Unspeakably Scary Things Issue #9
I clutched my ears. The sound hurt in a way that was hard to understand. It dug at a wound I didn’t know I had—somewhere in my chest.
By Brandon Scott on Feb 2nd, 2024
I clutched my ears. The sound hurt in a way that was hard to understand. It dug at a wound I didn’t know I had—somewhere in my chest.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 29th, 2024
“Putting Down Roots” is firmly a middle-of-the-road episode of The Magnus Protocol—if I use the benchmarks of the previous series as a reference point. No big plot moments obviously occur, and the horror story likely isn’t introducing any returning characters.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 24th, 2024
“Making Adjustments” serves as a hard swerve from the first episode, moving the series back into more familiar anthology waters. I’m writing these as I listen, avoiding spoilers, so I knew I would get predictions wrong, but I still didn’t expect to have my first article contradicted this heavily.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 22nd, 2024
It’s time. Two episodes of The Magnus Protocol have now been released, and if you know anything about me as a media person, you probably know my favorite horror franchise is The Magnus Archives. I’ve been eagerly awaiting this spin-off series for so long.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 19th, 2024
Hello, dear reader. We have a chilling tale for you today. It’s a fantasy tale but also a horror tale.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 12th, 2024
This is a slow build of a story, much like a slowly cooked piece of meat.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 5th, 2024
It’s been a little while since we’ve done a scary story, so I figure we’ll start with a horror comedy. Make it a little easier for the horror curious who are still a little squeamish.
The Trees Grew Because I Bled There is horrific and evocative. A well-earned compliment that applies not only to the title but to every story in this horror anthology. Though, I almost hesitate to use the word “horror” to describe this work.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 29th, 2023
Almost all “speculative” fiction is fantasy fiction. Horror is fantasy. Most science fiction is science fantasy or just fantasy with some aesthetic changes. Superhero fiction is fantasy fiction. Time travel stories are fantasy.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 17th, 2023
The mystery of the cube and what it means are finally revealed today. Well, some of its secrets. There is always more to learn when it comes to things beyond our understanding.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 10th, 2023
The cube is back, as it always was going to be. There are impossible things afoot in the second part of this story. Strange happenings that will change the course of our main character’s life.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 3rd, 2023
So many stories start with something inexplicable happening. Something that seems impossible. In this case, that thing is a cube.