Weird Fiction Quarterly continues the tradition of bringing you the finest in 500 word flash-fiction! (We dare you to find better!) In this, our fifth anthology, we bring you 41 wintry tales of weird wonder guaranteed to make you want to pull up a chair before a warm fire and wrap yourself in blanket and cat, because these stories are cold and will chill you to the bone. You won’t have time to do that, though. This is, after all, Weird Fiction Quarterly. You can never be prepared for what might happen. In here the eternal night is dark and frigid and filled with monsters. Let’s get cold.

Weird Fiction Quarterly does Folk Horror! Once again we bring you the finest in our now-signature 500 word flash fiction and exquisite poetry contributions, featuring over 60 writers from all around the globe and a dubious burlap sackful of color illustrations by our own Sarah Walker! Visit a strange, quaint village where the yearly festival is Everything. Call on the cunning woman or the witch doctor for a cure that might cost your very soul. Go deep into the woods in search of what may be a monster—or some forgotten god that Must be Appeased. Find a famous cryptid or two in (very) unexpected places! However you think of Folk Horror, hold onto your garland of flowers, because, as with every issue of Weird Fiction Quarterly, there is no possible way to prepare yourself for what could pop up in these pages. Portals open and close; trees are not what they seem. Tales from different countries and cultures intermingle. From the wilds you hear the reel of bewitching pipes. Whether or not you follow them, folks, things around these parts are about to get really weird!

Now in FULL COLOR! Weird Fiction Quarterly returns for its fourth installment, rounding out the seasonal cycle with a special double-sized volume featuring two themes: Fall and Halloween! Within these pages, you will harvest twice as many 500-word stories from your favorite authors while gazing terrified upon morbid illustrations by Sarah Walker, Nora Peevy, and Andy Joynes. The bewitching cover painting by Robert H. Knox makes this issue a cherishable autumnal keepsake. And if that weren’t enough, this issue features a bagful of spectral poetry by K.A. (The Pumpkin King) Opperman, Adam Bolivar, and Maxwell I. Gold.

It’s Summer and what better way to celebrate than with the latest issue of Weird Fiction Quarterly? From the same demented gang that brought you the Winter and Fall installments, bring this new Summer edition with you to the beach, and perhaps, use it as a rolled-up weapon to hit your younger sibling AFTER you’ve read it. (This last suggestion is not endorsed by the Weird Fiction Quarterly Staff. We never advocate violence. Never. -The Editor)

The second in a series of exciting new flash weird fiction. This issue features both new and established authors, all writing short tales of weirdness for your pleasure! In this issue, we turn our attention to Spring and all things that go with it. A season of growth and re-birth, but for who or what, well, you'll have to read on to see!

The first in a series of exciting new flash weird fiction. This issue features both new and established authors, all writing short tales of weirdness for your pleasure! In this issue, we turn our attention to Winter and all things that go with it. Expect stories that feature ice, snow, cold and maybe even a certain jolly chap.

Ten paths of shadows and secrets. Ten journeys into possibility. A desperate quest amongst the spires of Wevven, where ancient gods watch over a dying world... A distant future where alien biotech and living cities cover the globe ... The abandoned hallways of a derelict asylum where more than dust and shadows linger... A glimpse into the black depths of the human soul where a twisted loss manifests in terrible ways... These and more await you in the unknown darkness in this collection of ten short stories.

...An experiment on a distant world will change the future of humanity forever... ...An old fisherman heralds the arrival of a strange and terrible doom... ...A tomb on a dead world unleashes an unseen entity... ...An asylum, lost to madness on the moors, shall reap what it sows... Within the Empire of the Moon and Stars the old world has fallen away, civilisation crumbles as strange shadows stir, and unseen things awake from ancient sleep. These tales, some of which have previously graced the pages of Lovecraftiana Magazine, Schlock! Webzine, Weird Fiction Quarterly, or haunted the ears of listeners on the NoSleep Podcast, are gathered together for the first time in this chilling collection of short stories.

A quest for eternal life yields dreadful consequences... A derelict vessel drifting through the void holds more than just salvage ... A tiny seed unlocks an unimagined potential for one young life... Two sorcerers meet at the end of the world to see what the future still holds... A wax doll hidden in an attic wall holds the key to a darker mystery... Look within the flames: past, present and future all unfold as fate stretches a skeletal hand over this eerie collection of short stories.

A perilous dive into the deep oceans of Kepler-62f, where silent giants sweep the abyssal depths.... A shadowy nightclub where the nightmares of sleeping monstrosities lurk... A bone-white tower that holds the cure to all ailments, at a terrible price...A fallen city with the power to destroy any who venture near...An old rectory haunted by the shadows of its dark past... In the basement of dreams hopes and fears lie like dust across the pitted floor. Discarded memories stalk like desperate ghosts, and life and death play out their eternal dance in this sinister collection of ten short stories.