Adam Murray

Adam Murray (he/him) is a speculative and horror writer, filmmaker, and tattoo artist based in Iztapalapa, Mexico. His work explores systems, myth, grief, and collapse—where ancient structures surface beneath modern life. His fiction has appeared in Larina’s Lit Lounge and Horrific Scribes, and his work has been shortlisted by multiple genre editors. He writes at the intersection of cosmic horror, dark science fiction, and surreal apocalypse.

Read Murray’s short story “January” in Horrific Scribes, January 2026.

Description: When January arrives one second out of alignment, time begins to fail quietly across Mexico City. As ancient calendars reassert themselves and colossal gods emerge to correct humanity’s accounting error, a survivor navigates a city being absorbed—not destroyed—by forces older than history.  

“January” is an apocalyptic myth rooted in Aztec cosmology, modern urban decay, and the slow horror of a future that refuses to arrive.