Today Flanagan, the boy from Andromeda, celebrates his eleventh year on planet Earth. Parents step into gooey puddles on the front lawn as Flanagan waves his new blaster in the air. “Who else wants to play laser tag?”
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SMM 2017 Halloween Horror Writing Contest: Winners & Gifts
Sharpen your wooden stake and get ready to stab the nearest innocent vampire—the SMM Halloween Horror Writing Contest has risen from the dead. Slather some popcorn with blood: the winners are about to be announced. ** First Place ** $50 + 1 Free SMM Subscription (1 month) Master of Pumpkins L.T. Garvin submitted herContinue reading “SMM 2017 Halloween Horror Writing Contest: Winners & Gifts”
Grime Street Halloween Special: Pumpkin Guts
Sharpen your knife and get ready to carve into a Grime Street Halloween special! Look over your shoulder while exploring this episode—a coldblooded slasher stalks the greasy alleyways. Wade Hackette investigates gooey murders and discovers a pumpkin filled with guts. A sick joke? Revenge? Insanity? The scariest questions are the ones that can neverContinue reading “Grime Street Halloween Special: Pumpkin Guts”
Fifty-Word Story: Rice
Jessie sat upright on the chair. I didn’t want to stand by him. “He’s your brother, Mary. Do as I ask.” “Dad, Jessie’s got rice on his face!” “It’s okay. We’re gonna take one picture.” Jessie didn’t complain, but the rice on his skin started moving. He smelled bad, too. Deadly Fact Photographing deceasedContinue reading “Fifty-Word Story: Rice”
SMM Event: Write a 50-Word Story About a Classic Monster
Do you still have those horrific nights when you feel a shadow looming above your bed? You shut your eyes tightly and cling to your blanket with sweaty palms. Although you never go to church anymore, you find yourself praying, and promising God you’ll never watch porn again if you can just live through thisContinue reading “SMM Event: Write a 50-Word Story About a Classic Monster”
Scare Everyone: SMM 2017 Horror Writing Contest
Boo! Sharpen your scythe and put on that werewolf mask—SMM is celebrating Halloween. !!** SMM 2017 Halloween Writing Contest **!! Stitch together a horror story, add a spark of electricity, and then watch your dark creation rise from the dead. If that sounds like fun, dip your raven quill inside a nearby bloodwell. Try notContinue reading “Scare Everyone: SMM 2017 Horror Writing Contest”
SMM Event: Don’t Be Shy…Write About an Octopi!
Put on your diving helmet—we’re about to go deep! Jump into the dark water and take a peek below the waves. Don’t be shy! Everyone likes to get a little wet. Explore the realm where daylight refuses to glow, just don’t get too close to the nightlights, or you may get stung. Or eaten.Continue reading “SMM Event: Don’t Be Shy…Write About an Octopi!”
SMM Event: Stir The Witch’s Cauldron
Oh…please don’t mind the smell! A special stew is boiling inside my cauldron, and its filled with nutritious ingredients which I plucked from my garden: earth worms, earwigs, 3 frogs, a strange mushroom, spider web strings, and a unique, red nightshade—the tomato. Shhh…they say the tomato is a harmless vegetable, but once upon a time,Continue reading “SMM Event: Stir The Witch’s Cauldron”
SMM Event: Mini Monsters & Micro-Fiction
Before we start our new event, congratulations to !!! Mich !!! She won Toni’s & Vern’s Haunted House Charms. Have you been sweltering in the summer heat? Has perspiration been rolling down your face and creating buckets of sweat in your belly button and other orifices you’d rather not see turn into swamps? Well, come on in! It’s cold withinContinue reading “SMM Event: Mini Monsters & Micro-Fiction”
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If you’re lookin’ for a place to show off your horns, look no further! SlasherMonsterMagazine investigates the true essence of horror. Your spine will beg for mercy as you slice and dice through articles, short stories, and other forms of creative expressions. If you’re in the mood to dissect fear—put on your black apron. You’reContinue reading “SMM Subscription”