Black Static Issue 39

by Andy Cox (Editor), Ben Baldwin (Illustrator), Stephen Volk

4 • Those Who Fan the Fire • [Coffinmaker's Blues] • essay by Stephen Volk
6 • Female Trouble • [Blood Pudding] • essay by Lynda E. Rucker
8 • Kebab Bob • novelette by Ralph Robert Moore
8 •  Kebab Bob • interior artwork by Vincent Sammy
26 • Hot Feet • short story by Tyler Keevil
26 •  Hot Feet • interior artwork by David Gentry
36 • The Brack • short story by Vajra Chandrasekera
36 •  The Brack • interior artwork by Richard Wagner
42 • The Toyol • short story by Joel Arnold
42 •  The Toyol • interior artwork by Dan Henk
50 • The Broken and the Unmade • short story by Steven J. Dines
50 •  The Broken and the Unmade • interior artwork by Ben Baldwin
62 • House Party Blues • short story by Suzanne Palmer
62 •  House Party Blues • interior artwork by uncredited
70 • Case Notes (Black Static, March-April 2014) • [Case Notes] • essay by Peter Tennant
70 •   Review: The Tenth Black Book of Horror by Charles Black • review by Peter Tennant
71 •   Review: For Those Who Dream Monsters by Anna Taborska • review by Peter Tennant
73 • review of non-genre novel: "Uglybugly" by Lars Ramslie • essay by Peter Tennant
74 • review of non-genre novel: "Saturn" by Jacek Dehnel • essay by Peter Tennant
75 •   Review: Bite by Gardner Goldsmith • review by Peter Tennant
75 •   Review: Fade-Out by Gavin Salisbury • review by Peter Tennant
77 •   Review: At Fear's Altar by Richard Gavin • review by Peter Tennant
78 •   Review: Uncommon Places: A Collection of Exquisites by W. H. Pugmire • review by Peter Tennant
78 •   Review: Portraits of Ruin by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. • review by Peter Tennant
80 •   Review: The Wide Carnivorous Sky & Other Monstrous Geographies by John Langan • review by Peter Tennant
81 •   Review: The Year's Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2012 by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene • review by Peter Tennant
83 •   Review: The Year of Ancient Ghosts by Kim Wilkins • review by Peter Tennant
84 •   Review: Everything is a Graveyard by Jason Fischer • review by Peter Tennant
85 •   Review: Bloodstones by Amanda Pillar • review by Peter Tennant
87 •   Review: Prickle Moon by Juliet Marillier • review by Peter Tennant
87 •   Review: The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories by Joanne Anderton • review by Peter Tennant
88 •   Review: The Broken Ones by Stephen M. Irwin • review by Peter Tennant
89 •   Review: Midnight and Moonshine by Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter • review by Peter Tennant
90 • Blood Spectrum (Black Static. March-April 2014) • [Blood Spectrum] • essay by Tony Lee

100 pages, Magazine

First published March 1, 2014

Reviews

[Des Lewis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a special story, though. You sometimes feel you are a downbeat Beeblebrox threaded upon a silver carousel pole like a kebab. Or at least one of them. Choices that make reality as you choose them, bikini polka dots and volley ball ricochets of Fate. Yet the intense poignancy of the final choice is not so much suicide the prospect of which you once took so lightly but the deadpan acceptance of a lost love as well as a lost life. As I say, a special story – Somerset Maugham on a skewer.

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.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

For House Party Blues by Suzanne Palmer - really nice horror story with depth. Heard on PseudoPod #656