-Square-300px-300x300.png" />
177<meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Logo-Black-Transparent-Square-300px-300x300.png" />
178<style type='text/css' media='all'>
179    .site-logo .custom-logo{
180    max-width:  200px;
181    }
182
183    body.theme-color-schema,
184    .theme-preloader,
185    .floating-post-navigation .floating-navigation-label,
186    .offcanvas-wraper{
187    background-color: #ffffff;
188    }
189    body.theme-color-schema,
190    body, input, select, optgroup, textarea,
191    .floating-post-navigation .floating-navigation-label,
192    .offcanvas-wraper{
193    color: #000000;
194    }
195
196    .theme-preloader .loader-circles span{
197    background: #000000;
198    }
199
200    .theme-main-banner{
201    color: #ffffff;
202    }
203
204    .theme-main-banner .theme-button{
205    color: #ffffff;
206    }
207
208    .theme-block-sliders,
209    .theme-block-sliders .theme-block-title a:not(:hover):not(:focus){
210    color: #fff;
211    }
212
213    .categories-panel .theme-block-title{
214    color: #000000;
215    }
216
217    .theme-block-cta .cta-panel{
218    color: #000000;
219    }
220
221    a{
222    color: #000000;
223    }
224
225    body .entry-thumbnail .trend-item,
226    body .category-widget-header .post-count,
227    body .entry-meta-categories a:hover,
228    body .entry-meta-categories a:focus{
229    background: #dd3333;
230    }
231
232    body a:hover,
233    body a:focus,
234    body .footer-credits a:hover,
235    body .footer-credits a:focus,
236    body .widget a:hover,
237    body .widget a:focus {
238    color: #dd3333;
239    }
240    body input[type="text"]:hover,
241    body input[type="text"]:focus,
242    body input[type="password"]:hover,
243    body input[type="password"]:focus,
244    body input[type="email"]:hover,
245    body input[type="email"]:focus,
246    body input[type="url"]:hover,
247    body input[type="url"]:focus,
248    body input[type="date"]:hover,
249    body input[type="date"]:focus,
250    body input[type="month"]:hover,
251    body input[type="month"]:focus,
252    body input[type="time"]:hover,
253    body input[type="time"]:focus,
254    body input[type="datetime"]:hover,
255    body input[type="datetime"]:focus,
256    body input[type="datetime-local"]:hover,
257    body input[type="datetime-local"]:focus,
258    body input[type="week"]:hover,
259    body input[type="week"]:focus,
260    body input[type="number"]:hover,
261    body input[type="number"]:focus,
262    body input[type="search"]:hover,
263    body input[type="search"]:focus,
264    body input[type="tel"]:hover,
265    body input[type="tel"]:focus,
266    body input[type="color"]:hover,
267    body input[type="color"]:focus,
268    body textarea:hover,
269    body textarea:focus,
270    button:focus,
271    body .button:focus,
272    body .wp-block-button__link:focus,
273    body .wp-block-file__button:focus,
274    body input[type="button"]:focus,
275    body input[type="reset"]:focus,
276    body input[type="submit"]:focus,
277    body .entry-meta-categories a:hover,
278    body .entry-meta-categories a:focus{
279    border-color:  #dd3333;
280    }
281    body .theme-page-vitals:after {
282    border-right-color:  #dd3333;
283    }
284    body a:focus,
285    body .theme-action-control:focus > .action-control-trigger,
286    body .submenu-toggle:focus > .btn__content{
287    outline-color:  #dd3333;
288    }
289
290    .theme-block-testimonials{
291        background-color: #fff;
292    }
293
294    .theme-block-contact .theme-section-heading,
295    .theme-block-contact .theme-contact-list,
296    .theme-block-contact .theme-contact-list a:not(:hover):not(:focus){
297        color: #000000;
298    }
299    </style><style id="wp-custom-css">
300html {
301	background: #222222;
302}
303
304h1 a,
305h2 a,
306h3 a,
307h4 a,
308h5 a,
309h6 a {
310	text-decoration: none !important;
311}
312div.wp-block-buttons {
313	margin-bottom: 20px;
314}
315
316.wp-block-media-text.has-background {
317	margin-bottom: 30px;
318}
319
320.wp-block-image img {
321    width: auto;
322}
323
324.related-posts {
325	display: flex;
326	flex-wrap: wrap;
327}
328
329.related-posts .related-post-item {
330	flex: 2 1 30%;
331	width: 100%;
332	text-align: center;
333	background: #f4f4f4;
334	margin: 1%;
335}
336
337.related-posts .related-post-item img {
338	display: block;
339	margin: 0 auto 30px;
340}
341
342.related-posts .related-post-item .column-row {
343    display: block;
344    max-width: 100%;
345    margin: 0;
346    padding: 30px;
347}
348
349.entry-content #bsf_rt_marker  .simplefavorite-button {
350    position: fixed;
351    top: 0;
352    right: 0;
353    z-index: 100;
354}
355
356body.admin-bar .entry-content #bsf_rt_marker .simplefavorite-button {
357    top: 32px;
358}
359
360.post-compilation-wrapper .site-content .post-compilation .entry-content .simplefavorite-button {
361	display: none;
362}
363
364body.page-id-19357 aside.widget-area #mc_embed_signup {
365	display: none;
366}
367
368body.woocommerce-page .theme-block-header {
369}
370
371body.woocommerce-page .woocommerce-products-header {
372	display: none;
373}
374
375body.single .site-content .site-content-wrapper #theme-primary > .wrapper {
376	padding-top: 20px;
377}
378
379.favorites-list.fav-wrapper .no-favorites {
380    background: #f4f4f4;
381    text-align: center;
382    padding: 30px;
383    font-size: calc(18px + 1vw);
384    line-height: normal;
385    margin: 0 0 50px;
386}
387
388.dpsc-covers-titles .display-posts-listing {
389    display: flex;
390    flex-wrap: wrap;
391}
392
393.dpsc-covers-titles .listing-item {
394    width: calc(33.33% - 10px);
395    margin: 5px;
396    max-width: 350px;
397    min-width: 200px;
398    flex-grow: 1;
399}
400
401.dpsc-covers-titles .listing-item a.title {
402    display: block;
403    background: #f4f4f4;
404    text-decoration: none !important;
405    font-weight: bold;
406    font-size: 16px;
407    line-height: normal;
408    padding: 10px;
409    text-align: center;
410    margin: 0 0 10px;
411}
412
413.wp-block-post-excerpt ul li {
414	margin: 0 0 5px;
415}
416
417.post-compilation .pagination {
418	display: none;
419}
420
421.post-compilation-wrapper .post-compilation {
422	clear: both;
423}
424
425.post-compilation-wrapper .entry-meta.theme-meta-categories {
426	display: none;
427}
428
429.post-compilation-toc {
430    padding: 20px;
431    background: #f4f4f4;
432    list-style: none;
433    display: block;
434}
435.post-compilation-wrapper .post-compilation-toc li a {
436    display: block;
437    padding-bottom: 3px;
438    margin: 0 0 10px;
439    border-bottom: 1px solid;
440    padding: 0 7px;
441    transition: all 0.5s ease-out;
442}
443
444.post-compilation-wrapper .post-compilation-toc li a:hover {
445	  color: #ffffff;
446	  background: #000000;
447}
448
449.post-compilation-wrapper .progress-container-bottom {
450	display: none;
451}
452
453.theme-darkmode-enabled .post-compilation-wrapper .post-compilation-content, .theme-darkmode-enabled .post-compilation-wrapper .post-compilation-toc, .theme-darkmode-enabled .favorites-list.fav-wrapper .dash-favs, .theme-darkmode-enabled .favorites-list.fav-wrapper .no-favorites {
454	  background: #222222;
455}
456
457.theme-darkmode-enabled .sitemapwrapper .wp-block-column ul li a {
458	color: #ffffff;
459}
460
461.tpm-article:after {
462    content: '';
463    background: url(https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/story-break-02.png);
464    background-position: center center;
465    width: 100%;
466    height: 60px;
467    display: block;
468    background-repeat: no-repeat;
469    margin: 3vw 0px;
470    padding: 30px 0;
471}
472
473.theme-darkmode-enabled .tpm-article:after {
474			filter: invert(50%) !important;
475}
476
477.theme-darkmode-enabled .bsf-rt-reading-time {
478	color: #ffffff;
479}
480.site-main {
481	line-height: 180%;
482}
483
484body.theme-darkmode-enabled article .post-content .entry-content .has-background {
485	background: #222222 !important;;
486}
487
488body.theme-darkmode-enabled article .post-content .entry-content pre, body.theme-darkmode-enabled .archive-description pre {
489    background: #222222;
490}
491
492body.theme-darkmode-enabled aside#theme-secondary {
493    background: #222222;
494}
495
496body.theme-darkmode-enabled .wp-block-table.is-style-stripes tbody tr:nth-child(odd) {
497    background-color: #333333;
498}
499
500body aside#theme-secondary {
501    background: #f4f4f4;
502}
503
504.sticky {
505    position: sticky;
506    top: 20px;
507}
508
509body.admin-bar .sticky {
510    top: 52px;
511}
512
513a.wp-block-button__link:hover {
514	color: #ffffff;
515}
516
517article .entry-featured-thumbnail .entry-thumbnail {
518	text-align: center;
519}
520body.home h1.entry-title.entry-title-large, body.single-pulp-books #content #site-contentarea .entry-featured-thumbnail {
521	display: none;
522}
523
524body.single-pulp-books #content #site-contentarea .entry-header h1 {
525	text-align: center;
526	font-size: 4.5rem;
527}
528.widget-area #mc_embed_signup .button {
529    background-color: #d20023 !important;
530}
531button, .button, .wp-block-button__link, .wp-block-file .wp-block-file__button, input[type="button"], input[type="reset"], input[type="submit"] {
532    border-color: #d20023;
533    background: #d20023;
534}
535
536.site .widget .tab-head .twp-nav-tabs > li:hover > a, .site .widget .tab-head .twp-nav-tabs > li:focus > a, .site .widget .tab-head .twp-nav-tabs > li.active > a {
537	background-color: #d20023;
538}
539
540.entry-content > .alignwide {
541    max-width: 100%;
542    width: 100%;
543}
544
545.theme-panelarea {
546	display: block;
547}
548
549.wp-block-preformatted {
550	font-size: initial;
551}
552
553.wp-block-columns.alignfull {
554	margin-left: 0;
555}
556
557body.archive .site-content .theme-panelarea.theme-panelarea-blocks, body.search-results .site-content .theme-panelarea.theme-panelarea-blocks {
558    display: flex;
559    flex-wrap: wrap;
560    justify-content: center;
561}
562
563body.archive .site-content .theme-panelarea.theme-panelarea-blocks .article-panel-blocks, body.search-results .site-content .theme-panelarea.theme-panelarea-blocks .article-panel-blocks {
564    width: 300px;
565    flex: 1 1 auto;
566    max-width: 470px;
567}
568
569article .post-content .entry-content .has-background:not(.wp-element-button) {
570	padding: 20px;
571}
572
573.footer-credits {
574	display: none !important;
575}
576
577.entry-content .df-element.df-lite.df-app {
578	left: 20px;
579}
580
581.onecolumnloop .columns-2 li {
582    width: 100% !important;
583}
584
585.responsive-iframe {
586  position: relative;
587  overflow: hidden;
588  width: 100%;
589  padding-top: 56.25%; /* 16:9 Aspect Ratio (divide 9 by 16 = 0.5625) */
590}
591
592.responsive-iframe iframe {
593  position: absolute;
594  top: 0;
595  left: 0;
596  bottom: 0;
597  right: 0;
598  width: 100%;
599  height: 100%;
600}
601
602.caf-post-layout-container.post-layout3 .caf-featured-img-box {
603    height: auto;
604    padding-bottom: 150%;
605    background-repeat: no-repeat !important;
606    background-size: 100% auto !important;
607    background-position: top !important;
608}
609
610.caf-post-layout-container.post-layout1 .manage-layout1 {
611	box-shadow: none;
612	background: #f4f4f4;
613}
614
615.caf-post-layout-container.post-layout1 .manage-layout1 #manage-post-area {
616	background: transparent !important;
617}
618
619.caf-post-layout-container.post-layout1 .caf-featured-img-box {
620    width: 100%;
621    height: 0;
622    padding-bottom: 132%;
623    background-size: 100% auto !important;
624    background-repeat: no-repeat !important;
625    background-position: top !important;
626}
627
628.caf-post-layout-container.post-layout1 .caf-content, .caf-post-layout-container.post-layout1 .caf-content-read-more {
629	background: transparent;
630}
631
632.caf-post-layout-container.post-layout1 .caf-post-title {
633	background: unset;
634}
635
636.caf-post-layout-container.post-layout1 .caf-meta-content {
637	display: none;
638}
639
640.caf-post-layout-container.post-layout1 .caf-content-read-more .caf-read-more {
641	background: #d20023;
642	color: #ffffff;
643	border: none;
644	border-radius: 0;
645}
646
647.widget-new-member-content + .caf-pagination {
648	display: none !important;
649}
650
651.sitemapwrapper .wp-block-column ul li a {
652    font-weight: bold;
653    font-size: 110%;
654    color: darkred;
655}
656
657.sitemapwrapper .wp-block-column ul li ul li a {
658    font-weight: normal;
659    font-size: 90%;
660    color: #000000;
661}
662
663.sitemapwrapper .wp-block-column ul li ul li ul li a {
664    font-size: 80%;
665}
666
667.sitemapwrapper .wp-block-column ul li a.sitemappost {
668    font-size: 90%;
669    background: rgba(0,0,0,0.03);
670    display: block;
671    padding: 10px;
672    margin-bottom: 10px;
673    font-weight: normal;
674    color: inherit;
675}
676
677.sitemapwrapper .wp-block-column ul {
678    background: rgba(0,0,0,0.03);
679    padding: 20px;
680    margin: 0 0 20px;
681}
682
683.sitemapwrapper .wp-block-column > ul > li {
684	display: block;
685}
686
687.sitemapwrapper .wp-block-column ul li ul {
688	margin-left: 0;
689	padding-inline-start: 8%;
690}
691
692.sitemapwrapper .sitemapdescription {
693    background: rgba(0,0,0,0.03);
694    padding: 20px;
695    font-size: 90%;
696    margin: 0 0 10px;
697}
698
699.sitemapcoverswrapper {
700		display: flex;
701		flex-wrap: wrap;
702		align-items: stretch;
703}
704
705.sitemapcoverswrapper a {
706    flex-basis: 10%;
707    flex-grow: 1;
708    flex-shrink: 1;
709    min-width: 160px;
710    max-width: 300px;
711    padding: 2%;
712    background: #f1f1f1;
713    margin: 1%;
714    font-size: 80%;
715    line-height: normal;
716    text-align: center;
717}
718
719body.theme-darkmode-enabled .sitemapcoverswrapper a {
720    background: #222222;
721}
722
723.sitemapcoverswrapper a img {
724    width: 100%;
725    display: block;
726}
727
728a.read-product-online, a.read-product-online:hover {
729    display: block;
730    background: #d20023;
731    color: #ffffff;
732    text-decoration: none !important;
733    padding: 10px;
734    text-align: center;
735    line-height: normal;
736}
737
738.woocommerce div.product form.cart .button, .woocommerce.add_to_cart_inline a.button.add_to_cart_button {
739    background: #31a9a3 !important;
740    color: #ffffff !important;
741	  border: none !important;
742}
743
744input[type="submit"],
745form input.swpm-buy-now-button-submit {
746    background: #31a9a3 !important;
747    color: #ffffff !important;
748	  border: none !important;
749}
750
751.wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link {
752		display: block;
753		background: #999999;
754		color:#ffffff;
755		text-decoration: none !important;
756		padding: 5px 10px;
757		width: max-content;
758		margin: 10px 0 30px;
759	  transition: background 0.3s ease;
760}
761
762.wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link:hover {
763		color: #ffffff;
764		background: #333333;
765}
766
767body.theme-darkmode-enabled .wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link {
768		background: #333333;
769}
770
771body.theme-darkmode-enabled .wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link:hover {
772		background: #999999;
773}
774
775@media (min-width: 992px) {
776	.custom-logo-name, .site-description {
777		display: none !important;
778	}
779	.custom-logo-link {
780    margin-top: 2rem;
781	}
782	.site-header-items .branding-components {
783    display: block;
784		text-align: center;
785	}
786	body.page-id-16977 .site-content-wrapper .wrapper {
787		padding: 0;
788	}
789	body.page-id-16977 .site-content-wrapper .wrapper .entry-content div.is-layout-flex {
790		margin: 0 auto;
791    gap: 0;
792	}
793	body.page-id-16977 .site-content-wrapper .wrapper .entry-content .wp-block-column.has-background {
794		padding: 20px;
795	}
796}
797@media (max-width: 991px) {
798
799	.site-logo .custom-logo {
800		display: none !important;
801	}
802	
803	.site-header-items .header-individual-component.color-switch-components {
804    margin-top: 28px;
805	}
806	
807	.header-individual-component {
808    margin-bottom: 0;
809    padding-bottom: 0;
810	}
811	
812	.site-header-items .header-individual-component.color-switch-components {
813    width: 150px;
814    float: left;
815    border: none;
816}
817	.site-header-items .header-individual-component.search-components {
818    width: calc(100% - 150px);
819    float: right;
820    margin: 20px 0;
821	}
822	.header-individual-component.branding-components, .header-individual-component.search-components {
823		border: none;
824	}
825}
826
827.entry-content > h1.wp-block-heading {
828    padding-top: 35px;
829}
830
831.continue-reading-shortcode {
832    background: #f4f4f4;
833    padding: 30px;
834    text-align: center;
835}
836
837.continue-reading-shortcode a {
838	text-decoration: none !important;
839}
840
841.continue-reading-shortcode h2 a {
842    background: #d20023;
843    color: #ffffff;
844    padding: 10px;
845    display: block;
846    max-width: 330px;
847    margin: 0 auto;
848}
849
850.continue-reading-shortcode img {
851    margin: 0 0 14px;
852}
853
854.continue-reading-shortcode .theme-link-more {
855}
856
857.woocommerce.add_to_cart_inline {
858	text-align: center;
859	border: 1px solid #ccc !important;
860	padding: 10px !important;
861}
862
863/* Styles for the main menu */
864.custom-menu-class ul {
865    list-style: none;
866    padding: 0;
867    margin: 0;
868}
869
870.custom-menu-class li {
871    display: inline-block;
872    position: relative;
873}
874
875.custom-menu-class a {
876    display: block;
877    padding: 10px 20px;
878    text-decoration: none;
879    color: #000;
880    background: #f0f0f0;
881    transition: background 0.3s ease;
882}
883
884.custom-menu-class a:hover {
885    background: #ccc;
886}
887
888/* Styles for the submenu */
889.entry-content .menu-dashboard-menu-container .sub-menu {
890    display: none;
891    position: absolute;
892    top: 100%;
893    left: 0;
894    z-index: 999;
895    background: #f0f0f0;
896}
897
898.entry-content .menu-dashboard-menu-container .sub-menu li {
899    display: block;
900    width: 100%;
901}
902
903.entry-content .menu-dashboard-menu-container .sub-menu a {
904    padding: 10px 20px;
905    background: #f0f0f0;
906    color: #000;
907    transition: background 0.3s ease;
908}
909
910.entry-content .menu-dashboard-menu-container .sub-menu a:hover {
911    background: #ccc;
912}
913
914button, .button, .wp-block-button__link, .wp-block-file .wp-block-file__button, input[type="button"], input[type="reset"], input[type="submit"] {
915    border-color: unset;
916}
917
918.wp-block-buttons.slim-buttons .wp-block-button a {
919    padding: 10px;
920    font-size: 16px;
921    line-height: normal;
922    border: unset;
923}
924
925.formpolls .nf-form-title,
926.nf-before-form-content .nf-form-fields-required {
927	display: none;
928}
929
930.formpolls .field-wrap.list-radio-wrap .nf-field-label .nf-label-span  {
931    font-size: 200%;
932    line-height: normal;
933}
934
935.formpolls .field-wrap.list-radio-wrap .nf-field-element {
936	background: #333333;
937	display: block;
938	color: #ffffff;
939	padding: 10px;
940}
941
942.formpolls .field-wrap.list-radio-wrap .nf-field-element ul li {
943	display: block;
944	float: left;
945	Width: 50%;
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1262			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-didsss-19203710.webp" width="600" height="900" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1263			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1264				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">On The Streets of Christmastown By E.S. Wynn</span>
1265			</span>
1266		</span></a></figure></div>
1267
1268
1269
1270<div class="wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:66.66%"><h2 class="wp-block-post-title"><a href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-44/on-the-streets-of-christmastown-by-e-s-wynn/" target="_self" >On The Streets of Christmastown By E.S. Wynn</a></h2>
1271
1272<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">The Don is dead, and the streets of Christmastown are about to run red and green. From gingerbread gangsters to snowman hitmen, every family wants a piece of the sleigh. But only one will wear the big red coat when the peppermint dust settles.</p><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text"><a class="wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-44/on-the-streets-of-christmastown-by-e-s-wynn/">Get to Readin&#8217;!</a></p></div></div>
1273</div>
1274
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1276
1277<div class="wp-block-columns has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex" style="background-color:#f1f1f1">
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1280			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1281				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Beyond Winter’s Veil By Jasper Killburn</span>
1282			</span>
1283		</span></a></figure></div>
1284
1285
1286
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1288
1289<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Winter isn’t just coming—it’s hunting. Yan, a lone survivor fleeing the horrors of the south, finds himself trapped between a city’s distant salvation and the monstrous advance of a frozen, undead army. As the cold breathes down his neck, he must outrun winter itself—or be devoured by it.</p><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text"><a class="wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-44/beyond-winters-veil-by-jasper-killburn/">Get to Readin&#8217;!</a></p></div></div>
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1291
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1297			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1298				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Soot Scamp By Laura Nettles</span>
1299			</span>
1300		</span></a></figure></div>
1301
1302
1303
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1305
1306<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">In the soot-choked depths of an underground labyrinth, Damian—an outcast soot scamp—has survived by staying silent, staying hidden, and keeping his heart from betraying him. But when a mysterious, brightly dressed girl crashes down from a higher level, her presence draws the labyrinth’s horrors straight to them.</p><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text"><a class="wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-006/soot-scamp-by-laura-nettles/">Get to Readin&#8217;!</a></p></div></div>
1307</div>
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1312<div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:33.33%"><figure class="wp-block-post-featured-image"><a href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-006/insanity-by-thomas-m-malafarina/" target="_self" ><img decoding="async" width="621" height="810" src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Insanity-by-Thomas-Malafarina.webp" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Insanity by Thomas M. Malafarina" style="object-fit:cover;" srcset="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Insanity-by-Thomas-Malafarina.webp 621w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Insanity-by-Thomas-Malafarina-230x300.webp 230w" sizes="(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px" /></a></figure></div>
1313
1314
1315
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1317
1318<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">For the first time in months, the sun breaks through a season of endless gloom—just long enough for Tad Dresden to witness a nightmare that defies sanity. What begins as a rare peaceful lunch break in the park spirals into a horrific chain reaction of self‑mutilation, madness, and death as ordinary people suddenly lose their grip on reality.</p><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text"><a class="wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-006/insanity-by-thomas-m-malafarina/">Get to Readin&#8217;!</a></p></div></div>
1319</div>
1320
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1326			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
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1328			</span>
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1334
1335<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">The streets of South Philly don’t forgive mistakes—and Zack just made a big one. When a rookie dealer steals from a mob-run poker game, his crew must choose: help him fake a robbery or get buried with him.</p><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text"><a class="wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-006/time-to-cash-out-by-t-fox-dunham/">Get to Readin&#8217;!</a></p></div></div>
1336</div>
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1346
1347<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Meli came to Paradise Caverns to end Paul once and for all—her old rival, her tormentor, her past. But after spilling his blood and breaking the most sacred vampire law, she learns that killing a vampire may not be so simple… or final.</p><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text"><a class="wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-005/the-vampires-first-rule/">Get to Readin&#8217;!</a></p></div></div>
1348</div>
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1358
1359<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">By G. Wayne Miller He was only a kid, seven, maybe eight years old. We never did get his name. He arrived at dusk, and when no one answered his cries, he finally fell into a restless sleep in the dust and half–dead weeds along the front perimeter. Well before the sun was up, I shot him through the head. His body quivered a bit and then his mouth became a fountain of blood, but it didn’t last long. In less than three minutes, long enough for a smoke, his nerves stopped firing and he was still. Under brilliant starlight,&hellip;</p><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text"><a class="wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-005/since-the-sky-blew-off/">Get to Readin&#8217;!</a></p></div></div>
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1370				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Sinkhole by Scarlett Stratten and Mark Slade</span>
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1380				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">A Dead Ringer for A Black Fox Part 3 By Brian Warf</span>
1381			</span>
1382		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/twisted-pulp-magazine-issue-42/a-dead-ringer-for-a-black-fox-part-3/">A Dead Ringer for A Black Fox Part 3 By Brian Warf</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/twisted-pulp-magazine-issue-42/mistress-of-black-magic-by-thomas-m-malafarina/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1383			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/bkrmadtya-sun-622940_640.webp" width="600" height="884" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1384			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1385				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Mistress of Black Magic by Thomas M. Malafarina</span>
1386			</span>
1387		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/twisted-pulp-magazine-issue-42/mistress-of-black-magic-by-thomas-m-malafarina/">Mistress of Black Magic by Thomas M. Malafarina</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/twisted-pulp-magazine-issue-42/bloody-hands-of-the-ripper-by-e-s-wynn/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1388			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/eluela31-art-2369664_1920.webp" width="600" height="842" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1389			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1390				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Bloody Hands Of The Ripper by E.S. Wynn</span>
1391			</span>
1392		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/twisted-pulp-magazine-issue-42/bloody-hands-of-the-ripper-by-e-s-wynn/">Bloody Hands Of The Ripper by E.S. Wynn</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/twisted-pulp-magazine-issue-42/blink-by-beth-lee/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
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1394			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1395				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Blink By Beth Lee</span>
1396			</span>
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1398			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/toodlingstudio-abstract-1587508_640.webp" width="600" height="960" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1399			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1400				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">On The Devil&#8217;s Dole by E.S. Wynn</span>
1401			</span>
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1403			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-eva-bronzini-7505924.webp" width="600" height="900" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1404			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1405				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Silent Legacy by Susan Elizabeth Gray</span>
1406			</span>
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1408			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/stocksnap-dark-926565_640.webp" width="400" height="600" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1409			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1410				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Lodger 42 By Mark Slade</span>
1411			</span>
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1414			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1415				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">A Dead Ringer For A Black Fox: Part 2 by Brian Warf</span>
1416			</span>
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1419			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1420				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Rogue Brainchild by Chauncey Haworth</span>
1421			</span>
1422		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-028/the-rogue-brainchild/">The Rogue Brainchild by Chauncey Haworth</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-028/be-careful-what-you-wish-for/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
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1424			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1425				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Be Careful What You Wish For By Thomas M. Malafarina</span>
1426			</span>
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1429			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1430				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">A Name by Mark Slade</span>
1431			</span>
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1434			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1435				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">BAT DICK!!!Or: Two Guys Running from a Bat Monster</span>
1436			</span>
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1438			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-mahdibafande-14240656.webp" width="600" height="900" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1439			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1440				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Curse of the Black Buddha by Chauncey Haworth</span>
1441			</span>
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1444			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1445				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Mother. Sky. By Mark Slade</span>
1446			</span>
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1448			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-tam-pictures-49211622-17764133.webp" width="600" height="799" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1449			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1450				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Something Deadly by B.R. Stateham</span>
1451			</span>
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1454			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1455				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Unintended Consequences of Daytime Television by Paige Keir</span>
1456			</span>
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1459			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1460				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Bitch is Back By Tyson Blue</span>
1461			</span>
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1463			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-eva-bronzini-6485636.webp" width="600" height="900" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1464			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1465				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">A Dead Ringer For A Black Fox: Part 1 by Brian Warf</span>
1466			</span>
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1468			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-goldcircuits-2425232.webp" width="600" height="900" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1469			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1470				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Charity Stripers by Mick Rose</span>
1471			</span>
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1473			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/8926-texture-1909992_1920.webp" width="340" height="483" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1474			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1475				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Frozen Warrior By Lothar Tuppan</span>
1476			</span>
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1478			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/eluela31-watercolor-2681039_640.webp" width="600" height="901" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1479			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1480				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Queen of Death by Mark Slade</span>
1481			</span>
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1484			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1485				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Haunter of the Catacombs By Gavin Chappell</span>
1486			</span>
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1488			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/lemoonboots-texture-8637095_1920.webp" width="432" height="600" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1489			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1490				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Ghost of Potter’s Road By Wesley Critchfield</span>
1491			</span>
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1493			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-eva-bronzini-7505924.webp" width="600" height="900" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1494			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1495				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Dragon’s Breath by Shauna Klein</span>
1496			</span>
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1498			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-goldcircuits-2425232.webp" width="600" height="900" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1499			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1500				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Crom-Ya and the Little People By Gavin Chapell</span>
1501			</span>
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1503			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/8926-texture-1909992_1920.webp" width="340" height="483" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1504			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1505				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Limited Edition by Tyson Blue</span>
1506			</span>
1507		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-032/limited-edition-by-tyson-blue/">Limited Edition by Tyson Blue</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-033/incident-at-a-diner-by-chris-miller/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1508			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-834934396-20818845.webp" width="600" height="866" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1509			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1510				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Incident at a Diner by Chris Miller</span>
1511			</span>
1512		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-033/incident-at-a-diner-by-chris-miller/">Incident at a Diner by Chris Miller</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-033/mi-hermano-by-tyson-blue/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1513			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-adrien-olichon-1257089-5091767.webp" width="600" height="900" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1514			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1515				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Mi Hermano by Tyson Blue</span>
1516			</span>
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1518			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/kirstentb-art-388901_640.webp" width="600" height="741" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1519			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1520				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Black Eyed Children By Matt Lennox</span>
1521			</span>
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1523			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-cosmos-1866820_640.webp" width="417" height="600" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1524			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1525				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Dear Mr. McGreely by Mark Slade</span>
1526			</span>
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1528			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-plato-terentev-3804555-9962770.webp" width="600" height="899" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1529			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1530				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Healing The Broken-Hearted Night By Tyson Blue</span>
1531			</span>
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1533			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/tookapic-interior-931947_640.webp" width="400" height="600" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1534			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1535				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Yōkai of the Rising Sun By Eric J. Guignard</span>
1536			</span>
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1538			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-eva-bronzini-6485636.webp" width="600" height="900" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1539			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1540				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Edible Friend by Tyson Blue</span>
1541			</span>
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1543			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/lemoonboots-texture-8637095_1920.webp" width="432" height="600" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1544			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1545				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Halloween Memories by Lothar Tuppan</span>
1546			</span>
1547		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/halloween-memories-by-lothar-tuppan/">Halloween Memories by Lothar Tuppan</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/the-last-great-halloween/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1548			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-tam-pictures-49211622-17764133.webp" width="600" height="799" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1549			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1550				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Last Great Halloween By Chauncey Haworth</span>
1551			</span>
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1553			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-cottonbro-9665217.webp" width="600" height="900" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1554			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1555				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Dark Thoughts by Mark Slade</span>
1556			</span>
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1558			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-steve-13156182.webp" width="600" height="1066" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1559			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1560				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Nova Chapter 1 By Amber Williamson</span>
1561			</span>
1562		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-003/nova-by-amber-williamson/">Nova Chapter 1 By Amber Williamson</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-003/snake-man-by-brenda-s-tolian/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1563			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/publicdomainpictures-abstract-71487_640.webp" width="455" height="600" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1564			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1565				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Snake Man By Brenda S. Tolian</span>
1566			</span>
1567		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-003/snake-man-by-brenda-s-tolian/">Snake Man By Brenda S. Tolian</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-003/the-funeral-by-kate-rakestraw/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="230" height="300" src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-Funeral-By-Kate-Rakestraw-230x300.webp" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="The Funeral By Kate Rakestraw" srcset="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-Funeral-By-Kate-Rakestraw-230x300.webp 230w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-Funeral-By-Kate-Rakestraw-785x1024.webp 785w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-Funeral-By-Kate-Rakestraw-768x1002.webp 768w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-Funeral-By-Kate-Rakestraw-300x391.webp 300w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-Funeral-By-Kate-Rakestraw-600x783.webp 600w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-Funeral-By-Kate-Rakestraw.webp 900w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px" /></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-003/the-funeral-by-kate-rakestraw/">The Funeral By Kate Rakestraw</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-033/a-life-of-sacrifice-by-chauncey-haworth/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1568			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-cottonbro-9667550.webp" width="600" height="900" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1569			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1570				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">A Life of Sacrifice by Chauncey Haworth</span>
1571			</span>
1572		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-033/a-life-of-sacrifice-by-chauncey-haworth/">A Life of Sacrifice by Chauncey Haworth</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-023/the-iceman-killeth-by-andy-rausch/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="230" height="300" src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/w
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1573			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/stocksnap-art-2592560_640.webp" width="379" height="600" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1574			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1575				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Stuff of Legend by Andy Rausch</span>
1576			</span>
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1578			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/toodlingstudio-abstract-1587508_640.webp" width="600" height="960" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1579			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1580				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Someone to Hate by Andy Rausch</span>
1581			</span>
1582		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-004/someone-to-hate-by-andy-rausch/">Someone to Hate by Andy Rausch</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-039/urns-by-thomas-malafarina/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1583			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/jbauer-fotographie-drops-3273161_640.webp" width="400" height="600" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1584			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1585				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Urns by Thomas M. Malafarina</span>
1586			</span>
1587		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-039/urns-by-thomas-malafarina/">Urns by Thomas M. Malafarina</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/twisted-pulp-magazine-issue-40/traffic-jam-by-tyson-blue/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1588			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-timmossholder-12532680.webp" width="600" height="900" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1589			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1590				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Traffic Jam by Tyson Blue</span>
1591			</span>
1592		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/twisted-pulp-magazine-issue-40/traffic-jam-by-tyson-blue/">Traffic Jam by Tyson Blue</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-039/the-money-plot-by-tyson-blue/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1593			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-didsss-19203710.webp" width="600" height="900" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1594			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1595				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Money Plot by Tyson Blue</span>
1596			</span>
1597		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-039/the-money-plot-by-tyson-blue/">The Money Plot by Tyson Blue</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-039/incident-on-a-florida-highway-tyson-blue/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="232" height="300" src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Incident-On-A-Florida-Highway-by-Tyson-Blue-232x300.webp" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Incident On A Florida Highway by Tyson Blue" srcset="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Incident-On-A-Florida-Highway-by-Tyson-Blue-232x300.webp 232w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Incident-On-A-Florida-Highway-by-Tyson-Blue-791x1024.webp 791w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Incident-On-A-Florida-Highway-by-Tyson-Blue-768x994.webp 768w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Incident-On-A-Florida-Highway-by-Tyson-Blue-300x388.webp 300w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Incident-On-A-Florida-Highway-by-Tyson-Blue-600x776.webp 600w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Incident-On-A-Florida-Highway-by-Tyson-Blue.webp 800w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px" /></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-039/incident-on-a-florida-highway-tyson-blue/">Incident on a Florida Highway (A Vignette) by Tyson Blue</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-038/arts-work-by-thomas-m-malafarina/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1598			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/eluela31-art-2369664_1920.webp" width="600" height="842" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1599			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1600				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Art’s Work By Thomas M. Malafarina</span>
1601			</span>
1602		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-038/arts-work-by-thomas-m-malafarina/">Art’s Work By Thomas M. Malafarina</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-024/the-christmas-angel-by-mark-slade/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1603			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/eluela31-watercolor-2681039_640.webp" width="600" height="901" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1604			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1605				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Christmas Angel by Mark Slade</span>
1606			</span>
1607		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-024/the-christmas-angel-by-mark-slade/">The Christmas Angel by Mark Slade</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/between-the-lights-by-e-f-benson/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1608			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/stocksnap-dark-926565_640.webp" width="400" height="600" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1609			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1610				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Between The Lights by E.F. Benson</span>
1611			</span>
1612		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/between-the-lights-by-e-f-benson/">Between The Lights by E.F. Benson</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/the-kit-bag-by-algernon-blackwood/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1613			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/eluela31-abstract-2681021_640.webp" width="600" height="905" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1614			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1615				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Kit-Bag by Algernon Blackwood</span>
1616			</span>
1617		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/the-kit-bag-by-algernon-blackwood/">The Kit-Bag by Algernon Blackwood</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-032/it-came-upon-a-midnight-clear-by-thomas-m-malafarina/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1618			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/rosiekeystrokes-watercolor-795162_640.webp" width="469" height="600" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1619			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1620				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">It Came Upon A Midnight Clear By Thomas M. Malafarina</span>
1621			</span>
1622		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-032/it-came-upon-a-midnight-clear-by-thomas-m-malafarina/">It Came Upon A Midnight Clear By Thomas M. Malafarina</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-002/dementia-by-ksenia-murray/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="232" height="300" src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Dementia-By-Kesenia-Murray-232x300.webp" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Dementia By Kesenia Murray" srcset="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Dementia-By-Kesenia-Murray-232x300.webp 232w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Dementia-By-Kesenia-Murray-791x1024.webp 791w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Dementia-By-Kesenia-Murray-768x994.webp 768w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Dementia-By-Kesenia-Murray-300x388.webp 300w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Dementia-By-Kesenia-Murray-600x777.webp 600w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Dementia-By-Kesenia-Murray.webp 900w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px" /></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-002/dementia-by-ksenia-murray/">Dementia By Ksenia Murray</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-037/darrinsdilemma/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="232" height="300" src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/w
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1623			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-mahdibafande-14240656.webp" width="600" height="900" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1624			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1625				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Blood Bank by Thomas M. Malafarina</span>
1626			</span>
1627		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-037/blood-bank-by-thomas-m-malafarina/">Blood Bank by Thomas M. Malafarina</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-001/the-camino-real/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="232" height="300" src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Camino-Real-by-Lothar-Tuppan-232x300.webp" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Camino Real by Lothar Tuppan" srcset="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Camino-Real-by-Lothar-Tuppan-232x300.webp 232w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Camino-Real-by-Lothar-Tuppan-768x994.webp 768w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Camino-Real-by-Lothar-Tuppan-791x1024.webp 791w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Camino-Real-by-Lothar-Tuppan.webp 835w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px" /></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-001/the-camino-real/">The Camino Real by Lothar J. Tuppan</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-036/space-girl-returns-by-thomas-m-malafarina/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="232" height="300" src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Space-Girl-Returns-By-Thomas-M.-Malafarina-232x300.webp" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Space Girl Returns By Thomas M. Malafarina" srcset="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Space-Girl-Returns-By-Thomas-M.-Malafarina-232x300.webp 232w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Space-Girl-Returns-By-Thomas-M.-Malafarina-791x1024.webp 791w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Space-Girl-Returns-By-Thomas-M.-Malafarina-768x994.webp 768w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Space-Girl-Returns-By-Thomas-M.-Malafarina-300x388.webp 300w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Space-Girl-Returns-By-Thomas-M.-Malafarina-600x777.webp 600w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Space-Girl-Returns-By-Thomas-M.-Malafarina.webp 900w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px" /></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-036/space-girl-returns-by-thomas-m-malafarina/">Space Girl Returns by Thomas M. Malafarina</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-035/beloved-father-by-susan-elizabeth-gray/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1628			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/bkrmadtya-sun-622940_640.webp" width="600" height="884" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1629			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1630				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Beloved Father by Susan Elizabeth Gray</span>
1631			</span>
1632		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-035/beloved-father-by-susan-elizabeth-gray/">Beloved Father by Susan Elizabeth Gray</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-034/smoke-em-if-you-got-em-by-mark-slade/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1633			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/shonejai-graffiti-1874452_640.webp" width="376" height="600" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1634			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1635				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Smoke ‘em, If You Got ‘em! By Mark Slade</span>
1636			</span>
1637		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-034/smoke-em-if-you-got-em-by-mark-slade/">Smoke ‘em, If You Got ‘em! By Mark Slade</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/christmas-re-union-by-sir-andrew-caldecott/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="193" height="300" src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Christmas-Re-union-by-Sir-Andrew-Caldecott-193x300.webp" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Christmas Re-union by Sir Andrew Caldecott" srcset="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Christmas-Re-union-by-Sir-Andrew-Caldecott-193x300.webp 193w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Christmas-Re-union-by-Sir-Andrew-Caldecott-768x1194.webp 768w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Christmas-Re-union-by-Sir-Andrew-Caldecott-659x1024.webp 659w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Christmas-Re-union-by-Sir-Andrew-Caldecott-300x467.webp 300w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Christmas-Re-union-by-Sir-Andrew-Caldecott-600x933.webp 600w, https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Christmas-Re-union-by-Sir-Andrew-Caldecott.webp 800w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px" /></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/christmas-re-union-by-sir-andrew-caldecott/">Christmas Re-union by Sir Andrew Caldecott</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/a-strange-christmas-game-by-j-h-riddell/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1638			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-eva-bronzini-6485524.webp" width="600" height="900" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1639			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1640				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">A Strange Christmas Game by J. H. Riddell</span>
1641			</span>
1642		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/a-strange-christmas-game-by-j-h-riddell/">A Strange Christmas Game by J. H. Riddell</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-032/the-last-word-by-chauncey-haworth/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1643			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/molnarszabolcserdely-blue-background-7470781_640.webp" width="400" height="600" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1644			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1645				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Last Word By Chauncey Haworth</span>
1646			</span>
1647		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-032/the-last-word-by-chauncey-haworth/">The Last Word By Chauncey Haworth</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/twisted-pulp/issue-012/black-pete-a-christmas-tale-by-chauncey-haworth/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="232" height="300" src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/w
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1648			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-mahdibafande-13800328.webp" width="600" height="900" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1649			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1650				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">Smee by A. M. Burrage</span>
1651			</span>
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1653			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/pexels-adrien-olichon-1257089-5091767.webp" width="600" height="900" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1654			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1655				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Immortal Gas Pumper Boy by Lothar Tuppan</span>
1656			</span>
1657		</span></a> <a class="title" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/the-immortal-gas-pumper-boy-by-lothar-tuppan/">The Immortal Gas Pumper Boy by Lothar Tuppan</a></div><div class="listing-item"><a class="image" href="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/the-big-empty-by-mark-slade/"><span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail">
1658			<img src="https://www.screamingeyepress.com/wp-content/themes/cutie-pie-child/assets/featured-fallbacks/rosiekeystrokes-watercolor-795162_640.webp" width="469" height="600" class="wp-post-image sep-fallback-thumbnail__image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
1659			<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__overlay">
1660				<span class="sep-fallback-thumbnail__title">The Big Empty by Mark Slade</span>
1661			</span>
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1677<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Short stories capture the <strong>essence of storytelling</strong> — sharp, emotional, and unforgettable.<br>They’re perfect for readers who crave depth without the commitment of a novel.<br>In just a few pages, you can laugh, cry, travel worlds, and see yourself in someone else’s shoes.</p>
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