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Issue 1: Week of April 8, 2002
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Welcome to the first issue of "This Week in Horror Fiction." Each Tuesday, we'll be scouring the web for dark fiction and poetry that we feel deserves your readership. We may even throw in a few pieces of art and other horror-related articles.

There is so much to read on the web that sometimes you can't get through it all and if you're new to the small press horror genre, you might find it overwhelming. We've tried to give you a condensed version of "the best" (our subjective opinion that is) and hope you'll feel compelled to read more as your time allows.

If you have a story up at a website that you'd like to have featured here, please email me at horrorliterature@bellaonline.org.

Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears the Crowd
by Tom Piccirilli at Twilight Showcase

Lowes came back to town every couple of years, in deep autumn, and spent the night driving around the roads behind the high school and Fall Gardens, the psychiatric hospital....READ this story

The Scary Thing About Cheese
by Michael Arnzen at Decompositions

The scary thing about cheese/is not its bullet holed skin....READ this poem

Despair
by Monica J. O'Rourke at Horror Authors Network

He visits me sometimes, caressing my cheeks with soft, small hands, his touch feathery strokes. Turning his head sideways he smiles, as if this small movement is somehow amusing....READ this story.

Party Girl
by Weston Ochse at FeoAmante's Horror Homepage

The brightness of the morning air assaulted Rob's bloodshot eyes. Each floating mote, a perfectly angled glittering mirror that shot beams of pain directly into his eyes, down through the optic nerve and into the depths of his misfiring brain....READ this story.

Special Girl
by Heather Gassel-Czaja at Deviant Minds

My father and I left on a Thursday. I remember thinking how much I loved Thursdays. But not anymore. That was the last time I saw Dad...READ this story.