EARTHBOUND BY RICHARD MATHESON
(Tor Books paperback, 224pp, $4.99)

David and Ellen Cooper return to the beachside community where they spent their honeymoon more than twenty years before in an attempt to rescue a marriage placed under severe stress by David’s infidelity. But whenever Ellen is away David is visited by Marianna, a young and beautiful woman to whom he is powerfully attracted. He finds himself drawn into a passionate affair, the very last thing that he needed in the circumstances. David’s undoubted love for Ellen plays in deadly counterpoint to his desire for Marianna, as their bouts of frantic lovemaking leave him drained physically and mentally, deepening the rift between husband and wife. Another resident of the area warns David that Marianna is not what she seems to be, and slowly doubt gives way to the realisation of who, or rather what, he has invited into his bed and life. (more…)

Tags: Black Static • Book Reviews • Earthbound • Peter Tennant • Richard Matheson

BANQUET FOR THE DAMNED by ADAM L. G. NEVILL
(Virgin paperback, 410pp, £7.99)

The author of several works of erotica under the pseudonym Lindsay Gordon, Nevill moved into the supernatural arena with this superbly crafted novel of terror, which previously appeared in hardback from P S Publishing Ltd in 2004 (this review originally appeared in The Third Alternative #39 at the time of that publication). (more…)

Tags: Adam L. G. Nevill • Banquet for the Damned • Black Static • Book Reviews • Peter Tennant

In case you missed it, Black Static 4 and Interzone 216 are now available at Fictionwise.

Sam Tomaino’s review at SFRevu calls Black Static 4 “the best yet”.  He goes on to say “I loved the articles and all but one of the stories got a Very Good from me.”

Interzone 216 is our Mundane-SF Special issue,  with fiction selected by guest editors and Mundanistas Geoff Ryman, Julian Todd, and Trent Walters.  This issue features a story by Élisabeth Vonarburg, who will be the French-speaking Guest of Honor at Anticipation, the 2009 Worldcon in Montréal. 

Tags: Black Static • INTERZONE • Mundane-SF • Worldcon

The following competitions also appear in Black Static 5 but you can enter now. Answer any or all of the following questions to be in with a chance of winning the Region 2 DVDs. (more…)

Tags: Black Static • competitions • DVDs

Out in June…

FEATURES:

White Noise
news

Interference by Christopher Fowler
comment

Electric Darkness by Stephen Volk
comment

Blood Spectrum by Tony Lee
DVD reviews plus competitions

Night’s Plutonian Shore by Mike O’Driscoll
comment

Case Notes by Peter Tennant
book reviews, including Jack Ketchum featurette and interview

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STORIES:

How Deep Is His Loneliness
Kathleen Winter

The Second Death of Johan Kluge
Tim Casson

Night Game
Tony Richards

The Rising River
Daniel Kaysen

Winter Journey
Joel Lane

Slap
Gary McMahon

Less A Dream Than This We Know
Christopher M. Cevasco

Tags: Black Static • Christopher Cevasco • Christopher Fowler • Daniel Kaysen • David Gentry • Gary McMahon • Jack Ketchum • Joel Lane • Kathleen Winter • Mike O'Driscoll • Peter Tennant • Stephen Volk • Tim Casson • Tony Lee • Tony Richards

At press next week, out soon. Cover and all original art by David Gentry. Click for a larger view.

It has news, in the form of White Noise.

Tags: Black Static • David Gentry

Issue 4 of Black Static: Transmissions From Beyond is out now, with new stories by Nicholas Royle, Conrad Williams, Cody Goodfellow and others. Contents and graphics after the jump. (more…)

Tags: Black Static • Cody Goodfellow • Conrad Williams • Nicholas Royle

NIETZSCHE’S KISSES by LANCE OLSEN
(FC2 paperback, 244pp, $15.95)

This short novel chronicles the last hours of the great German philosopher’s life when, after many years’ illness, he had retreated into a solipsistic fantasy world and his literary heritage was in the hands of his fascist sister Elizabeth. (more…)

Tags: Black Static • Book Reviews • Lance Olsen • Nietzsche • Peter Tennant

Black Static 4 is out on the 8th April. You can win several R2 DVDs and a book. Enter as many of the following as you like by emailing the address under the Contact link. Winners will be drawn from a hat on 30th April. The only catch is that you must be a current Black Static subscriber.

We have 2 copies of Dead Mary to give away.
What was the film originally to be called?

We have 2 copies of Blackwater Valley Exorcism to give away.
Actor Jeffrey Combs is probably best known for playing which character in the Re-Animator films?

We have 2 copies of Planet Terror to give away.
What was Robert Rodriguez’s first full length film?

We have 10 copies of The Ferryman to give away.
Amber Sainsbury and Craig Hall appeared in which other 2007 horror film?

We have 5 copies of Furnace to give away.
William Butler also wrote and directed which 2004 horror film?

We have 3 copies of The Abandoned to give away.
What is the title of Nacho Cerdà’s controversial 1994 short ‘necro-shocker’ film?

We have 5 copies of Saw IV to give away.
Who plays Jigsaw/John in the Saw movies?

We have 5 copies of Bug to give away.
William Friedkin directed which 1990 horror film, screenplay by Stephen Volk?

We have 5 copies of Resident Evil: Extinction, plus 5 copies of the associated book courtesy of Forbidden Planet to give away.
Who is the writer of the Resident Evil films?

All of the above DVDs and many more are reviewed by Tony Lee in Black Static 4’s Blood Spectrum column.

Subscribe now!

Tags: Abandoned • Black Static • Bug • competitions • Dead Mary • DVDs • Ferryman • free • Planet Terror • Resident Evil • Saw

More details and graphics to follow, but to whet your appetite: Conrad Williams featurette in Peter Tennant’s Case Notes column, including review of The Unblemished and author interview, plus brand new story by Conrad called ‘Zombie’. Other stories in this issue are by Nicholas Royle, Tyler Keevil, Steve Nagy, Cody Goodfellow, Barry Fishler. More book reviews by Pete Tennant, DVD reviews by Tony Lee (plus competitions to win lots of free DVDs and books) and comment from Steve Volk, John Paul Catton, Mike O’Driscoll. Original art by David Gentry.

Tags: Black Static • Cody Goodfellow • Conrad Williams • Nicholas Royle