Dark Horses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction: No. 17 | June 2023

dark horse /ˈdärk ˈˌhôrs/ noun 1. a candidate or competitor about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins or succeeds. "a dark-horse candidate"

Join us for a monthly tour of writers who give as good as they get. From hard science-fiction to stark, melancholic apocalypses; from Lovecraftian horror to zombies and horror comedy; from whimsical interludes to tales of unlikely compassion--whatever it is, if it's weird, it's here. So grab a seat before the starting gun fires, pour yourself a glass of strange wine, and get ready for the running of the dark horses.

In this issue:

THE EIGHT-YEAR LOCUSTS Jennifer S. Hane

THE GARDEN Carla Ward

THE TORTURED WAIL OF MACHINES Lamont A Turner

THE WITCH AT KHOLAT SYAKHL T.K. Howell

THE RETURN Wayne Kyle Spitzer

THE PAINT GODS MUST BE ANGRY Sabina Malik

THE HEARTBEAT BETWEEN US A.E.S.

THE ENTERTAINERS R. Ostermeier

SUPERMAN AND THE HOLLYWOOD WITCH T.K. Howell

SWEET PETUNIA Edward Ahern

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Release date

Ebook: June 12, 2023