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Issues

Nov. 2024 (Issue 146)

We have original short fiction from Raven Jakubowski (“She Sheds Her Skin”) and Caroline Hung (“Moon Rabbit Song”). Our Horror Lab originals include a poem (“Sumbisori”) from Jess Cho and a flash story (“A Guide for Your Journey to the Green Hills”) from R. K. Duncan. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors, and a feature interview with Nino Cipri.

Oct. 2024 (Issue 145)

We have original short fiction from Gemma Files (“Little Horn”) and Simon Gilbert (“Perfect Water”). Our Horror Lab originals include a poem (“Possession”) from Martins Deep and a flash story (“NotRob”) from Isabel Cañas. Nicholas Belardes discusses birds in the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word.” Plus we have author spotlights with our authors, and a de•crypt•ed discussion of the horror canon from Joe Koch.

Sept. 2024 (Issue 144)

We have a very ghostly issue featuring original short fiction from Russell Nichols (“What Happened to the Crooners”) and Sam W. Pisciotta (“House of the Hidden Moon”). Our Horror Lab originals include a creative essay (“I Am One of Bluebeard’s Dead Wives”) from Bella D. Bonne and a poem (“A Long Time Afterward”) from Sonya Taaffe. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors, and a film review by Adam-Troy Castro.

Aug. 2024 (Issue 143)

We have original short fiction from Erin Brown (“Butter”) and Cody Goodfellow (“Queen of the Rodeo”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story (“Painted Surfaces”) from Guan Un and a poem (“Witches’ Sabbath”) from Lisa M. Bradley. Neal Auch brings us the latest installment of our “The H Word” column, plus we’ve got author spotlights with our authors, and a feature interview with Michael J. Seidlinger.

July 2024 (Issue 142)

We have original short fiction from Thomas Ha (“Grottmata”) and Megan Chee (“The Museum of Cosmic Retribution”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story (“Automaton Boy”) from Sara S. Messenger and a poem (“Phantom Taste of Apricot on My Tongue”) from Richard Leis. Weird fiction philosopher RSL brings us the latest installment of “The H Word,” plus in our “de•crypt•ed” column,  Donyae Coles talks about the influence of Edgar Allan Poe.

June 2024 (Issue 141)

We have original short fiction from Manish Melwani (“MAMMOTH”) and Ally Wilkes (“Billy Blue”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story (“The Dark Devices”) from Bruce McAllister and a poem (“Penis Secrets of the Anunnaki”) from Sonya Taaffe. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors, and a book review from Adam-Troy Castro.

May 2024 (Issue 140)

We have original short fiction from Daniel David Froid (“An Offering from the Void”) and Victor Forna (“like blood on the mouths of death”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story (“Solve This One, Mrs. Miller”) from Carlie St. George and a poem (“The Southern Bells”) from Beatrice Winifred Iker. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors, and a feature interview with author J. Nicole Jones.

Apr. 2024 (Issue 139)

We have original short fiction from Shannon Scott (“My Containment”) and James Tatam (“Backseat Kiss”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story (“There are three children jumping over a can outside a bodega”) from Mark Galarrita and a poem (“Ensabled Night”) from John R. Turner. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors, and a book discussion from Sonora Taylor.

Mar. 2024 (Issue 138)

We have original short fiction from Keith Rosson (“Second Deaths”) and Fatima Taqvi (“Our Very Best Selves!”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story (“A Guide To Camping In The Forest”) from Oyedotun Damilola Muees and a poem (“The Let Go”) from E. Catherine Tobler.  We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors. Adam-Troy Castro looks at two new novels about haunts and houses: Elizabeth Hand’s A Haunting on the Hill and Gwendolyn Kiste’s The Haunting of Velkwood.

Feb. 2024 (Issue 137)

We have original short fiction from George Sandison (“The Cut Cares Not for the Flesh”) and H. B. Menendez (“Preamble to the Death of a Small God”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story (“First Girls”) from Jessica Luke García and a poem (“The Mourning of Sam Lillow, the Gardener”) from Adriana C. Grigore. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors, and a book discussion from Sunny Moraine.

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