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Black Static
Black Static Issue 50
The January–February issue contains new novelettes and short stories by Ray Cluley, Georgina Bruce, V.H. Leslie, Tyler Keevil, Tim Casson, and Gary Budden. The cover art is by Vince Haig (for 'White Rabbit' by Georgina Bruce), and interior illustrations are by Vince Haig again, Martin Hanford, and Richard Wagner. Features: Coffinmaker's Blues by Stephen Volk (comment); Notes From the Borderland by Lynda E. Rucker (comment); Case Notes by Peter Tennant (book reviews and an extensive interview with novelist Simon Bestwick); Blood Spectrum by Tony Lee (DVD/Blu-ray reviews).
- GenresHorror
166 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2016
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January 24, 2021
WHITE RABBIT by Georgina Bruce
“Every object has its animus, its story.”
Rarely, but I DO sometimes read a special story and think
think
like this story’s brilliant elliptic section breaks
think that I am lucky to have managed to live long enough to read a particular story, THIS story, as something I really really needed to read and learn from, with its deep poignant poetic lesson.
It is about an old man’s marital bereavement after many years, the premonition by crows, the reaction of daughters, the needle in a barely audible music and its recurrent vinyl scratch.
A story about inadvertently not being present at the exact point of death of your wife in the house where you’ve both lived for countless years and the house takes over instead.
Coupled with a mathematical love of routine. Like the author of Alice? Or this author herself?
Quite horrific, but eventually stoical, eventually beautiful…. A wonderful story, brilliantly adumbrated, with no strident links, but a myriad subtle ones like that almost inaudible music. I’m so glad I caught it.
The detailed review of this book posted elsewhere under my name is too long or impractical to post here.
Above is one of its observations at the time of the review.
“Every object has its animus, its story.”
Rarely, but I DO sometimes read a special story and think
think
like this story’s brilliant elliptic section breaks
think that I am lucky to have managed to live long enough to read a particular story, THIS story, as something I really really needed to read and learn from, with its deep poignant poetic lesson.
It is about an old man’s marital bereavement after many years, the premonition by crows, the reaction of daughters, the needle in a barely audible music and its recurrent vinyl scratch.
A story about inadvertently not being present at the exact point of death of your wife in the house where you’ve both lived for countless years and the house takes over instead.
Coupled with a mathematical love of routine. Like the author of Alice? Or this author herself?
Quite horrific, but eventually stoical, eventually beautiful…. A wonderful story, brilliantly adumbrated, with no strident links, but a myriad subtle ones like that almost inaudible music. I’m so glad I caught it.
The detailed review of this book posted elsewhere under my name is too long or impractical to post here.
Above is one of its observations at the time of the review.
March 23, 2016
This was my first edition of Black Static. It will not be my last. While some stories resonate deeper than others, all are imaginative, well crafted and accessible, yet odd (that's a good thing in my book!). Standouts are V.H. Leslie's weird and sad 'Man of the House', Ray Cluely's vivid 'Child of Thorns' and the thrilling yet haunting novelette from Tyler Keevil, 'Foul is Fair'.
While you can pick up Black Static as a eBook, I wholly recommend purchasing the paperback version. It's much more than a 'magazine'.
While you can pick up Black Static as a eBook, I wholly recommend purchasing the paperback version. It's much more than a 'magazine'.
April 10, 2016
Better than average issue with some great creative illustrations to accompany the stories. Best reads are 'Man Of The House' by V.H. Leslie; 'Child Of Thorns' by Ray Cluley; novelette 'Foul Is Fair' by Tyler Keevil (borderline paranormal, but a captivating and suspenseful tale); and weird 'Bug Skin' by Tim Casson. There's also a good interview with author Simon Bestwick and some good reviews of small press specialty publishers.
June 4, 2016
"Greenteeth" By Gary Budden the standout for me
July 3, 2016
Favourite stories: 'Foul is Fair' by Tyler Keevil; 'Child of Thorns' by Ray Cluley; and 'Greenteeth' by Gary Budden.
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