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Gothic horror | Dark sci-fi | Monster romance

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J. Federle

Gothic horror | Dark sci-fi | Monster romance

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MERMAIDS: Scary Books and Other Strange Content

By EditorWriterJF on September 30, 2025September 25, 2025

Most human–beast hybrids are on the brutish side. Inherently masculine. Centaurs. Minotaurs. Werewolves.  But not mermaids. At least, not at first.  Mermaids are graceful, tempting. Long-haired and beautiful. Part woman, part animal. There’s something ethereal about that combination: here’s a truly untamed woman. She lives on her own terms, far closer to nature (and perhaps far hungrier) than you. Am I wiggly with…

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Five 50-Word Stories

By EditorWriterJF on November 19, 2019April 2, 2024

This year, Every Writer’s 50-word horror story contest exploded. Over 4,000 entries. From the website, it looks like the wild popularity brought some drama too: The comments were all still up, last I checked. Eh, coupling a $500 prize with no limit on the number of submissions was… ambitious. But hey, the winners are posted:…

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J. Federle is a wandering lover of ghost stories and folktales. She left Kentucky to study poetry in England. Now she lives in Peru with her husband and cow-colored dog, where she writes about her own ghosts and folks. Find her work in The Saturday Evening Post, The Threepenny Review, and the NoSleep Podcast, among other awesome publications.
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