Black Static Issue 9

by Andy Cox (Editor), David Gentry (Illustrator), Peter Tennant

9 • White Noise (Black Static, December 2008-January 2009) • [White Noise] • essay by Peter Tennant
9 •  At the Gates • interior artwork by David Gentry
17 • At the Gates • short story by Patrick Samphire
46 • Interference (Black Static, December 2008-January 2009) • [Interference] • essay by Christopher Fowler
46 •  Interference (Black Static, December 2008-January 2009) • interior artwork by David Gentry
53 • These Things We Have Always Known • short story by Lynda E. Rucker
53 •  These Things We Have Always Known • interior artwork by David Gentry
73 • Siri Hustvedt * Famous Monsters * Jaws * David Mamet • [Electric Darkness] • essay by Stephen Volk
80 • Noppero-Bo • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
80 •  Noppero-Bo • interior artwork by David Gentry
102 • Case Notes (Black Static, December 2008-January 2009) • [Case Notes] • essay by Peter Tennant
103 •   Review: Lucifer's Ark by Simon Clark • review by Peter Tennant
105 •   Review: Stone Cold Calling by Simon Clark • review by Peter Tennant
107 •   Review: Vengeance Child by Simon Clark • review by Peter Tennant
110 • Q&A (Black Static, December-January 2008) • interview of Simon Clark • interview by Peter Tennant
126 • Review of the nongenre title The Vampire of Ropraz by Jacques Chessex • essay by Peter Tennant
128 •   Review: We Fade to Grey by Gary McMahon • review by Peter Tennant
131 •   Review: The Staff Room by Markus Orths • review by Peter Tennant
132 •   Review: Fourtold by Michael Stone • review by Peter Tennant
135 •   Review: Living with the Dead by Darrell Schweitzer • review by Peter Tennant
137 •   Review: The Ghost Quartet by Marvin Kaye • review by Peter Tennant
139 •   Review: The Enigma of Departure by Nicholas Royle • review by Peter Tennant
142 •   Review: Bitten to Death by Jennifer Rardin • review by Peter Tennant
144 •   Review: A Dangerous Climate by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro • review by Peter Tennant
146 •   Review: Killing Kiss by Sam Stone • review by Peter Tennant
148 •   Review: The Evil Seed by Joanne Harris • review by Peter Tennant
152 • There's Something Wrong with Pappy • short story by James Cooper
152 •  There's Something Wrong With Pappy • interior artwork by David Gentry
178 • Blood Spectrum (Black Static, December 2008-January 2009) • [Blood Spectrum] • essay by Tony Lee
186 • The Book of Ruth • short story by Steven Pirie
187 •  The Book of Ruth • interior artwork by David Gentry
203 • Night's Plutonian Shore (Black Static, December 2008-January 2009) • [Night's Plutonian Shore] • essay by Mike O'Driscoll
210 • Taking on Life • short story by Gary Fry
210 •  Taking on Life • interior artwork by David Gentry

268 pages, Magazine

First published February 1, 2009

Reviews

[Dark-Draco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good collection of horror stories.

* The Lonely Heart by Aliette de Bodard = demons and skin-changers in a depressing, run down China. A neat story that sends shivers down your back.

* The Plain by Tim Lees = Weird not all that easy to read, but I liked the idea behind it.

* Haunt-Type Experience by Rox Clarke = I liked this. A good story of ghost hunters maybe being a little better at it than they thought.

* The Pain of Blue Eyes by Daniel Keyson = Probably my favourite story and definitely the most memorable. This almost seems like a mini-novel and I could easily see it fleshed out into a longer work. Manages to get a couple of great twists into the tale, which is unusual in such short pieces.

Chageling by Al Robertson = another one I quite liked and which I would read as a novel. Chilling and kind of sad, but well written.

Fear by Stephen Volk - a great little short. Brilliantly written and perfectly fits the story into a couple of pages. My second fave of the collection.