You know that office bromance: two of a kind, always taking their lunch together, always wearing the same sly grin. Only ever a hair away from a cold joke about how spreadsheets are a living hell; about taking a bullet if it means going home early on Friday. Sometimes in these fantasies, they're heroes being hauled out on a stretcher. Sometimes they're the ones pulling the trigger. Now, say these guys discover a loophole that makes some days less real than others-less permanent-and start to act out their violent fantasies without fear of reprisal. Why shouldn't they? Tomorrow, everything will go back to normal, with no one the wiser but them. They'll always remember what it felt like to act on their basest impulses. They'll know how it could feel to do it again. Maybe you don't know these guys. Maybe you don't want to. Soft Targets is a reality-bending novella about malignant malaise; the...

Dread Stone Press presents SPLIT SCREAM, a new Horror Novelette Double Feature. This is Volume One. Grab some popcorn, turn the lights low, and don't be afraid to scream.FEATURING:"The Guts of Myth" - Carson WinterIt's 1973. British-American thug Byron is tasked with finding the occultist Allosaurus D'Ambrosere, given only handwritten instructions and two hateful associates. Where they're going, they'll find blood red skies, obsidian towers, and a deep thirst for violence. But will they find the man who calls himself the Golden King? "The Guts of Myth" is Weird horror that snaps like hardboiled noir with vistas lifted straight from Beksinski."The Mourner Across the Flames" - Scott J. MosesThe world is a salt-ridden dystopia. Bharath, an exile given to hallucinations, is ordered to escort an emaciated mourner across the barren flats. The journey reveals the existence of a...