On a treelined suburban sidewalk, a man wearing a white mask and blue coveralls steps out from behind a hedge.
  • In Pet Semetary, Church the cat stands on top of some detritus in the pet cemetery, a homemade tombstone with wooden cross appears in the background

    Goo by Laura Shell


    A pet cemetery, a cursed object, and a strange substance with a mind of its own. Laura Shell’s “Goo” has it all. Won’t you join us for a walk through the boneyard in today’s feature story? Read the story.

  • Four chapbook covers featuring collages by Kayte Terry

    The 2024 Chapbook Series is now available!


    CDSOB’s first print chapbook series has arrived! Check out new collections from Juliet Cook, Christine Kanownik, Jonathan Minton, and Michael Sikkema! View the books.

  • A line drawing of a vintage projector

    Friday Feature


    Mini-reviews of horror movies, books, albums, and other cultural artifacts dropping every Friday.

    Now screening: Iced (1988)

Recent Work

In Nosferatu (1922), Ellen sits on a bench at the cemetery beach and looks toward the sea

Vampires
by Shira Dentz

Shira Dentz opens an iris on “Vampires” in our feature poem.

Published February 24, 2025

Frankenstein stands in a dungeon doorway

Shelley's Monster Nears the End of Treatment by Ann DeVilbiss

“I am risen, new form pieced and sewn.” Ann DeVilbiss uses gothic body horror to become both monster & maker in her poem, “Shelley’s Monster Nears the End of Treatment.”

Published February 12, 2025

With a shocked expression on her face, Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode peers out of a circular window into the masked face of Michael Myers

Glass Globe Triptych
by Natasha N. Deonarain

Glass globe horror dioramas in water, snow & sand. Natasha Deonarain hands us 3 concise, meticulously detailed prose poem nightmares that defy us to look away.

Published February 3, 2025

A mirror over a creek in a lush green forest

They Only Play Minor Chords in Hell
by Matt Shadbolt

Bounce through a portal with us. What could go wrong?

Published January 27, 2024

A pencil drawing of a monster in a trench coat and hat carrying a briefcase with text that reads, "Hey everyone! I I I'm home!" from My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

Through the Window
by Ashna Yakoob

Today we bring you hardboiled demonology with Ashna Yakoob’s story, “Through the Window.”

Published January 22, 2025

Oskar confront a bully in the snow in the movie Let the Right One In

Two Poems
by Nathan Hauke

Feral kids & multiple paths, flipping rocks & finch chatter, Xmas lights under snow. Today we feature poems by Nathan Hauke, who shows us where the music’s buried.

Published January 13, 2025

An image of Max Schreck as Nosferatu

Nosferatu the Vampyre
by J †Johnson

Next up for Vamp Week is something we found behind a hidden panel in the dustiest, least colorful dining room you’ve ever seen. Dinner’s on you! Today we present a digital chapbook, J †Johnson’s Nosferatu the Vampyre. 🕸️⛫🧛🏼‍♂️†

Published January 9, 2025

Kathleen Turner carries a bowl of strawberries toward her family in Serial Mom

Suppertime 
by Payton McCarty-Simas

Dinner’s ready! And we’re serving it cold with this wicked dish from Payton McCarty-Simas.

Published January 6, 2025

A black and white movie still from Nosferatu where the shadow of Count Orlok is creeping up the stairs
An image from the movie Candyman, where Candyman hovers vertically in the air near the ceiling in a hospital room
A still from the movie Carrie, where Carrie stares blankly with eyes wide while she is covered in blood against the blue curtain
A still from the movie Re-Animator where Dr. West is filling a hypodermic needle with a glowing green liquid