Dark Horses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction No. 23: December 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:

NANTUCKET 2045

Anastasios Mihalopoulos

MY DREAMHOUSE IS MADE OF MATCHSTICKS

Sabina Malik

CALVING SEASON

Shana Waldman

CONNUBIAL BLISS

Joseph Hirsch

COFFIN ROAD

Wayne Kyle Spitzer

THE EXHIBITION

James Austin McCormick

WHAT IS GINGER?

David Blitch

FAMILY TREE

Argus Z. Burton

TERRORIZER

Paul Lee

WHAT NOW?

Matt Dennis