Dark Horses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction No. 21: October 2023

dark horse

/'därk '¿hôrs/

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:

GALADRA, THE SON

A.Z. Burton

LULLABY

Steve Loiaconi

PENUMBRA

Danny Menter

SPUDDY

Corey Miller

THE QUICK AND THE JURASSIC UNDEAD

Wayne Kyle Spitzer

THE BUG AND THE EGG

Nenad Pavlovic

THE TERROR AT WOODRUFF

Michael Penncavage

THE WATCHMAN

James Crowell

A POX ON THEM

TS S. Fulk

GHOST TOUCH

Stephen Meisel