Black Static Issue 63

By Lynda E. Rucker, Steven J. Dines, Nicholas Kaufmann, and more

2018

First Published

4.17

Average Rating

300

Number of Pages

9H06M

Audio Length

The May-June issue contains new horror fiction by Steven J. Dines (novella), Kristi DeMeester, J.S. Breukelaar, Matt Thompson, and Nicholas Kaufmann. The cover art is by Richard Wagner, and interior illustrations are by Ben Baldwin, Vincent Sammy, and Richard Wagner. Regular features include Into the Woods by Ralph Robert Moore, Notes from the Borderland by Lynda E. Rucker, Case Notes by Peter Tennant (book reviews, including an in-depth interview with Priya Sharma), Blood Spectrum by Gary Couzens (film reviews). Cover art by Richard Wagner Fiction: The Harder it Gets the Softer We Sing by Steven J. Dines (novella) illustrated by Vincent Sammy Raining Street by J.S. Breukelaar Bones of Flightless Birds by Matt Thompson illustrated by Richard Wagner Pyralidae by Kristi DeMeester The Fire and the Stag by Nicholas Kaufmann illustrated by Ben Baldwin Columns: Notes From the Borderland by Lynda E. Rucker ON BEING INVISIBLE Into the Woods by Ralph Robert Moore THIS IS THE PART WHERE YOU START TO SAY GOODBYE Reviews: Case Notes: Book Reviews by Peter Tennant BLOOD ON THE PAGE: PRIYA SHARMA All the Fabulous Beasts plus in-depth author interview THREE OF THE BEST: JOHN LLEWELLYN PROBERT Dead Shift The Lovecraft Squad: All Hallows Horror Made for the Dark THE DIFFICULT THIRD COLLECTION: JAMES COOPER Human Pieces THREE THRILLERS Find Me by J.S. Monroe The Black Sheep by Sophie McKenzie Final Girls by Riley Sager Blood Spectrum: Film Reviews by Gary Couzens Night of the Living Dead, Hammer Volume Two: Criminal Intent, Annihilation, Requiem, Govan Ghost Story, Imitation Girl, Fashionista, Images, Cure, Legend of the Mountain, Pyewacket, Keep Watching, Terrifier

Avg Rating

4.17

Number of Ratings

5 STARS

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4 STARS

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Authors

Steven writes dark literary fiction. His short stories and novellas have appeared in publications such as Black Static (nine times), Interzone (twice), Crimewave, Fireside Magazine, Not One of Us, and many others. His debut collection "Look Where You Are Going Not Where You Have Been" was published by Luna Press in 2021. Originally from Aberdeen, Scotland, he now lives south of the border in Salisbury with his wife, Summer, and their three children, Joshua, Taylor, and Autumn.

Nicholas Kaufmann

Author · 13 books

Nicholas Kaufmann is the Bram Stoker Award-, Thriller Award-, Shirley Jackson Award-, and Dragon Award-nominated author of numerous books and stories. In addition to his own work, he has written for such properties as Zombies vs. Robots, The Rocketeer, and Warhammer. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife.

J.S. Breukelaar

Author · 6 books

J.S. Breukelaar is the author of the Aurealis Award-nominated novel Aletheia, and American Monster, a Wonderland Award finalist. Collision, her new collection from Meerkat Press, drops in Feb 19. She has stories, essays and poetry published in Unnerving Mag, Black Static, Gamut Magazine, Lamplight and elsewhere. She is an instructor and columnist at LitReactor.com and lives in Sydney, Australia with her family. Visit her at http://www.thelivingsuitcase.com. and at twitter at @jsbreukelaar.

Kristi DeMeester is the author of Beneath, published by Word Horde, and Everything That's Underneath by Apex Books. Her short fiction has been included in Ellen Datlow's Year's Best Horror Volumes 9 and 11, Year's Best Weird Fiction Volumes 1, 3, and 5, and Stephen Jone's Best New Horror. Her short fiction has also appeared in publications such as Black Static, The Dark, Pseudopod, as well as several others. In her spare time, she alternates between telling people how to pronounce her last name and how to spell her first.

Priya Sharma

Author · 15 books

Priya Sharma’s fiction has appeared venues such as Interzone, Black Static, Nightmare, The Dark and Tor. “Fabulous Beasts” was a Shirley Jackson Award finalist and won a British Fantasy Award for Short Fiction. Priya is a Shirley Jackson Award and British Fantasy Award winner, and Locus Award finalist, for “All the Fabulous Beasts”, a collection of her some of her work, available from Undertow Publications. “Ormeshadow”, her first novella (available from Tor), won a Shirley Jackson Award and a British Fantasy Award. It was a 2022 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire finalist. Her stories have been translated into Spanish, French, Italian, Czech, and Polish.