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Issues

Jan. 2024 (Issue 136)

We have original short fiction from R.A. Busby (“Ten Thousand Crawling Children”) and Andrew Snover (“The Forgetter”). Our Horror Lab originals include a creative essay (“Chase Scene”) from Megan Kiekel Anderson and a poem (“In Our Bodies, There Is Heat”) from Somto Ihezue. Kelsea Yu pens the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus we have author spotlights with our authors, and a feature interview with author V. Castro.

Dec. 2023 (Issue 135)

We have original short fiction from Ashlee Lhamon (“For All Your Other Daughters”) and Lynette Hoag (“Bête Noire”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story (“The Twelve Dying Princesses”) from Marisca Pichette and a poem (“dread”) from TJ Price. Our author spotlight interviewers sit down with our writers, and Ed Grabaniowski discusses snow horror in his essay for The H Word. Adam-Troy Castro dives into Stephen King’s new novel Holly, then goes on to recommend a dark Chilean film (El Conde) and the latest adaptation of A Haunting in Venice.

Nov. 2023 (Issue 134)

It’s our first-ever all dark fantasy issue! Check out original short fiction from Sharang Biswas (“Waiting for Jonah”) and Woody Dismukes (“The Curse of the Boto Boy”). Our Horror Lab originals include a poem (“Awakening”) from Tiffany Morris and a flash story (“Whatever Takes Us”) from Aigner Loren Wilson. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors. Also, find out why critically acclaimed editor and author Shane Hawk loves Stephen Graham Jones’s The Babysitter Lives, a novella originally released only in audio.

Oct. 2023 (Issue 133)

We have original short fiction from Rachael K. Jones (“The Sound of Children Screaming”) and David Janisch (“The Cello in the Cell”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story (“Clown Town”) from Dan Stout and a poem (“when you see the dead”) from Frances Ngo. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors, and an interview with Keith Rosson. Ebook readers will also get a tasty excerpt from OUT THERE SCREAMING, the new anthology edited by Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams.

Sept. 2023 (Issue 132)

We have original short fiction from Pedro Iniguez (“Nightmare of a Million Faces”) and Donyae Coles (“The Ascension of Magdalene”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story (“Student Living”) from Ashley Deng and a poem (“A Trick of The Night’s Hunger”) from Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan. 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.

Aug. 2023 (Issue 131)

 

 

We have original short fiction from Nuzo Onoh (“Oyili”) and J. Choe (“The Girls That Follow”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story (“Five Things That Go Through Your Mind After the Masked Killer Decapitates You”) from Adam-Troy Castro and a poem (“Tropical Fish”) from Mark Alpert. 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 screenwriter and author Jamie Flanagan. Our ebook readers will also enjoy an excerpt from Keith Rosson’s new novel Fever House.

July 2023 (Issue 130)

We have original short fiction from Isha Karki (“Sell Your Trauma for Salvation”) and Adam R. Shannon (“First in Fear and Then in Pain”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story (“Anatomy of a Haunted House”) from Avi Burton and a poem (“Why Are You Haunted?”) from Joan Tierney.  We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors, and a special review column from Adam-Troy Castro.

June 2023 (Issue 129)

We have original short fiction from Ozzie M. Gartrell (“The Seconds Between Light and Sound”) and Neal Auch (“and its place remembers it no more”). Our Horror Lab originals include a poem (“Bog Girls”) from Maureen O’Leary and a flash story (“They Say”) from Matt Dovey. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors, and a media review from Adam-Troy Castro.

May 2023 (Issue 128)

We have original short fiction from Keith Rosson (“Primal Slap”) and Elena Sichrovsky (“Goodnight Virginia Bluebells”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story (“Nine Lies You Tell Yourself About Ghost Hunting”) from Aimee Picchi and a poem (“We Are Always Walking on Dead Things”) from Emily Ruth Verona. 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 editor and reviewer Sadie Hartmann. We also have an excerpt from Jeremy C. Shipp’s new novel The Merry Dredgers.

Apr. 2023 (Issue 127)

We have original short fiction from Natasha King (“Root Canticle”) and James Tatam (“Jumper”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story (“Delicate Webbing”) from Beatrice Winifred Iker and a creative essay (“A Piece of Paper, Burned”) from Maria Haskins. Artist and writer Neil Auch joins us with the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors, and Meg Elison writes the newest critical review in our “de•crypt•ed” review series.

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