Black Static #73 (January-February 2020): Horror Fiction & Film (Black Static Magazine)

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The January-February 2020 issue contains new cutting edge horror fiction by Stephen Volk, Keith Rosson, Maria Haskins, Jack Westlake, and Gregory Norman Bossert. The cover art is by Ben Baldwin , and interior illustrations are by Richard Wagner, Ben Baldwin, Vincent Sammy, and others. Regular features: Into the Woods by Ralph Robert Moore; Notes from the Borderland by Lynda E. Rucker; Case Notes book reviews by Laura Mauro, Andy Hedgecock, Daniel Carpenter, David Surface, Andrew Hook, and Georgina Bruce, who also interviews Priya Sharma; Blood Spectrum film reviews by Gary Couzens.

The cover art is by Ben Baldwin, for Stephen Volk's 'Sicko'.

Fiction:

Sicko by Stephen Volk
illustrated by Ben Baldwin

You Are My Sunshine by Keith Rosson
illustrated by Richard Wagner

Cleaver, Meat, and Block by Maria Haskins
illustrated by Vincent Sammy

We Didn't Always Live in the Woods by Jack Westlake

The Hearts of All by Gregory Norman Bossert

Features:

Notes From the Borderland by Lynda E. Rucker
THE FICTION OF RIGHT NOW

Into the Woods by Ralph Robert Moore
UNFAIR APOCALYPSE

Reviews:

Case Notes: Book Reviews

Andrew Hook: And Cannot Come Again by Simon Bestwick • David Surface, One Good Story: The Judas Tree by Denton Welch • Laura Mauro: Doe Lea by M. John Harrison, so this is it by Paul Griffiths, Halloween by Nicolas Freeman, Le Détective by H.P. Tinker • Daniel Carpenter: Nowhereville edited by Scott Gable & C. Dombrowski • Andy Hedgecock: Ghostland by Edward Parnell • Georgina Bruce: Ormeshadow by Priya Sharma, plus author interview

Blood Spectrum: Film Reviews by Gary Couzens

Hammer Volume Four: Faces of Fear • Secret Ceremony • The Dead Don't Die • Der Golem • I Lost My Body • The Nightingale • The Fall • Hitch Hike to Hell • Cut • Annabelle Comes Home • Werewolf • The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil • Prey