On a treelined suburban sidewalk, a man wearing a white mask and blue coveralls steps out from behind a hedge.
  • An image of a mirror over a creek in a dense green woods

    They Only Play Minor Chords in Hell by Matt Shadbolt


    Bounce through a portal with us. What could go wrong? Today, we feature Matt Shadbolt’s “They Only Play Minor Chords in Hell.” 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: Wolf Man (2025)

Recent Work

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 high contrast black and white image of trees with text that reads "Vampire Poem, Sylvia Gorelick"

Vampire Poem
by Sylvia Gorelick

For the next few days we vamp out with two digital chapbooks & some thoughts on the latest version of Nosferatu. First up, we feature a CDSOB family favorite, Sylvia Gorelick’s Vampire Poem.

Published April 29, 2024

Neighbors face off against one another in a grocery store in the movie version of The Mist

The Last Straw
by Jude Deluca

They found a way to make Santa creepier & put this new abomination under the nightmare fluorescence of Y2K, swarmed by hoards of ravenous shoppers. Fortunately we have Jude Deluca to help sort our feelings about Mr. & Mrs. Scarecrow Claus in this week’s feature story, “The Last Straw.”

Published December 23, 2024

In Burnt Offerings, the lady of the house steps into the greenhouse to find all the flowers in bloom

Three Poems
by C.M. Dreibelbis

Plants & animals are acting more than a little sinister & multiple choice haunting doesn’t make us feel any less weird about it. But we don’t mind feeling weird. Today we feature poems by C.M. Dreibelbis.

Published December 18, 2024

An image from the club in the opening of the movie The Hunger

Three Poems
by Matthew Schmidt

Slip away with us to the secret rooms of returning contributor Matthew Schmidt’s poems.

Published December 9, 2024

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