Lene MacLeod

Lene MacLeod (she/her) is a Canadian author of quiet horror and poetry. Her debut collection Fringes of Grey was published in 2024 by DarkWinter Press. On This Dark Occasion, her second collection will be published Autumn, 2026. Work has appeared in various venues including Chthonic Matter Quarterly, Schlock! Webzine, and Polar Borealis Magazine. She edits and publishes a biannual litmag/anthology series featuring other authors of quiet horror and dark fiction.

Read MacLeod’s short story “Slippers from Hell” in Horrific Scribes December 2025.

Description: Lucy received a package in the mail. The familiar crumpled brown paper sack used to wrap the parcel, the string, and the Christmas Seals plastered all over could only mean one thing: a gift from Aunt Belinda. The only problem was, Aunt Belinda had died over a year ago.

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Read MacLeod’s story “Smashing in the New Year” in Horrific Scribes, January 2026.

Description: There is a storm brewing, along with a tension in the air on New Year’s Eve 1999. What will the new millennium bring? One woman just wants to get through the event with her children and dog, but things begin to get strange.

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Read MacLeod’s short story “The Nice Café” in Horrific Scribes August 2026.

Description: Willow has started a new life, and when she accidently receives an invitation to a new restaurant, she thinks she may have found “her people.” She could be wrong about that…