May your Halloween be haunted and rock-free.

It’s time to put on your best Scotchtoberfest kilt and tune up those bagpipes; Issue 59 is here!

Gio Clairval kicks things off with a tale of a dental assistant who sends some of her patients home with a little something extra. Then Don Katnik cools things down with a wintry supernatural tale. Mark J. Mitchell reflects on the grim state of the job market in a melancholy yet whimsical sonnet, and Gary Moshimer sets spines a-tingling with a story of a babysitter with questionable taste in dairy products and a baby who is anything but helpless. Next up is Yvonne Yu, who takes a surprisingly candid look at sexy mermaid fantasies. Finally, Gregory J. Wolos ends on an upbeat note with a story about a crematorium explosion survivor and his furry neighbor. And over everything the lovely, spooky cover art from Yuri Shwedoff sets an autumnal mood.

Read it by a crackling bonfire, if you can. And don’t forget the s’mores. Check it out online or read the PDF.