Dark Void Magazine Issue 3

by Benjamin DeHaan (Editor), Mob, Rachel Searcey

Dark Void Magazine is a biannual science fiction horror magazine featuring four original short stories that take place off planet Earth. New issues are published every April (Spring Issue) and October (Fall Issue).

FICTION
Star Bound — Mob
Symbiogenesis, Fractured — Rachel Searcey
More — Ron Sanders
Unga Ta Bunga — Kemal Onor

Creator / Editor-in-Chief
Benjamin DeHaan

51 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 20, 2023

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

The only story I found interesting was More by Ron Sanders.

[Shaun · Rating 4 out of 5]

Third time out for this newish biannual. Star Bound, by Mob, opens with Earth’s first interstellar voyage awakening the crew somewhere they shouldn’t be, amidst things that shouldn’t be happening. It’s going to take more than an EVA to figure out this Kubrick-esque first contact. Symbiogenesis, Fractured from Rachel Searcey’also starts with a reluctant awakening from sleep to find a horrifying threat, ending in a grim reassertion of pilot and ship’s unity. More is Ron Sander’s exploration of what happens when miners arrive on a planet which turns out to be able to defend itself. But is the planet ready for all that humanity has shown itself capable of when provoked? Unga Ta Bunga by Kemal Onor tells a long and winding tale of captivity and discovery at the universe’s sunset. This has no action as such, and its force comes from deeply reflective writing.

All of these are good, and I liked them all, although for different reasons. Unga Ta Bunga took two readings to sink in; the others were simpler to digest but offered really good entertainment. The only thing I’m not happy about is with Issue 3 is that I have to wait six months for another batch of this goodness.

8/10 (4 stars)