Home / Dustin by Cat Callender

Every boy needs a hobby. But Dustin is not like other boys, and he comes to regret his unsavoury pastime when he finds a new specimen to add to his 'collection'.

Alex just wants to get home. He's tired and aching from a long, stressful day, and the next carriage on the hot, noisy and busy London tube train he's travelling on looks enticingly quiet and calm. So why are so many of his fellow passengers avoiding it?

Gary, a night-security guard at an office building, returns to work after some much-needed time off, only to find his co-worker has mysteriously vanished during his absence. Plagued by unsettling visions, Gary begins to question his sanity, whilst other staff begin behaving strangely, seemingly influenced by some unseen force within the building. On the fifth-floor.

A mirror, and a game. Say the words - Melted Maisie five times, and see what happens. But what if you never ask Maisie to leave?

Regan has been having a rough time; her fiance has been cheating on her, her closest friend has betrayed her and she's lost her job. One evening, fed up of staying home and drowning her sorrows, she decides to go for an impromptu run. This decision results in her fighting for her life, in a nightmarish scenario she never could have imagined.

Josh experiences grief, and a seashell that whispers memories of his loss.

Home / The Night Before Christmas - a short story by Cat Callender

Harold was alone for Christmas for the first time in 50 years after his wife recently passed from cancer. He finds himself in the pub, the one he always spent Christmas in, drinking and reminescing, but then something strange and wonderful happens.