Out of the ashes of OCCULT DETECTIVE QUARTERLY rises OCCULT DETECTIVE MAGAZINE! Enter the world of the occult detective and the psychic investigator, men and women who risk their lives facing strange and supernatural phenomena. Apart from the title change, it’s the same blend of dark and imaginative fiction, articles, reviews, and great art as before. Authors this issue include Melanie Atherton Allen, Alexis Ames, Bryce Beattie, Cliff Biggers, S.L. Edwards, John Paul Fitch, Kelly M. Hudson, Ian Hunter, Michael Kellar, James A. Moore, Charles R. Rutledge, Craig Stanton, Tade Thompson, I.A. Watson and Matthew Willis, plus artwork by Autumn Barlow, Mutartis Boswell (back cover), Jason Eckhardt, Dave Felton, Bob Freeman, Roland Nikrandt (front cover) and Russell Smeaton.
John Linwood Grant lives in Yorkshire with a pack of lurchers and a beard. He may also have a family.
When he's not chronicling the adventures of Mr Bubbles, the slightly psychotic pony, he writes a range of supernatural, horror and speculative tales, some of which are actually published.
You can find him every week on his website which celebrates weird fiction and weird art, greydogtales.com, often with his dogs.
A fun mix of stories that cross various genres with the concept of the "occult detective." There are traditional gothic suspense stories, a science fiction tale, modern supernatural horror, some comedy, and even a African mythology-based poem.
Stopped and bought issues 1 through 5, so I could read the serialized story before reading the final installment 6 in this issue. My favorite stories were those by Melanie Atherton Allen and I.A. Watson.
The cover is absolutely fantastic, the stories inside incredible.
Thoroughly enjoyed my 2nd Occult Detective collection. Grant and Brewski have not dropped the baton as they take over from the previos publisher. I think he would be proud.
The stories are well written, entertaining and at times, just a littlebit creepy. Im not going to peg a favourite as each stood out in its own way for different reasons..