The Story of Your Life
Story by Jason J. McCuiston Illustration by L.A. Spooner Mark shivered in the front seat of the rental car, taking short pulls on his last cigarette, staking his entire life on the next few minutes....
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Story by Luke Foster Illustration by L.A. Spooner There’s blackness. Then I’m stumbling down the street. So much to drink. Then another gap. Then I see a guy. He says something. I say something. I...
View ArticleThe Bridgekeeper of Asaad
Story by Jens Hieber Illustration by Lee Dawn Vesk’s world changed again the day he saw the skyships. It had been so long since any creature more cognitively advanced than a boondur had stepped onto...
View ArticleMahamba’s Angel
Story by Brooks Shropshire Illustration by Greg Chapman “…I am the last…I will tell the audient void,”—H.P. Lovecraft; Nyarlathotep I As a young boy my father made it a goal to impart upon me...
View ArticleA Fond Farewell… for Now
You deserve an explanation… We’re sure you’ve wondered why we stopped taking submissions back at the first of November. It has always been our hope/goal that sales of our anthologies would off-set...
View ArticleDon Fedora’s Wild Ride
Story by Anthony Diesso Illustration by Chlo’e Camonayan One Somewhere in Patras, Greece; sometime in the early 1930s A beat-up Studebaker rolled to the curb in front of a white and blue-trimmed...
View ArticleSearching For the Big Man
Story by Manfred Gabriel Art by Bradley K. McDevitt Yew Evergreen sat in his cramped office, plugging through the mind-numbing letters to Santa. piled on his tiny desk, a desk which wobbled...
View ArticleWanted: A Christmas Story
Crimson Streets is now open to submissions for Christmas related short stories for the 2022 holiday season. We remain closed to general submissions. Information on submissions can be found...
View ArticleBusman’s Christmas
Story by Thomas R. Keith Illustration by Cesar Valtierra Malloy was at the window, one foot on a chair and his binoculars against his eyes, when the knock came. If he had been anyone else, he would...
View ArticleFinal Sale
Story by Bruce Harris Illustration by Cesar Valtierra Pennsylvania Station bustled. Two days before Christmas, Bill Ballentine wondered if New Yorkers were especially crazy, rude, or both, having put...
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