Environmental Horror Flash Fiction: “The Seahorses”

Seahorse holding a cotton swab

This story originally appeared on Wattpad as an entry to the #PlanetorPlastic writing contest. I went the horror route because why not? Cover illustration by Erica Anderson, digitization by Jesse Lubera. In John’s dreams, seals thrashed, their necks throttled in plastic twine; birds lay on moonlit sand dunes, knickknacks bursting their guts. He’d stand in … Read more…