Black Static Magazine

Black Static is a bimonthly magazine of original horror and dark fantasy fiction, first published 2007. The price of this edition was left to the conscience of the readers/purchasers until 2 Sept 2012. It is now set at $4.24. Highlights of BS #19 include Peter Tennant's 2010 Anthology reviews roundup and fiction from Simon Clark, Ray Cluley, Joel Lane, Steve Rasnic Tem and Lavie Tidhar.

Black Static is a bimonthly magazine of horror and dark fantasy fiction, first published 2007. It contains original fiction and illustrations plus horror/dark fantasy related news and reviews of books, movies and DVDs. BS 21 has the print edition's text, but some illustrations and graphics are omitted. It features Ray Cluley's 'Pins and Needles' and James Cooper's 'Cushing'.

Black Static is a bimonthly magazine of horror and dark fantasy fiction, first published 2007. It contains original fiction and illustrations plus horror/dark fantasy related news and reviews of books, movies & DVDs. BS 22 has the print edition's text, but some graphics are omitted. This issue features horror from Tim Lees, Alison Littlewood, Alan Wall, Simon Kurt Unsworth & Steven Pirie.

Black Static the bimonthly magazine of horror & dark fantasy fiction 1st published 2007. It contains original fiction & illustrations plus horror/dark fantasy related news & reviews of books, movies and DVDs. BS 23 has the print edition's text, though some images are omitted. It features Robert Davies' award winner, The Harvesting of Jackson Cade, & stories by Victoria Leslie & Carole Johnstone.

Black Static this issue (#24) has stories from Ramsey Campbell, Tim Lees, Simon Bestwick, Simon McCaffery and K. Harding Stalter plus the hard-hitting features and expert book & DVD reviews you've all come to expect of this award winning horror and dark fantasy short story magazine. Black Static contains groundbreaking dark fiction by some of the world's best writers and most talented newcomers.

Black Static this issue (#25) has stories from Christopher Fowler, Alison Littlewood, Ray Cluley, Barbara A. Barnett and Nathaniel Tapley plus the hard-hitting features and expert book & DVD reviews expected of this award winning horror and dark fantasy short story magazine. Black Static contains groundbreaking dark fiction by some of the world's best writers and most talented newcomers.

#26 of British Fantasy Award winning magazine Black Static has new stories with irresistible titles like 'The Demon Laplace' by Mark Rigney and 'Dizzy Land' by Andrew Hook plus Ray Cluley's 'I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing', Gary McMahon's-'Remains' and Carole Johnstone's 'The Monster of Venice', columns by Christopher Fowler, Stephen Volk, Mike O'Driscoll; reviews by Peter Tennant & Tony Lee.

Black Static is stuffed with horror & dark fantasy fiction and #27 has stories from 2012 BFS award nominee Simon Bestwick, Gord Sellar, Jacob Ruby, Stephen Bacon and V.H. Leslie. Also present are the innovative artwork, hard-hitting features and expert book & DVD reviews readers have come to admire. Author Alison Littlewood' is interviwed her first novel 'A Cold Season' is reviewed.

Horror in 'The Pest House' and other places in the British Fantasy Award winning magazine. #28 contains stories by Carole Johnstone, Jon Ingold, Priya Sharma, Joel Lane, Daniel Kaysen; comment columns by Christopher Fowler and Stephen Volk; Peter Tennant's book reviews, genre news and his interview with Christopher Fowler; DVD/Blu-ray reviews by Tony Lee and television reviews by Mike O'Driscoll.

This is the E edition of the fabulous new look (at least in print), new size Black Static, #29, with its gloss laminated spine and 96 pages of fiction, reviews, columns and comment. Fiction is Nina Allan's 'Sunshine', Renee Carter Hall's 'Horseman', ex movie star Baph Tripp's 'Chodpa' (he was Louis Tripp in 1987's 'The Gate'), Ray Cluley's 'Shark! Shark!' and Tim Lees' 'The Counterweight'.

This Aug-Sept e issue marks Black Static's 5th birthday and its 2012 British Fantasy Award for best magazine. Scriptwriter Stephen Volk writes about his work on the original TV version of Ghostwatch after its 20th Anniversary screening. James Cooper leads off the fiction. A multitude of book and DVD reviews along with columns on recent horror movie trends and Game of Thrones as a TV series follow.

Issue 31 is horribly unseasonal. The medical benefit of smoking mummy fingers, un-, or all too, requited grief, the curse of the Scottish Play reaching beyond the stage, or worse feature in Jackson Kuhl, V.H. Leslie, Steven J. Dines, Seán Padraic Birnie, Steven Pirie or James Cooper's stories. Also Stephen Volk & Christopher Fowler's usual comment columns plus reviews by Peter Tennant & Tony Lee.

New year, new author, Edinburgh's Ilan Lerman, and new artist, Tara Bush, who illustrates his story. There are 6 more stories from Tim Casson, Ray Cluley, Priya Sharma, Drew Rhys White, Lavie Tidhar & Steve Rasnic Tem, later interviewed by Peter Tennant. Also Stephen Volk & Christopher Fowler's usual comment columns plus reviews by Tony Lee. Peter T reviews Simon Bestwick & Gary McMahon's latest.

Peter Cushing is the focus of Stephen Volk's column while Christopher Fowler's final column for us looks at 'Dishonest Schlock'. There are 6 stories; from James Cooper, Tim Casson, Andrew Hook, Carole Johnstone, Michael Kelly and Gary McMahon, who finds that 'Sometimes Everything Gets so Strange it Starts to Make Sense.' Peter T reviews books by Sam Stone, Tim Lebbon & Brian Lumley and more.

This issue's fiction comes from Nina Allan, Joel Lane, Ilan Lerman, Andrew Hook & Sean Logan with stories SFRevu describes as 'exceptional', 'nightmarish', 'good', 'unsettling' and 'classic' respectively. Features include the 1st of Lynda E. Rucker's new column, Blood Pudding, Stephen Volk on theatrical horror plus his Whitstable is reviewed by Peter Tennant. Mark Morris is interviewed & reviewed.

Fiction from Daniel Mills, Steven J. Dines, Steve Rasnic Tem, Michael Griffin, Caspian Gray, Jason Gould & Carole Johnstone, Columns from Lynda E. Rucker and Stephen Volk: on Dennis Potter's oeuvre. Peter Tennant starts his Case Notes with a close focus on ghosts, reviewing 66 ghost stories and a non-fiction book in the first 8 his of his 28 book reviews. Tony Lee reviews other ghastly events.

New horror and dark fantasy fiction by Christopher Fowler, Tim Waggoner, Jacob A. Boyd, V.H. Leslie, Stephen Bacon, Ray Cluley. Art by Vincent Sammy, Tara Bush, Richard Wagner, David Gentry, Joachim Luetke. Plus the usual features by Stephen Volk and Lynda E. Rucker (comment); Tony Lee (movies, DVDs/Blu-rays); Peter Tennant (book reviews, including an in-depth interview with Nina Allan).

This last issue of 2013 has new horror and dark fantasy by Ray Cluley (2013 British Fantasy Award winner) Laura Mauro, Ralph Robert Moore, DeAnna Knippling, Priya Sharma and Steven J. Dines. Art from George Cotronis (inc. cover) Richard Sampson, Richard Wagner, David Gentry, and Joachim Luetke. Comment by Stephen Volk and Lynda E. Rucker; Reviews by Tony Lee (DVD/Blu-ray) and Peter Tennant (books)

This 1st 2014 issue is dedicated to the memory of Joel Lane, and Nicholas Royle pays tribute in 'The Conscience of the Circuit'. The issue’s new horror/dark fiction is by John Grant, Tim Waggoner, Andrew Hook, Maura McHugh, Danny Rhodes and Malcolm Devlin. Cover art is by Joachim Luetke. Plus columns by Stephen Volk and Lynda E. Rucker; Tony Lee’s DVD/Blu-ray reviews, Peter Tennant’s book reviews.

BS #41 has: new horror/dark fiction from Tim Waggoner, Vajra Chandrasekera, Ralph Robert Moore, Carole Johnstone, Leah Thomas, Ray Cluley, Thersa Matsuura; cover art from Richard Wagner; columnists - Stephen Volk & Lynda E. Rucker; reviews from Tony Lee - DVD/Blu-ray, Peter Tennant - books, (with A.K. Benedict as interviewee) and Mike O'Driscoll - Silver Bullets, investigates weird TV detectives.

BS #42 has: new horror/ dark fantasy fiction from Sara Saab, Alyssa Wong, Noah Wareness, Matthew Cheney, David D. Levine, Kristi DeMeester and Stephen Hargadon. Art from Dave Senecal (cover), Richard Wagner, Vincent Sammy, and Ben Baldwin. Non-Fiction content: columnists Stephen Volk & Lynda E. Rucker; reviews Tony Lee - DVD/Blu-ray and Peter Tennant - books (plus Carole Johnstone as interviewee).

November 2014’s Black Static, #43, has fiction by Ralph Robert Moore, Usman T. Malik, Simon Bestwick, Annie Neugebauer, Andrew Hook & Aliya Whiteley; Ben Baldwin’s cover art for 'Drown Town', more art from Tara Bush & Dave Senecal and James Cooper is Peter Tennant’s interviewee in Case Notes (book reviews). Tony Lee reviews DVDs & Blu-rays plus Lynda Rucker and Stephen Volk comment on the genre.

The January–February issue of Black Static contains illustrated dark fiction by Simon Avery, Priya Sharma, Jackson Kuhl, E. Catherine Tobler, and Tyler Keevil. The cover art is 'Ghost' by Martin Hanford. Features include the regular comment columns by Stephen Volk and Lynda E. Rucker, an extensive interview with author Tim Waggoner, and a reviews of a great many books and movies.

New dark fiction by Steve Rasnic Tem, S.P. Miskowski, Laura Mauro, Stephen Hargadon, Emily B. Cataneo, Andrew Hook, Cate Gardner, and Danny Rhodes, with art by Richard Wagner and Ben Baldwin. Nonfiction is Stephen Volk and Lynda E. Rucker’s columns, Tony Lee’s Blood Spectrum (DVD/Blu-ray/VoD reviews); Peter Tennant’s Case Notes (book reviews), and interview with Helen Marshall.