Something Old, Something New
It's that uncomfortable pause between the latest issue of Black Static going off to the printers and its arriving on your doorstep in all its usual splendour, and so here I am to reveal the contents of the Case Notes section in #44.
Here's what we've got for you:-
A REHEARSAL FOR DEATH: TIM WAGGONER
A feature on Black Static contributor Tim Waggoner, including reviews of his short story collection Bone Whispers, the novellas Deep Like the River, The Last Mile and A Strange and Savage Garden, and his novel The Way of All Flesh, plus an in-depth interview with Tim and, just because we love you, a photograph of Vincent Price.
FIVE NOVELLAS
Reviews of Conduits by Jennifer Loring, Mutator by Gary Fry, Differently There by John Llewellyn Probert, The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley, and Prisoner 489 by Joe R. Lansdale.
EARTHLING PUBLICATIONS
Two recent (the term is relative) releases by one of my favourite publishers get the treatment, The Halloween Children by Brian James Freeman and Norman Prentiss, and Everything You Need by Michael Marshall Smith.
OMNIUM GATHERUM
Reviews of Autumn in the Abyss by John Claude Smith and A Respite for the Dead by Lucy Taylor, and also of Omnium Gatherum publisher Kate Jonez' novel Candy House which isn't published by OG but seemed like a natural fit.
EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY
Reviews of Zombies: A Hunter's Guide by Joseph A. McCullough and The Squickerwonkers by Evangeline Lilly, and illustrated by Johnny Fraser-Allen.
GARY McMAHON
Reviews of The Night Just Got Darker and The End.
ANTHOLOGIES
Reviews of Poor Souls' Light, an anthology of Christmas ghost stories from the Curious Tales writers' collective, and Dead Funny, an anthology of horror stories by comedians, edited by Robin Ince and Johnny Mains.
That's twenty one titles in all, with five of them written by women (24%).
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