Bourbon Penn 16

by Erik Secker, Daisy Johnson, Camilla Grudova

Bourbon Penn publishes stories of imagination and the odd. Odd characters, odd experiences, odd realities. Stories from Bourbon Penn have been reprinted in anthologies such as The Year's Best Weird Fiction and The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror. Issue 16 features new fiction by Daisy Johnson, Camilla Grudova, M C Williams, Matthew Thomas Meade, Julia Rocchi, Reggie Mills, Matt Snell, and cover art by Nadeem Chughtai.

111 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 12, 2018

Reviews

[P Pits · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm a huge fan of Bourbon Penn. It's really a small anthology rather than a mag as it solely contains short stories. There is no egocentric intro from the editor, so the stories and the wonderfully weird cover art are the total focus. Erik Secker has real name writers alongside unheard ones, and you get the feeling that Secker's selection of stories is purely just about that - the story. In Bourbon Penn 16, I hadn't heard of any of the writers (usually I know, or at least recognise, a few names). But the stories although varied in terms of style and genre, were once again of a consistently strong level. The characters pop out of the pages, and the stories aren't rushed, but layered. A real winner!