DesertHorror
One time writer. Full time bartender. Mixing drinks. Sharing ghost stories. Living at the haunted hotel.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 47 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | a month ago |
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Burn After Submitting
Did you know that the fantasy vagina is stimulated most by the hot breath of a sarcastic dragon? I can’t promise you this is true because I haven’t read any of the super popular books about dragon sex. But I know someone who does. And I hea...
Burn After Submitting
The Drama
The other night I wrote a Substack Note then went back and deleted it. The post was about my daughter watching The Drama at the movie theater this week. I deleted it because I thought maybe I was using my daughter’s experience to...
Summer, Dayton, Ohio, 1996
(This flash story originally appeared in 10 X 10 at the end of 2025.)
Summer, Dayton, Ohio, 1996
I drove twenty-seven hours so we could rollerblade to a crematorium because she was convinced dead people smelled like ketchup. This was some...
Burn After Submitting
Bret Anthony Johnston’s new short story collection arrived today. That is the inspiration for dusting off Burn After Submitting. I have too many distractions. Not too many distractions to read, but too many distractions to write about readi...
When America Loved the Short Story
Once upon a time, we were a great nation.
(JK, we still are.)
Maybe we were a better nation for loving the short story. When we put the short story at the center of our cultural magazines and filled it with beautiful images.
Esquire wa...
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