Weird Horror, Issue 5, Fall 2022

Weird Horror #5

by Michael Kelly (Editor), Barandash Karandashich (Illustrator), Brian Evenson

Contents (fiction):
- William Curnow "In the Dead of the Wood"
- Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe "Deathflower"
- Charlotte Turnbull "Husteria"
- Dan Howarth "Aperture"
- Brian Evenson "The Rider"
- J.T. Bundy "The Shadow of His Bones"
- Richard Strachan "Coffin Texts"
- Megan Taylor "The Invitation"
- Zachariah Claypole White "The Eighth Room"
- Kirstyn McDermott "Lemmings"

Includes also: opinion from Simon Strantzas ("Fear Without the Threat"); commentary from Orrin Grey ("Parallel Evolution: A Tale of Two Muck Monsters"); reviews by Lysette Stevenson.

Genres: Short Stories, Horror

139 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 13, 2022

About the author

Michael Kelly is the Series Editor for the Year's Best Weird Fiction, and author of Undertow and Other Laments, and Scratching the Surface; as well as co-author of the novel Ouroboros.

His short fiction has appeared in a number of journals and anthologies, including All Hallows, Best New Horror, Black Static, Dark Arts, the Hint Fiction Anthology, PostScripts, Space & Time, Supernatural Tales, Tesseracts 13, and Weird Fiction Review.

Michael is a World Fantasy Award, Shirley Jackson Award and British Fantasy Award Nominee.

Reviews

[Robert Bagnall · Rating 4 out of 5]

I usually give these semi-pro genre anthologies a three (really two and a half) star review, with some stock phrases about being a ‘mixed bag’, but this is a league better than the norm. I don’t really want to pick a favourite out of a strong and memorable line up - the wonderfully named Zachariah Claypole White, perhaps?

[Lewis Housley · Rating 5 out of 5]

These are always great. Frankly, I think we all should get together and petition Undertow Publications to move this to a quarterly release. The stories, articles, and art are always great. The illustrations in this volume are superb.

[Tony Ciak · Rating 5 out of 5]

great stories and articles Loved It!!!