Black Static Issue 60

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The tenth anniversary issue contains new dark novellas and novelettes by writers who published their very first stories here: Carole Johnstone, Tim Lees, Ray Cluley, and Stephen Hargadon, with a guest editorial by the legendary Mick Reeks. The cover art is by Ben Baldwin, who also began his career here, as did Lynda E. Rucker who's now in every issue with her Notes From the Borderland column. Other features include Into the Woods by Ralph Robert Moore; Case Notes by Peter Tennant ; Blood Spectrum by Gary Couzens . Story illustrations are by Ben Baldwin, Jim Burns, Richard Wagner, and others.

Cover Art: 'The King in Yellow' by Ben Baldwin

Guest Editorial by Mick Reeks

Fiction:

Skyshine by Carole Johnstone

The Shuttered Child by Tim Lees
illustrated by Jim Burns

The Swans by Ray Cluley
illustrated by Richard Wagner

Langwell Sorrow by Stephen Hargadon
illustrated by Ben Baldwin

Columns:

Notes From the Borderland by Lynda E. Rucker

Into the Woods by Ralph Robert Moore

Reviews:

Case Notes: Book Reviews by Peter Tennant

WRITTEN ON THE LAND ITSELF: DANIEL MILLS
The Account of David Stonehouse, Exile
Moriah
plus author interview

FOUR BOOKS BY ALISON LITTLEWOOD
A Cold Silence
Zombie Apocalypse!: Acapulcalypse Now
The Hidden People
Five Feathered Tales
guest reviews by Stephen Theaker

ANCIENT & MODERN: JEFFREY THOMAS
Ghosts of Punktown
Haunted Worlds

SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
The Dream Operator by Mike O’Driscoll
Escape Plans by David Sakmyster

Blood Spectrum: Film Reviews by Gary Couzens

American Gods, The Kettering Incident, Valkyrien, The Sinbad Trilogy, The Orchard End Murder, Blood Diner, Waxwork, C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud, Return of the Living Dead III, Life, The Belko Experiment, Killing Ground, A Dark Song, The Ghoul, Capture Kill Release, Voice from the Stone, The Transfiguration, The Evil Within, Phoenix Forgotten, Temple, Within