The bite-sized September issue of Byzarium is here! This month, we have two stories to bring you:

The Mistman, by Michael John Grist. I liked this story because it feels like an old-timey fairy tale: disturbing as fuck and more than happy to crawl into your back-brain and set up residence there. A welcome prelude to the creep-fest that will be the October issue.

An Occurrence at Oakpost Sundries, by Jacob P. Silvia. This was actually initially submitted as a Bad-Fic contest submission. This entry had a little something extra to it, however, that convinced me it needed to be bumped up to a regular submission. And it has zombies. I am a sucker for well written zombies.

Again, I hope you enjoy both these stories. I certainly did.

In other news...

We got a TON of entries last month for the flash fiction contest -- thanks again to Kiriko-Moth for allowing us to showcase such beautiful artwork. It was very hard to select just one story, but Barbara and I finally got it narrowed down.  The winning submission will appear in the October issue.

A new flash fiction contest image will be posted Monday, September 15, and I hope you find it equally inspiring. Thanks again to everyone who submitted such great stories. You did not make our jobs as editors easy ones, I assure you!