APHOTIC REALM

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The Kinsman Trailer

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Announcing Sonoran Horror!

SONORAN HORROR: SUBMISSION PERIOD: JUNE 15, 2023 – JULY 15, 2023 Any stories submitted BEFORE or AFTER the submission window (without prior consent from someone on the Aphotic Realm Team) will be deleted unread. Terrors that dwell in the spooky, haunted forest is a well-known horror trope and for good reasons—many of the most memorable stories take place in that setting. Although I do enjoy those…

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Out to Pasture by Eric Farrell

Out to Pasture by Eric Farrell

“Are you really going to deprive them of what they want to see?” Earnest, dignified by a giant screen, stares at his programmer. “The gig is up,” Ainsley Andrews tells him. She’s staring at the shifting images her AI creation is painting. Her arms are crossed in exasperation, and her voice is terse. “I can’t keep doing this to myself,” she tells him. “When I created you, it was the idea of you…

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Peel by Joachim Heinjdermans

Peel by Joachim Heinjdermans

I’m cold. Alone in this room, buck-naked and waiting for it, while two doctors and a rabble of nurses peek at me through a window of darkened glass. Nothing has happened yet. What a gyp. I feel itchy. Why hasn’t it happened yet? When I signed up for this, I hoped that feeling of disgust would finally end. But nope, here I am. Still stuck, feeling like a gross, mucus-filled flesh bag. This skin.…

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The Night Mare by Cody Nowak

The Night Mare by Cody Nowak

    The Night Mare was coming. Everyone was talking about it. It’d been just over a year since its last feeding, so if there was ever a time for an entire town to hurry, even one as desolate and exhausted and down on its luck as Flandreau, this qualified. People had to get home. Get things ready. Their darkest dreams were waiting.   ***   Lector squeezed his son’s hand as he hurried through the…

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Announcing Flash Fiction

Aphotic Realm invites you to submit to our flash fiction call! Details are as follows: Flash Fiction Submission Period: JUNE 1, 2022 – JUNE 30, 2022 Any stories submitted BEFORE or AFTER the submission window (without prior consent from someone on the Aphotic Realm Team) will be deleted unread. Submissions Fiction We will accept unpublished short stories of any genre as long as they are dark,…

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State of The Realm

State of The Realm

STATE OF THE REALM – APRIL 2022 It has been a hell of a couple of years… EDIT: The last couple of years have been hell. That statement is not a profound one. It is not indicative of just our own lives. Rather a general observation of the world. The Covid-19 pandemic was a juggernaut of dread that took lives and changed lives for the worse. For us, its seemingly sudden onslaught brought with it a…

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Episode 044 - Austin James Hatch

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Episode 044 - Austin James Hatch

Episode 044 – Austin James Hatch

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-caaec-1027ba2 Austin first appeared on the podcast some years ago when his first book, “The Drip-Drop Prophet”, came out with NihilismRevised. He’s back with a poetry collection, “Shrapnel”, out soon with Hybrid Sequence Media. We talk about the personal events which inspired the poetry therein! Austin’s links:Twitter:…

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Episode 043 - Sebastian Muravchik

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Episode 043 - Sebastian Muravchik

Episode 043 – Sebastian Muravchik

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ibc63-1027b66 Sebastian Muravchik is currently making music as SNS Sensation—but I first saw him performing in Glasgow and Edinburgh as the front man of the band Heartbreak, some ten years ago! We recently connected on Facebook so I thought I would find out what he has been up to 🙂 SNS Sensation on…

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Episode 042 - Mike Thorn

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Episode 042 - Mike Thorn

Episode 042 – Mike Thorn

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ui3tx-1014d1d Mike Thorn returns to talk about his latest novel, “Shelter for the Damned” (Journalstone) but he also has a rerelease of his short story collection “Darkest Hours” coming out and a new collection, “Peel Back and See” out towards the end of the year! Wild! Mike’s links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeThornWritesSite:…

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Sifting Through The Ruins - Colonialism and Resistance in Horror by Jordan Gerdes

NEW COLUMN! Sifting Through The Ruins - Colonialism and Resistance in Horror by Jordan Gerdes Available on Aphotic Realm NOW! #strangeandsinister #nonfiction #horror @jordangwrites

Colonization is the act of settling amongst and establishing control over the indigenous inhabitants of an area. The age of exploration gave way to the age of colonization, as Western civilizations expanded across the globe, finding resources were easier to reap by utilizing the indigenous groups of each locale. Though colonization happened prior, this age was marked by European nations moving to…

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Episode 041 - Danger Slater

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Episode 041 - Danger Slater

Episode 041 – Danger Slater

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8xd79-fc9fe1 Danger Slater and I had a great time last time discussing the films of Harmony Korine, so we rejoined forces to discuss Richard Linklater this time! I recommended “Slacker” to him and he suggested “A Scanner Darkly” to me. And thus a form was born! One director, one recommendation each of a film the other hasn’t seen, discuss 🙂 Enjoy! Danger’s…

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Episode 040 - Jeanne Spicuzza, Part 3