Short Fiction and Poetry

Sebastian Prescott sat behind the vintage oak desk. The life insurance proceeds from his wife’s demise had finally been deposited [...]

An altar, in a polished frame: a photo of you on a dock smiling at a camera over your shoulder.

You know what ‘vernissage’ means to me? Hunting. They’re always full of clueless collectors, ambitious artists and rich stupid nobodies[...]

Four children had gone missing. It happened quickly. Sixteen days before the end of school. Summer break fast approaching. [...]

I’m here now and I know you’ve been waiting so long that the leaves have fallen, the lawnmowers turned to rust, [...]

Baxter House Editions is excited to announce the re-release of the compelling and timely novel Brown Girl in the Room by Priya Ramsingh!

Three nights in a row now, my little sister had tried to leap out the bedroom window. It wasn’t a big drop, but she'd have gotten hurt [...]

Like a language you don’t speak, sorrow claims your tongue. You don’t know how it arrived here. [...]

Robert Samp looks down at his hands. There is no blood, but he sees it anyway, like a daymare in technicolour. [...]

Whoever warned us not to ‘go gently into the night’ never went there himself so he doesn’t know [...]