Dark and Introspective Fiction
Over the past 3 years, Shane has released a collection of short fiction and a zombie outbreak trilogy. In his spare time, he builds projects out of old junk, paints watercolour blanket ghosts, and shakes his butt while the vinyl spins.
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Home is meant to be a place of sanctuary. For Jason, it means being forced to live life as a shadow, in constant fear of being seen. In an attempt to escape his abusive father, the young boy sets out on his own. What he doesn’t know is that blood connects them, and blood will […]
No electricity. No communication. No way to escape the storm raging on the horizon. The search for somewhere to belong leads two strangers, Jacob and Mati, to a secluded Ontario community as its residents encounter unthinkable tragedy. In the shadows, an outlier, Alex, faces the end of the world head on and finds a new […]
It’s been two years since the storm forever changed the world. An experienced hunting guide, Krystal, leads a group of amateurs on an outing to commemorate the anniversary of the event. After stumbling upon a facility concealed in the wilds of northern Ontario, she is forced into a conflict she thought was far behind her. […]
“Can you touch your toes like that?” On the elevated stage in front of Leon, a young woman, who looks too scrawny to support the size of her artificial chest, adjusts her G-string and saunters over to a group of college students waving dollar bills in the air. Mick leans back in his chair with […]
Oh hi! I hope your December has been treating you well so far. I know it’s a busy time, so let’s get to it. For December’s Stories from the Dark, I’m crossing a line I haven’t crossed before. I killed Santa. Well, a Santa anyway. Have a watch below. Before I go, I’ve got some […]
Through the slats of the stacked-up pallets I’m squeezed in behind, I see the barrel of the .38 that left me to bleed out on the floor stick past the door frame. I hoped that it, and the waste of skin with his chubby little sausage finger pressed against the trigger, would’ve assumed a job […]
Lucinda blinks as the edge of a heavy shadow eclipses her. High above, a fast-moving cloud fills the late afternoon sky. She shifts closer to her husband and pulls the blanket at her feet up to her knees as the porch swing sways. “Do you ever think about the sun?” Faron brings his attention to […]
This is a bit of a long post for me, but it’s been a while, so I want to get everyone caught up and share some gratitude. In October, I posted two episodes of Stories from the Dark to celebrate the spookiest of months, including a story titled The Devil that is exactly 666 words […]
