Hal Hefner 4/11/25 Hal Hefner 4/11/25

SEE EMILY PLAY

This is a warning. If you hear kids calling outside your window after 2AM—don’t go. Don’t answer. And whatever you do, don’t say your name.

There’s something wrong with my street, and it starts after midnight. You’ll hear laughter—children playing. Sometimes tag, sometimes jump rope, sometimes just… calling.

But we all know better. You don’t open the window. You don’t peek through the blinds. You never go outside.

I told Emily this, but she didn’t believe me. She thought it was just some dumb story I made up to scare her.

She doesn’t think that anymore.

Because she’s gone.

Hal Hefner 4/7/25 Hal Hefner 4/7/25

THE JESTER

My family is dead and everyone thinks I killed them—but it was the Jester, I swear.
I didn’t hurt anyone. He did. He tricked me. It was all just a joke. A bad joke.

I’m getting out tomorrow. Ten years in juvie. They say I’ve made “progress.” That I’ve “accepted responsibility.”

But they’re wrong. I didn’t kill my family. I was the victim. Preyed upon by that toy—that evil thing.

The Jester.

Hal Hefner 4/2/25 Hal Hefner 4/2/25

THE FEAST

I should have known something was off the moment I downloaded an app specializing in underground food pop-ups. It was just another weak attempt by me to fit in with the young millennials at work. But this was the perfect chance to get Vanessa to go on a date with me.

“Sublime Bites” had no address, no reviews—just an invitation-only system and the promise of a "once-in-a-lifetime underground dining experience." As a programmer whose whole world is based on logic, I should’ve been skeptical. But as a single, socially awkward man trying to impress his way-out-of-his-league date, I was admittedly desperate.

Hal Hefner 4/1/25 Hal Hefner 4/1/25

THE HOLE

I still dream about the fire. The way the flames clawed at the old barn, the smell of burning wood and something worse. The way my little brother screamed for me to save him.

Hal Hefner 3/20/25 Hal Hefner 3/20/25

THE KINDRED GLITCH

Hal Hefner 3/19/25 Hal Hefner 3/19/25

Sasquatch’S AWAKENING

Alone in the woods, Dave had eaten way too many psychedelic mushrooms. So when a massive figure—hairier than an overgrown lawn, with eyes that glowed like fireflies emerged from the shadows and stood over his campfire, he didn’t even panic.

Hal Hefner 3/18/25 Hal Hefner 3/18/25

CHAMP 2.0

Billy Walsh was a shitty, mad scientist whose anger caused a lot of issues in his life. With an emphasis on mad—he was also an arrogant, grudge holding asshole with mommy issues, whose rich parents footed the bill for his life. The people of Ticonderoga, NY, had shunned him after The Incident (which involved a genetically mutated squirrel, a taser, and an unfortunate explosion at the Stewart’s gas station). But tonight, revenge would be his.

Hal Hefner 3/17/25 Hal Hefner 3/17/25

MARIO’S SPECIAL PIZZA

Mario, the lab’s most promising chimpanzee, had always been curious. His handlers, marveled at his growing intellect as they pumped him full of experimental pharmaceuticals. The VR headset, designed to boost his cognitive abilities, was his gateway to a new world. The only thing Mario loved more than the pizza he was given for doing a good job in VR by his favorite scientist, Dr. Kim, was the world itself. He excelled at navigating through it unlike the other chimps—those vibrant landscapes, the endless possibilities were a respite from the real world and cruelness at the hands of Dr. Keller. But today, something was different.

Hal Hefner 3/14/25 Hal Hefner 3/14/25

RABBIT MEAT

Ben awoke violently to the sound of a large thud. The smell of damp earth and rot filled his nose as he opened his eyes. His wrists burned from the ropes binding him to the cold, wooden floor of the dilapidated house. He turned, realizing now, that the noise that brought him back to consciousness was his best friend, Jake. His lifeless body leaked a pool of blood onto the floor. A grotesque, half-rabbit figure stood over him menacingly. Ben looked into its eyes, glowing with malevolent hunger. The cultists, draped in filthy, ragged rabbit masks, left the room. Ben could see them through the open door in the hallway as they circled the altar, chanting in a language that made his skin crawl.

Hal Hefner 3/13/25 Hal Hefner 3/13/25

THE DEMON’S DESERT

Grandma rocked in her chair, the firelight flickering in her cloudy eyes. “Your great-grandfather told me stories, bambina. From Calabria, where he was a boy. Dark stories.”

Hal Hefner 3/12/25 Hal Hefner 3/12/25

WOLFMOTHER

Rachel crouched in the darkness, fingertips brushing the metal band at the base of her skull. Below, five men laughed—her family’s murderers.

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Cheyne Gallarde: Breathing Vintage Life into Modern Horror

Cheyne Gallarde stands out as a visionary artist who fuses the nostalgia of vintage comic aesthetics with the thrillingly macabre energy of contemporary horror culture. Gallarde captures the very essence of what makes horror fans tick: a perfect mix of spine-tingling dread and joyful genre celebration.

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New Playable Klowns Coming to Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game

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Terrifier: The ARTcade Game Promises Bloody Fun for Horror Fans in 2025

Fans eager for more of Art the Clown’s mischief were treated to a brand-new gameplay trailer unveiled at The MIX Showcase. The preview offers a glimpse of what players can expect from Terrifier: The ARTcade Game when it launches on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series platforms.

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Nerd Horror Artist Spotlight: Plastiboo

Plastiboo tows the line between cute and horror, creating a compelling contrast. Their more recent work is near unexplainable in the way their detailing adds so many layers to a piece.