A dark story: “Trails”

Rosette Maleficarum calls itself a new literary journal that “shows the beautiful, yet depraved nature that lies within reality, both in humanity and the environment surrounding us. From dark, Gothic fairy tales, to dream-laced poems, the Maleficarum dances between the boundaries of life and death itself.”  Maleficarum is perhaps best translated as “witchcraft”.

I hadn’t written “Trails” with witchcraft or depravity in mind, although it has its dark side. A bit embarrassing: As often happens, I’ve taken a tiny fraction of a new friend and developed a tale entirely unlike her.  Anyway, the magazine’s editor (would you believe? Robin Goodfellow, editor of a journal inviting witchcraft!) thought my story fit her criteria. Read it here:

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  • I just read “Trails.” Is that the first chapter or are we left to wonder what happened and who done it?

    1. Sort of. Most magazines insist on accepting only unpublished stories — including “publication” in personal blogs. So I can only offer teasers until the magazine is out, at which point the copyright returns to me.

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