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A Journal of Folklore, Strange History & Uncanny Fiction
Est.2026

Penny Dreadful's Journal

Journal

Folklore,
Fiction &
Strange History

Stories

Tales from the shadowy edges of the everyday. Here you will find my short fictions, serials, urban myths, recovered rumours, strange rhymes, and other pieces created for my Journal.

Latest from the Stories Archive

  • “Sepia toned penny dreadful style woodcut illustration of a modern British traffic warden issuing a parking ticket on a terraced housing estate beside a hospital demolition site. The officer wears a contemporary high visibility parking enforcement uniform with radio and cap while writing a penalty notice on a handheld device. A parked car with a ticket on the windscreen sits in the foreground beneath a no parking sign. Ornate Victorian style banners and bold typography surround the scene with dramatic slogans about order and justice. A meat and potato pie replaces the traditional skull motif in the lower corner. Heavy black ink lines, aged paper texture, satirical tone, and nineteenth century broadside aesthetic throughout.”

    Another Good Day

    It had been another good day. For a little over two weeks now, the demolition work at the hospital and the flood of construction workers had practically halved the number of parking spaces inside the grounds. So I did what any self respecting, civically minded parking enforcement officer would do and started booking every car…

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  • The tilt of her world

    Manda stood five foot one in flame emblazoned New Rock boots, but height had never measured her. She had red hair that caught the light like a warning and green eyes that made people straighten up without knowing why. When she walked into a room, something shifted. Not much. Just enough to make you wonder…

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