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Short Fiction and Poetry
How To Survive A Southern Summer by John Grey
Open a window,
otherwise you’re living in a tomb.
Avoid dying on a humid Wednesday,
slumped in the communal vinyl throne [...]
After Watching Horror Movies on a Summer Night, 1998 by Daniel Gene Barlekamp
Through the crack in my bedroom door, I hear someone say,
“It’s as still as death out there.”
The metaphor loses me.
The dead are never still [...]
Congratulations to our 2026 Best of the Net Nominees!
DarkWinter Literary Magazine is thrilled to announce our 2026 Best Of The Net nominees!
Shortlist Saturdays: Full Moon at the Soccer Field by Meg Freer
In daylight songbirds flit in and out of bushes
along our usual trail near the field and crows in threes
sit in a particular dead tree beside the marsh [...]
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