Short Fiction and Poetry

When the elevator doors slam open with a jarring jolt, you wonder if you should step inside, all alone. [...]

Every five months or so, the townsfolk begin to whisper. It starts with a missing woman or two, always a little too beautiful, [...]

The procession of gravestones is staring at me. That’s how it seems with not a soul about. I scan the horizon, a site littered with trees. [...]

It was that transitory time of year, the few weeks buffering the snow’s disappearance and the sun’s incessant climb north. [...]

My Apple MacBook Air's power cord was worn and needed duct tape. So I took it to the Apple Store and explained my situation. [...]

The abandoned train station was cool and dark, the floor a mosaic of papers and trash, the old ticket counter covered in a thick blanket[...]

Darryl Carbone looked out into the fog that enveloped the ship as she sailed through the Grand Banks. He sighed as he addressed the captain. [...]

DarkWinter Press is excited to announce the authors and their books that we've secured as of now for the remainder of 2025 until Fall 2026!

‘See you down there then - the old stepping stones?’ You jerk your chin in that direction, rough stubble looking patchy and immature. [...]

Claire knew that she should have been on the subway heading home hours ago. Darleen, the manager of the group home where she lived [...]

'd been a real mess since my bad trip, approaching something like drug-induced psychosis. The world turned slanted more often than not [...]

Liam waddled to the outlet, his plastic fork in his hands, diaper sagging with waste. He poked the holes with his fingers. [...]

The skinny dude under a wool cap entered the Chevalier Wine Cellar at 8:55 p.m. and stopped at the first cash register [...]

Today, I found out that I'm on the short list to go on the expedition. I should be excited... perhaps I am, [...]

In my nicotine visions, it’s the same amphetamine dream every time. I float up the exterior of Delmore’s last flophouse. [...]

An owl is perched on the roof of an SUV in the pre-school’s parking lot, a fat old owl  big as a turkey, at three in the afternoon just hanging out, looking about [...]

Hello. You’re a passenger, yes? I sensed it. The rattling train of human experience, I know it well. [...]

Judy and her mother, Darleen, lived in a trailer park with a revolving door of random men. Ever since Judy’s daddy left home [...]

DarkWinter Press is thrilled to announce our latest release, the story collection A Thousand Miles of Road, by Joseph Kraus [...]

The coming cataclysm loomed closer and closer as the skies darkened from the lack of light left over from the initial cosmic event [...]