Vol. I  ·  No. 01  ·  Est. 2026
— Strange tales for stranger times —
A Paul Bailey joint

Monthly pulp fiction from the shadows — horror, sci-fi, thriller, comedy, and the weird stuff in between.

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Midnight Worlds.

Five tales of atomic horror and cosmic romance. A pulp science fiction magazine for the kind of reader who looks up at the stars and wonders what's looking back.

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Five-Minute Fiction

Short, strange, and over before your coffee goes cold.

01

Dead Air

The transmission started at 3:14 a.m. and hasn’t stopped. Nobody at the station remembers pressing record.

Horror
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02

Cold Finger

The new neighbor only knocks at 11:47. Never earlier. Never later. The peephole shows nothing.

Thriller
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03

Loop Hunter

Every Tuesday is the same Tuesday. Joan has been Tuesday for eleven years. This week she found a Wednesday.

Sci-Fi
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04

Furnace Royale

The hotel kitchen has a new sous-chef. Management forgot to mention he last drew breath in 1911.

Comedy
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05

The Clock That Broke Tuesday

The clock in the hall stopped at 2:13. So did the cat. So did the kettle. So, eventually, did Tuesday.

The Weird Stuff
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06

The Borrowed Face

The app lets you try on faces. Mira tried one on Tuesday. On Wednesday, it wouldn’t come off.

Horror
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Mail from the readers

Letters to the Editor

M. Okonkwo
Read Dead Air on a bus at 2 a.m. and couldn't sleep when I got home. Thanks, I hate it.
Brooklyn, NY
R. Alvarez
Is Paul okay. Please check on Paul.
Austin, TX
H. Stein
Loop Hunter is the best short I've read this year. More Tuesdays please.
Portland, OR
Anonymous
I subscribed after the cover alone. You had me at the knock.
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