Black Static #61 (November-December 2017)

The November-December issue contains new dark fiction by Georgina Bruce, Ralph Robert Moore, Ruth EJ Booth, Carly Holmes, Andrew Humphrey, and Mel Kassel. The cover art is by Tara Bush, and interior illustrations by Joachim Luetke, Vince Haig, and George C. Cotronis. 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), Blood Spectrum by Gary Couzens (film reviews).

Cover Art: 'Lucretia' by Tara Bush

Fiction:

The Anniversary by Ruth EJ Booth

Item image: The Anniversary

For Whom the Dogs Bark by Ralph Robert Moore
illustrated by Joachim Luetke

The Book of Dreems by Georgina Bruce
illustrated by Vince Haig

Do Not Google by Andrew Humphrey

A Small Life by Carly Holmes
illustrated by George C. Cotronis

Tancho by Mel Kassel

Columns:

Notes From the Borderland by Lynda E. Rucker
"DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS?"

Into the Woods by Ralph Robert Moore
DOWN ON PAPER

Reviews:

Case Notes: Book Reviews by Peter Tennant

SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
The Sea of Blood by Reggie Oliver; Written in Darkness by Mark Samuels; The Satyr & Other Tales by Stephen J. Clark; Horthólary by Michael Reynier; Earth, Air, Fire & Water by Brian Lumley; The Abandonment of Grace and Everything After by Shane Jiraiya Cummings; Zoopraxis by Richard Christian Matheson

WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, MORE OR LESS
Hap and Leonard: Savage Season by Jussi Piironen; The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers/I.N.J. Culbard; Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Volume 1 by M.R. James/Leah Moore/John Reppion

QUOTH THE NIGHTJAR
Jackdaws by Neil Campbell; The Numbers by Christopher Burns; Fury by D.B. Waters; Rounds by Wyl Menmuir; Paymon’s Trio by Colette de Curzon; The Automaton by David Wheldon

SHOCKING ALL OVER THE WORLD
The Last Night at Tremore Beach by Mikel Santiago; The Golem by Gustav Meyrink; The Truth and Other Lies by Sascha Arango; The Chosen by Kristina Ohlsson; A Small Charred Face by Kazuki Sakuraba; Kill the Next One by Federico Axat

Blood Spectrum: Film Reviews by Gary Couzens

George A. Romero: Between Night and Dawn; The Walking Dead: Season Seven; The Thing; Blood Feast/Scum of the Earth; Cult of Chucky; Not Quite Hollywood; Dark Age; Kadaicha/Innocent Prey; Out of the Shadows; Red Christmas; Cage Dive; The Bad Batch; Blood Simple; Willard/Ben; See No Evil; The Mummy; Vampir Cuadecuc; Don't Torture a Duckling; The Crunch…And Other Stories; Tag; Bushwick; Suntan; Eat Locals; Nails; Cabin 28; The Unraveling; Resurrection of Evil; Channel Zero: Candle Cove