J.S. Douglas

J.S. Douglas (she/her) is a horror author living in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, daughter, dog, and a growing collection of fish. She has several short stories published by magazines and anthologies, as well as a novella (Terror at Twll Du) and a novel (The Cult of Elle) available on Amazon. Her works most often address the topics she knows best: female rage, existential dread, ghosts, monsters, and the everyday horrors of existence. You can find a complete list of all of her published works on her website, jsdouglaswrites.com.

Read Douglas’s short story “Dysmenorrhea” in Horrific Scribes.

Description: Dysmenorrhea, a.k.a. period pain. It can be brutal. Disgusting. Agonizing. Horrific. When it hits, the only thing you can think about is escaping it. Your job doesn’t matter. Heck, the place where you curl up into the fetal position and pray for unconsciousness doesn’t matter. The only thing you can focus on is the pain. In “Dysmenorrhea,” a woman crawls into the break room closet to drown in her agony. When she finally climbs out of her coworkers’ shoes and coats, she discovers the world has undergone an apocalyptic change.