Includes original dark fiction by James Newman, Jessica McHugh, Stephen Kozeniewski, Sarina Dorie, Stacy Cotton, and Aaron J. French. Interviews with Nicole Cushing, Stephen Laws, and T.E. Grau. Feature (Dust of The Small-Town America of Ray Bradbury) by Gwendolyn Kiste. Reviews (Emma Whitehall & William Marchese) of Embers, Exorcist Falls, Moriah, Dear Sweet Filthy World, Moriah, and The Garden of Delight. Also includes excerpt from the forthcoming novella FESTIVAL by Aaron J. French.
Another stellar effort from darklit's hardest working Canuck, Eddie Generous, and the team of highly accomplished authors who contributed to this issue.
Sarina Dorie's story was the standout for me. In her story, as charming as it is disturbing, she creates a hell not too dissimilar from this earth with a clarity that only becomes more alarming when you realise she's probably lived through it!
Stephen Kozeniewski's zombie-not-zombie apocalypse was far more immersive than its length gave it any right to be.
Wordsurgeon Jessica McHugh uses her tools to cut out her readers' hearts while wearing an immaculately lipsticked sardonic smile.
Really there is everything to love about all these pieces.
With Unnerving Magazine, you are currently getting way more than you pay for. Eddie and his readers voraciously consume their culture of interest and present you with the best of the best in the form of stories, interviews, book reviews, essays and best of lists. It's a total steal and I'd get in on the pillage while it lasts!
This is honestly worth getting for Stephen Kozeniewski's short story alone. It was gory and engrossing with an awesome ending. The other stories were really good, the features and reviews I'll admit I mostly skimmed over. I also had one other reason for grabbing this - I had to know what one of my all time favourite horror authors, Stephen Laws, has been up to since I haven't found any books written by him in quite a while and was quite upset many years ago when I realised I'd read everything he'd published and there was nothing else left to devour. So it was a pleasant surprise to get the chance to find that out. Recommended reading for horror fans. You might just find yourself some new authors to follow if you pick this up.
Where have these been my whole life? I just recently fell into the abyssal Unnerving Magazine. I quite like it here. 👹 I've read two so far and plan on reading every single one I can get my paws on. ( Did I say paws? 🙊 That's a story for another issue.) Great authors. Great tales. Read these wonders today. Don't wait 45 years like my dumba** did.