Midnight Echo Issue 18: Cursed

by J.S. Breukelaar, A.M. Joseph, Brent McGregor

Midnight Echo 18: CURSED. The official magazine of the Australasian Horror Writers Association, featuring short fiction, poetry and non-fiction from some of Australasia's best writers of dark fiction. Issue 18
Editorial J.S. Breukelaar

Fact or Fiction—Australia, New Zealand, and Beyond

The Things She Carried, N. King

Drones and Dominions, Matthew R. Davis

Arisan, Feby Idrus

The Book Of Nature, Kaaron Warren

Moulder, Em Starr

Dreamsparkle, Brent McGregor

Siren Song, Dmitri Akers

Into the Fire, Chris Mason

Smiley Frank, Matthew Scott

Left to Fester, Zachary Ashford

The Dancing Plague, A.M Joseph

The Restless Soul, Fiona Renton

Carnival Girl, Leanbh Pearson

He Was Already There, Joseph Townsend

Blood Born, Pauline Yates

Sea Glass, Mason Hawthorne

No Returns, Penny Durham

Hiking Through the F*cking Outback Because Your Therapist Thinks You Need Nature, Kate Pozzobon

229 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 29, 2023

About the author

J.S. Breukelaar is an award-winning author of dark fiction. Her collection, Collision: Stories was a Shirley Jackson award finalist, and won both the Aurealis and Ditmar Awards. She has also published three acclaimed novels, including, most recently, Remedy, and the Ditmar-award winning novella, The Bridge. Her stories can be found in numerous magazines and anthologies, such as Apex, Black Static, The Dark, Lightspeed, Tiny Nightmares, as well as several Years Bests. You find out more at www.jsbreukelaar.com and elsewhere at @jsbreukelaar.

Reviews

[Jodie How · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. Some great stories, some average.