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Black Satellite (about)

Publishers:

Dark Tree Press; Boylston, MA: Black Satellite.

Editors:

Brian Lingard - Editor: Black Satellite.

Black Satellite [v1 #1, Fall 2001] ed. Brian Lingard (Dark Tree Press, $4.00, 44pp+, octavo, cover by Allen Koszowski) []

2 · Editorial · Brian Lingard · ed

3 · Astral Sails · S. C. Virtes · ss

7 · Only What’s on the Menu · Kenneth Goldman · ss The Edge, Tales of Suspense #5, 1999

12 · Soul of the Party · D. F. Lewis · ss

17 · Lunatic Lewis · Cathy Buburuz · vi Nasty Piece of Work #7, March 1998

21 · Tracings · Deborah Hunt · ss

26 · Shiver · Bonnie Mercure · ss

36 · In the Maze · Matthew Spence · ss

43 · Reviews · Various · fr

Black Satellite [v1 #2, Spring 2002] ed. Brian Lingard (Dark Tree Press, $4.00, 48pp+, octavo, cover by Allen Koszowski) []

2 · Editorial · Brian Lingard · ed

3 · The Blue Rocks · Vera Searles · ss

13 · Miles to Go · W. B. Vogel · ss

18 · Longtooth · Eric Hermanson · ss

24 · They Came for Him After Midnight · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss

28 · To Catch a Thief · Shawn James · ss

32 · Elixir · S. C. Virtes · ss

37 · Setback · Matthew Spence · vi

39 · Zakku-al-Rada · Eric S. Brown · ss

45 · Reviews · Brian Lingard · rc

47 · [illustration] · Mike Todd · il

Black Satellite [v1 #3, Summer 2002] ed. Brian Lingard (Dark Tree Press, $4.00, 52pp+, octavo, cover by Allen Koszowski) []

2 · Editorial · Brian Lingard · ed

3 · The Doom That Came to Smirnov · Albert J. Manachino · ss

14 · Relics · Matthew Spence · ss

17 · Conversion · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss

22 · The Slide · Michael Balletti · ss

26 · The Child · J. R. Cain · ss

34 · The Lighthouse · Everette Bell · ss

48 · Reviews · Various · rc

Black Satellite [v2 #1, No. 4, Winter 2003] ed. Brian Lingard (Dark Tree Press, $4.00, 56pp+, octavo, cover by Allen Koszowski) []

2 · Editorial · Brian Lingard · ed

3 · Eyes in the Night · R. David Fulcher · ss

7 · The White Whale of Europa · Mark Mellon · ss

15 · The Swamp Demon · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss

20 · Better Mask · Jarret Keene · ss

28 · The Relay Station · Jim Reynolds · ss

38 · The Tomb in the Stars · Eric S. Brown · ss

41 · The Ghanks Are Coming · Albert J. Manachino & Michael E. Ambrose · ss

54 · Celestial Navigation · Kendall Evans · pm

Black Satellite [v2 #2, No. 5, Fall 2003] ed. Brian Lingard (Dark Tree Press, $4.00, 52pp+, octavo, cover by Allen Koszowski) []

2 · Editorial · Brian Lingard · ed

3 · Toward Infinity · James R. Cain · ss

16 · Wrong Turn · Bill Wilson · ss

22 · Immortal Beloved · Tom Olbert · ss

28 · Prowlers · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss

34 · Charnel World · Tim Curran · ss

49 · The Shaman of Guadot · Kendall Evans · pm

Black Satellite [v2 #3, No. 6, Fall 2004] ed. Brian Lingard (Dark Tree Press, $4.00, 52pp+, octavo, cover by Bruce Heller) []

2 · Editorial · Brian S. Lingard · ed

3 · The Frowns of Fortune · Lenora K. Rogers · ss

13 · Lifer · Andy Owens · ss

21 · The Third Sister · Andrew Kelly · ss

26 · AfterLife · Darrell Pitt · ss

36 · The Bet · Kevin Anderson · ss

41 · Game of Burke and Hare · Albert J. Manachino · ss Dragonfields #3, Summer 1980

48 · Today · William P. Robertson · pm

50 · Martians Welcome · Daniel S. Irwin · pm

Black Satellite [v3 #1, No. 7, Winter 2006] ($4.00, 56pp+, octavo, cover by Bruce Heller) []

2 · Editorial · Brian S. Lingard · ed

3 · Featured Illustration · Monte Davis · il

4 · To Scuttle a World · Monte Davis · ss

12 · The Night Is a Mirror · Vera Searles · ss

18 · The New Guy · Angeline Hawkes-Craig · ss Aphelion #65, December 2002

25 · Showdown · David B. Riley · ss

27 · The Nature of Death and Courage · Bonnie McDaniel · ss

38 · Release · Matthew Leukroth · ss

42 · Morophir’s Mummy · Albert J. Manachino & Michael E. Ambrose · ss

Black Sheep (about)
Subtitled “Unique Tales of Terror and Wonder”.

Black Sheep [No. 1, July 2023] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $7.99, 185pp, tp) []
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4 · Dirge · M. P. Strayer · nv

30 · Fragment of a Plane · Eric Dawson · ss

34 · The Hunt · Harold Hoss · nv

62 · The Banshee of Weiry Road · J. Herrera Kamin · ss

82 · Sadie · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss

92 · Mother · L. P. Ring · ss

108 · The Ballerina Tattoo · Bill Link · ss

124 · House of Doors · Bryce Thayne · ss

142 · The Ordained · Timothy Quinn · ss

152 · Vehemaprag · Seaton Kay-Smith · ss

Black Sheep [No. 2, August 2023] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $7.99, 147pp, tp) []
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4 · Wild Truth · September Woods Garland · ss

8 · Beauty Queen · Geoffrey Marshall · ss

24 · Drowned Stone · Oliver Fosten · ss

42 · Nightmare Is a Carnivorous Horse · Nemo Arator · ss; given as “Nightmare Is a Carniverous Horse” in the Table of Contents.

56 · The Limits of Resource Allocation · Francesco Levato · ss

62 · Mesozoic Knights · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss

82 · Miracle of Death · Douglas Kolacki · ss

92 · Planet Claire · Scotty Milder · ss

112 · The Fibonacci Horror · Roddy Navarro · nv

134 · Vampire Zendo · Jon Wesick · ss

Black Sheep [No. 3, September 2023] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $7.99, 183pp, tp) []
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4 · The Meat Locker · Evan Kaiser · ss

20 · Bloom · D. L. Shirey · ss

32 · Man/Maid · R. A. Daunton · ss

42 · Dinner Date at Verna’s · Rick Sherman · ss

50 · Equinox · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss

60 · Itch · Margaret Cotter · nv

92 · Red · Mason Yates · nv

120 · Rendezvous with Strangelove · Matt McHugh · nv

138 · The Areopagus of the Sky · Läilä Örken · nv

164 · When Henry Ford Hired the Invisible Man · Maureen Mancini Amaturo · ss

Black Sheep [No. 4, October 2023] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $6.99, 119pp, tp) []
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4 · The Break · William Couper · ss

10 · Desperate Times · Jessica Bindner · ss

14 · Come Back Home · Hana Carolina · ss The Chamber Magazine July 7 2023

22 · Immurement · Ken Foxe · ss

34 · The Concrete Veldt · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss

48 · Somewhere Between Life and Death · S. E. Will · nv

70 · The Journal of Mary Gurney · Nathan Perrin · ss

88 · The Mirror Duelist · Michael Fowler · ss

100 · Blind Date · Matt Dennis · ss

104 · Descent · Sean MacKendrick · ss

Black Sheep [No. 5, November 2023] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $7.99, 138pp, tp) []
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4 · Cobb’s Corner · J. A. Heath · ss

20 · The Coldest Ride in the Dead of Winter · Mike Sharlow · ss

32 · Gone · Josh Eure · ss

38 · Jon Carver of Barzoon, You Misunderstood · Graham J. Darling · vi Sword & Mythos ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, Innsmouth Free Press, May 2014

40 · White of the Eyes · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss

50 · London Ghosts · Lev Raphael · nv

76 · He’s Still in the House · Paul O’Neill · ss

90 · The Cure · Michael Harper · ss

110 · Trinity Home for the Gifted · Michael Vance · ss

126 · You Shouldn’t Read This · Atticus Hogan · ss

Black Sheep [No. 6, December 2023] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $7.99, 147pp, tp) []
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4 · A Fish Story · Mark Mitchell · nv

26 · Carnivore · Joshua Mertz · ss

38 · Change of Light · Richard Agemo · ss

56 · Close to Home · Henry Simpson · ss

66 · The Low Rumble of Distant Thunder [Flashback] · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss

80 · How to Birth Metaphors? Guide for Robots · Ashwin · vi

82 · In Through the Window · Alison Morretta · nv

104 · The Susurrus · Ben Larned · ss

110 · Those That Take from You · Jarred Frederick · ss

130 · We Are All Kev · Anthony Neil Smith · ss

Black Sheep [No. 7, January 2024] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $7.99, 169pp, tp) []
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4 · The Bathtub · Olivia Wolfe · ss

24 · Arachne · Jason Huls · ss

32 · Ashmedai and the Hairdresser · Allister Nelson · ss

42 · Burke’s Reboot · Alyssa Willeford · nv

66 · Get It Out of Me · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · nv

88 · Persuation · Mary Jo Rabe · ss

104 · Swimming Hole · Kathy Lanzarotti · ss

122 · The Strange Case of Bartholomew Hembree · Paul Cesarini · nv

148 · Monsters · Fred Cheney · ss

152 · Hellion · Jason Frederick Myers · ss

Black Sheep [No. 8, February 2024] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $7.99, 177pp, tp) []
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4 · Brain Licker · Andreas J. Britz · ss Dark Dossier Magazine #83, 2023

18 · An Incident from My Childhood · Ross Clark · ss

28 · Dust to Dust · Anthony Ferguson · ss

40 · All Men Are Created Equal · Yura Riphyak · nv

76 · The Dagger and the Chalice · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss The Witch-Doctor Diaries by Wayne Kyle Spitzer, Hobb's End Books, March 2023

88 · Instinctuallity · J. Brian Reed · ss

102 · A Hope in His Yellow Eyes · Wess Mongo Jolley · nv

134 · Pond Mouth · Keith LaFountaine · ss

146 · Rogue Planet · Paul Cesarini · ss

154 · The FUBAR Ritual · Kevin David Anderson · ss Dark Moon Digest #36, July 2019

Black Sheep [No. 9, March 2024] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $7.99, 123pp, tp) []
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4 · Shadow and Song · Andrew Brenza · ss

24 · Doctor Wegman’s Miracle Mist · Christian Green · ss

38 · Dust to Dust · Anthony Ferguson · ss Black Sheep #8, February 2024

50 · Error_Code: 1072 · J. Paul Ross · ss

60 · The Devil Drives a ’66 · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss Dark Horses #6, July 2022

76 · Pond Mouth · Keith LaFountaine · ss Black Sheep #8, February 2024

88 · Take It Away · Ryan Honaker · ss

92 · Cecil, the Demon, and the Tree · Michael Schulman · ss

100 · To Take What Is Best · Paul Cesarini · ss

Black Sheep [No. 10, April 2024] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $7.99, 147pp, tp) []
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4 · Walter · Luis Paredes · ss

16 · Melisande with the Good Hair · Kate M. Tyte · ss

30 · Transit Authority · Josh Barbeau · ss

44 · The Headless Beast · Marley Wilkinson · nv

66 · Clouds · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss Dark Horses #3, April 2022

76 · Period Drama · Stephen McQuiggan · ss

90 · Heartless Hottie · Brittany Hague · ss

100 · Double Blind · William M. McIntosh · ss

108 · The Pool House · Justin Pepe · ss

120 · Beneath the Village Moon · J. M. Clark · ss

Black Sheep [No. 11, May 2024] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $7.99, 165pp, tp) []
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4 · Rite of Passage · Brian J. Smith · ss

16 · Blood Blister · Hannah Zizza · ss

32 · The Man Who Was the World · Ben James · ss

48 · Grace Comes at Nightfall · David Thomas Peacock · ss

64 · Black Betty · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss

80 · Scenic Detour · Peter Emmett Naughton · ss

98 · The Strange Case of Bartholomew Hembree · Paul Cesarini · nv Black Sheep #7, January 2024

124 · The Empty Chair at the Casino · Mark Tulin · ss

130 · Warmth of the Womb · J. Boyett · ss

150 · Worlds Away · Curtis A. Bass · ss

Black Sheep [No. 12, June 2024] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $7.99, 137pp, tp) []
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4 · Acquired Through Deaccession · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss

18 · Domestic Disturbance · Justine Gussen · ss

34 · Good People · Lisa Rodriguez · ss

48 · Monstrosity · Kevin Novalina · ss

54 · The Fields Tinged with Scarlet · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss

66 · Motorcycles and Moon · Brian Sellnow · ss

74 · Peripheral Vision · Meg Keane · ss

82 · The Wind Is Howling, The Seas Are Churning. The Earth Is Trembling · David Sheskin · ss

90 · The Quarantine Station · Lee Clark Zumpe · nv Lovecraft’s Disciples #40, August 2020

114 · The Long-Forgotten Road · Jason Kaplan · ss

Black Sheep [No. 13, July 2024] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $6.99, 123pp, tp) []
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4 · Half-Lives · Freddie Kölsch · ss

16 · Acquired Through Deaccession · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss Black Sheep #12, June 2024; same story as in previous issue.

30 · Reaper · H. K. Slade · ss

36 · Regenesis · Mike A. Rhodes · ss

44 · A Portrait of the Witch-Doctor as a Young Man · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss

58 · Love’s Life · L. R. McGary · ss

68 · Stiff Breeze · Brian J. Smith · ss

80 · Surrender · Paul Cesarini · ss

90 · The Broken Grave · Sarah Das Gupta · ss

100 · The Chronicles of Chocolateman · Arthur Davis · ss

Black Sheep [No. 14, August 2024] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $7.99, 197pp, tp) []
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4 · Big Fella · Cora Tate · ss

14 · The Geber Accord · Max Hennigan · ss

28 · I Name the City · James B. Pepe · ss

40 · Midnight Blue · James Arthur · nv

66 · Napoleon [Part 1 of 2] · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · na Hobb’s End Books, October 2017

102 · Taxicab · Desmond Pagett · ss

106 · The Dead Hour Express · Alex De-Gruchy · nv

128 · The Journal of Mary Gurney · Nathan Perrin · ss Black Sheep #4, October 2023

146 · Wax · Robert Stone · ss

162 · Way Down Deep · Chere Taylor · nv

Black Sheep [No. 15, September 2024] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $7.99, 173pp, tp) []
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4 · Labyrinth · Kelly Hossaini · ss

16 · Mara Runs · Elizabeth Rosen · ss

20 · The Cradle Exhibition · Spencer Sekulin · nv; given as “The Cradle Expedition” in the Table of Contents.

54 · The Fallen · N. P. Cunniffe · ss

66 · Napoleon [Part 2 of 2] · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · na Hobb’s End Books, October 2017

102 · The General, the Mole, and the Perfectly Tailored Monster · C. Dan Castro · ss

118 · The Pills · Ethan Cordeta · ss

126 · The Problem with Trevor · Lawrence Dagstine · ss

142 · Upgrade Underground · Mikel J. Wisler · ss

154 · What Lay Below · George Hagler · ss

Black Sheep [No. 16, October 2024] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $7.99, 157pp, tp) []
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4 · Bad Friend · Martha Hipley · ss

12 · Alien Loss · Scott Coon · ss

30 · Azathoth Is Amused · Matias Travieso-Diaz · ss

48 · Carnivorous · Harold Hoss · ss

66 · Vorpal · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss

78 · Girl’s Night · J. Boyett · ss

92 · Handprint · J. Reginald Streng · nv

118 · No Filter · Aimee Vickers · ss

124 · Midnight Machine · Paul O’Neill · ss

140 · Klaus Klabautermann · Mary Jo Rabe · ss

Black Sheep [No. 17, November 2024] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $8.99, 173pp, tp) []
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4 · Clean-Up in Aisle Four-Million Light Years from Earth · D. C. Merryweather · ss

22 · The Donkey Tree · Robert Pettus · ss

40 · Money Problems: A Level Head Story · Nicholas Woods · ss

58 · Return to the Planet of the Jews · Philip Graubart · nv

82 · Death Grader · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss Dark Horses #22, November 2023

94 · Rot · M. D. Baker · ss

104 · Tarragon · J. E. M. Miller · nv

128 · The Numbers · Robert Delilah · ss

140 · The Survivalist Manifesto · Shahbaz Khayambashi · ss

154 · Under a Strange Sky · Paul Stansbury · ss

Black Sheep [No. 18, December 2024] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $7.99, 131pp, tp) []
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4 · Alone in the Cataloochee Valley · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss Morpheus Tales #3, January 2009

12 · Cryptid, 1976 · Carolina Volcker · ss

18 · Johnson and Boswell View a Boston Hanging · Kevin Kiely · ss

28 · Nekrosmos · D. T. Bartos · ss

38 · The Concrete Veldt · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss Black Sheep #4, October 2023

52 · The Creatures Took Them to the Other Side · Saul Greenblatt · ss

58 · Succubus · Adrienne Clarke · ss

68 · White and Gray and Tie-Dye · Jay Hodgkins · ss

80 · What We Throw Away · Gil Hoy · ss

86 · King Crab · Sierra Bibi · ss

94 · Plague of Fire · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss Book of Dark Wisdom #3, Spring 2004

108 · The Bane of Azrael · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss Tales of the Talisman v9 #3, 2013

Black Sheep [No. 19, January 2025] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $8.99, 133pp, tp) []
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4 · Be Nice · Roly Andrews · ss

16 · The Chosen One · Jon Wesick · ss

26 · Dusk in the East · Jeffrey Campbell · ss

34 · Khufu’s Pulitzer Prize · W. B. Doran · ss

48 · Beyond the Black Curtain: Orbis Lunae · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ex from Beyond the Black Curtain, Hobb’s End Books, June 2022

58 · Neighborhood Watch · Kenny James Callender · ss

76 · Sweet Love for Planet Earth · G. C. Collins · ss

86 · The Strange Case of Leonard Singh · Paul Cesarini · ss

96 · The White Bassinet · Marcel Vasquez · nv

122 · Under the Midnight Sun · Debra J. Tillar · ss

Black Sheep [No. 20, February 2025] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $8.99, 156pp, tp) []
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4 · The Attraction Problem · John Eric Vona · nv

30 · Tamam Shud · T. K. Howell · ss

48 · Digital Five-O · Bud Pharo · ss

66 · The Things We Throw Away · Gil Hoy · ss

70 · Beyond the Black Curtain: I, Dravidian · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ex from Beyond the Black Curtain, Hobb’s End Books, June 2022

78 · The Horror from the Hill · Ethan Cordeta · ss

94 · The Dollmaker · Avelina Lockwood · ss

100 · Cat · David Blitch · ss

106 · The Betrothal · June Trop · nv

140 · Androgonia · Caolán Mac An Aircinn · ss

Black Sheep [No. 21, March 2025] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $8.99, 143pp, tp) []
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4 · A Clown Creeping Through the Woods · E. M. Otero · nv

28 · A Trip to End All Trips (The Messenger) · Barry Vitcov · ss

36 · Summer Getaway · Mike Whisler & Diana Olney · ss

42 · Don’t Look Back · James Callan · ss

56 · Beyond the Black Curtain: Threshold · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ex from Beyond the Black Curtain, Hobb’s End Books, June 2022

69 · Exit Zero · Simon Kerr · nv

102 · If You Find My Hat · Kelly Hossaini · ss

114 · What We Did with Our Hands · Jon Gluckman · ss

120 · Last Priest in the Vatican · Charles George · ss

126 · The Terror of Boggarts Heath · Sarah Das Gupta · ss

Black Sheep [No. 22, April 2025] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $9.99, 201pp, tp) []
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4 · A Clown Creeping Through the Woods · E. M. Otero · nv Black Sheep #21, March 2025

28 · The Corpse of Dokku the Maid · Joshua D. Martin · ss

40 · The Covid Line · Brian Brestovac · nv

68 · The Gables · Claude Chabot · ss

80 · The Last Burn [Flashback] · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss

94 · The Last Fisherman of the Fjords · Chloe Frost · ss

100 · The Last Sports Wager · Mike A. Rhodes · ss

116 · The Swans · Logan Woller · nv

162 · The Thirty-Fourth World · John Stadelman · ss

182 · The Tree in the Family Garden · Braden Benzinger · ss

Black Sheep [No. 23, May 2025] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $9.99, 163pp, tp) []
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4 · The Survivalist Manifesto · Shahbaz Khayambashi · ss Black Sheep #17, November 2024

18 · Dreams of the Ghost House · Mack W. Mani · nv

48 · Future Memories · A. J. Becker · ss

56 · Gray (GY) · Zoe Freihofer · ss

64 · Man-in-Suit · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · nv

88 · Half Breed · Richard Patterson · ss

96 · He Wonders if It Will Burn · Claire Lee · ss

106 · Virobot Slayer · Becky Neher · nv

132 · Where We Kept the Memories We Lost · Devon Field · ss

144 · The Tree in the Family Garden · Braden Benzinger · ss Black Sheep #22, April 2025

Black Sheep [No. 24, June 2025] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $9.99, 177pp, tp) []
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4 · The Assignment · Rosalind Kaplan · nv

26 · Greed Is a Parasite · S. Baer Lederman · nv

60 · The Dansant · Sylvia Littlegood-Briggs · ss

80 · The Plunder of Yuarcmaq · Lee Clark Zumpe · nv Outposts of Beyond #7, January 2015

106 · The Golem in the High Tower · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss

118 · The Red Maple Tree · Kevin Hopson · vi

120 · The Strange Happenings · George Larson · nv

144 · The Allure: Phoenix · Akeem Deacon · ss

156 · Where We Kept the Memories We Lost · Devon Field · ss Black Sheep #23, May 2025

168 · The Witch Tree · Danielle Carlson · ss

Black Sheep [No. 25, July 2025] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $9.99, 153pp, tp) []
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4 · All the Light and Sound · Tyler Zachary Hackney · ss

12 · Bea’s Curious Dilemma · George Larson · nv

42 · Shells · Christine Catallo · ss

60 · The Allure: The Dragon · Akeem Deacon · ss

66 · Death Grader · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss Dark Horses #22, November 2023

78 · In Him, We Know Freedom · Stephen A. Roddewig · ss The Stygian Lepus #25, 2025

84 · Billy · Jason Lamb · ss

104 · A Ritual for Protection for Girls · T. K. Hudson · ss

108 · Out of the Mines · D. L. Henderson · ss

128 · The Soul of the Swamp · Braden Benzinger · nv

Black Sheep [No. 26, August 2025] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $9.99, 191pp, tp) []
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4 · Chrysalis · Leah Erickson · nv

30 · A Most Perilous Game · Mathew Anderson · nv

60 · Ain’t That a Thing · A. P. Baldwin · ss

76 · Loose Ends · Tom Kelly · ss

86 · Country Roads · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss

98 · Big Jim Morgan’s Chills and Thrills · George Larson · ss

118 · Shadeland · Bill Walthall · ss

130 · Dead Boy Blues · Daniel Letz · ss

136 · Steilacoom · Griffith Pound · nv

160 · The Book of the Beast · Tim Newton Anderson · nv

Black Sheep [No. 27, September 2025] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $9.99, 163pp, tp) []
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4 · Bad Riddance · Curt Tyler · nv

26 · Latchkey Kid · K. Thompson · ss

36 · Light Keeper and Vice’s Grip · Cole Hediger · ss

46 · Nightmare Rotation · Emil Čolić · ss

54 · The Wine-Dark Passage · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · nv Dark Horses #25, February 2024

80 · One Last Dance · Nate Mancuso · ss

100 · Sally Gets Her Nine · Cy Hill · ss

120 · Tennessee Mythology · Griffith Pound · ss

130 · Before Fidel Became a Bad Guy · Gary Beck · ss

146 · Where We Kept the Memories We Lost · Devon Field · ss Black Sheep #23, May 2025

Black Sheep [No. 28, October 2025] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $9.99, 141pp, tp) []
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4 · Chaos in the Asylum · Thom Schilling · ss

12 · Chess Match · Christopher Tuthill · ss

24 · My Brightest Stars · C. J. Friend · ss

42 · The Wine-Dark Earth · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss Dark Horses #9, October 2022

60 · Prospector · Vivian Doolittle · ss

64 · The King of Compost · Tracy Fritz · ss

82 · The Ruined · J. Michael Hayes · ss

88 · The Sacrificial Child · Ron Burch · ss

92 · The Bocet · Nathaniel Bryan · nv

126 · Lepidopterrain · Shea Campanella · ss

Black Sheep [No. 29, November 2025] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $9.99, 117pp, tp) []
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4 · So Many Hands · Joe Jablonski · vi

6 · The Devil Came to Texas for the Chicken Fried Steak · Lawrence Buentello · nv

30 · Beholder · Iain Maguire · ss

44 · The Devil’s Triangle · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss Dark Horses #7, August 2022

64 · Remains of an Old World · Blaize M. Kaye · ss

72 · Sam’s Lucky Pen · Alexandra Bencs · ss

76 · The City of Woe · Scott Bloemendaal · ss

88 · The Floral Chair · T. Francis Curran · ss

96 · The Long Way Home · Michael Vance · ss

110 · The Winter Coat · Cithara Patra · ss

Black Sheep [No. 30, December 2025] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $9.99, 195pp, tp) []
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4 · Cool the Grass · Ted Morrissey · ss

20 · Deadly Confrontation · June Trop · ss

38 · The Annotated Kitab Al-Azif · Kathryn Hemmann · ss

54 · Peck · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss Dark Horses #20, September 2023

64 · One for the Devil · Sarah Das Gupta · ss

76 · Terminus · Lawrence Buentello · nv

98 · Walking Through the Forest with a Ghost · Joshua Kepfer · nv

122 · Whistled the Night · Paul Wicinski · ss

132 · Wisp · M. P. Strayer · ss Dark Horses #43, August 2025

148 · Dead of Night: The Mystery of the Mad Monolith · Bill Link · nv

Black Sheep [No. 31, January 2026] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $9.99, 125pp, tp) []
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4 · The Stink · Walker Watson · ss

12 · The Fleshmongers · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss Startling Science Stories #25, August 1999, as by Lee Clark

22 · The One-Day Man · Igor Antoniuk; translated by Anna Bendiy · ss
translated from the Ukrainian.

34 · Man-in-Suit · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · nv Black Sheep #23, May 2025

58 · The Revenants · Anthony Ferguson · ss

72 · The Spawning · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss The Edge, Tales of Suspense #14, 2002

86 · Till Death Forgets · Dustin Triplett · ss; given as “Til Death Forgets” in the Table of Contents.

94 · Too Many Stars · Vivian Doolittle · ss

104 · Veil of the Weary One · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss Morpheus Tales Dark Sorcery Special 2010

112 · Vindictive Green · Anabela Machado · ss

Black Sheep [No. 32, February 2026] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $9.99, 183pp, tp) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Afflictions · Rajeev Prasad · ss

14 · An Evening Fire · Daniel Chawner · ss

30 · Apple Pie · Griffith Pound · ss

40 · A Portrait of the Witch Doctor as a Young Man · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss Black Sheep #13, July 2024

54 · Summer Is Over · Sergey Bolmat · nv

82 · Color Me Crazy · Jacqueline Chou · nv

108 · Deadly Confrontation · June Trop · ss Black Sheep #30, December 2025

126 · Pentimento · Eric R. Bach · ss

146 · All the Bright Colors Will Fade · A. J. Ryland · ss

160 · Blood Rain · D. S. Burton · ss

Black Sheep [No. 33, March 2026] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $9.99, 149pp, tp) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · A Specter Exodus · Robert Pettus · ss

16 · The Grudge Drudge · Barlow Crassmont · ss

36 · A House Not Built to Stand In · Jack Sullivan · nv

62 · 72 Hours to Animal [Flashback] · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss Dark Horses #39, April 2025

78 · So High in the Afterglow · Jack Ranieri · ss

82 · Special Collections · Arthur Allen Midwinter · ss

94 · Suddenly, There Was This Almighty Flash · T. J. Matthews · ss

100 · Satan’s Castle · Dylan Lee Henderson · ss

114 · The Autumn of a Dog’s Life · David Gordon Daniel · ss

126 · The Colony · James Flynn · ss

Black Sheep [No. 34, April 2026] ed. Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Hobb’s End Press, $9.99, 181pp, tp) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Death Shroud · John Sara · nv

30 · Don’t Trust the Landlord · Nick Porisch · vi

32 · Drift · Daniel Burnbridge · ss

46 · Every Blade of Grass · Wayne Kyle Spitzer · ss Dark Horses #18, July 2023

56 · Everything Goes Dark: 1666 · Rachel Jackson · nv

82 · Our Old House · Danielle Casale · ss

102 · Scaling · Jaslynn Middleton · ss

106 · The Testament of Tiresias · Barry Fields · nv

138 · The Nail That Sticks Out Gets Pounded Down · Cy Hill · nv

168 · The Witching Hour · Rocky Boudreaux · ss

Black Silk Stockings (about)

Black Silk Stockings [Vol. 1 No. 8, 1959] ed. Harlan Crandall (Valley Publications, Inc., 50¢, 44pp) []
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from an online copy at the Internet Archive.

4 · Hillbilly Harem · [uncredited] · ar

6 · Intercontinental Miss · Lowell J. Phipps · ar

12 · Never Take Glasses to Girls Who Make Passes · Don Arne · ar

16 · Wooing What Comes Naturally · Walker Colt · ar

20 · Pipe Schemes · Oliver Cady · ar

22 · Color Pin Up · [uncredited] · pt

24 · Two Can Love as Cheaply as One · [unknown author] · ar

28 · Slob Appeal · Howard Thornton · ar

30 · Melancholy Dame · Sam Elheart · ar

34 · High, Wide and Handsome · George Pesante · ar

38 · Bawdy and Soul · Neil Miller · ar

40 · Vintage Value · Jacques Milhaud · ar

Black Silk Stockings [Vol. 1 No. 9, 1959] ed. Harlan Crandall (Beacon Publications, 50¢, 44pp, s/s) []
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.

4 · Teacher Knows Best · Sam Jordan · ss

6 · Restless Romance · [uncredited] · ??

12 · China Doll · Jimmie Hong · ar

16 · Venus of the Swing Shift · [uncredited] · ??

18 · Chunk Style Chick · [uncredited] · ??

20 · Spare the Rod, Spoil the Broad · [uncredited] · pi; centerfold featuring Bonnie Logan.

26 · Lean, Lithe, Lonely · [uncredited] · pi

30 · Lady of the House · [uncredited] · ??

34 · Laugh It Off · [uncredited] · hu

36 · The 51st State · [uncredited] · ??

39 · Don’t Knock Apple Knockers · [uncredited] · ??

40 · The Good Neighbor Policy · [uncredited] · pi

Black Static: (about)

The Third Alternative

Publishers:

TTA Press; Witcham, Ely, Cambs: The Third Alternative.

Editors:

Andy Cox - Editor: The Third Alternative.

The Third Alternative [#1, 1994] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 52pp, octavo, cover by Dave Mooring) []

3 · Arts Board and Me (expurgated) · Andy Cox · ed

4 · Take Me When You Go · Joel Lane · ss

9 · In Days of Cataclysm · Bruce Boston · pm Velocities #3, Fall/Winter 1983

10 · Changing · P. J. L. Hinder · ss

14 · Escape from Quasar 7 / It’s No Fun to Be a Dharma Bum in Yorkshire 1993 · Andrew Darlington · pm

15 · The Angel of the Moor · Lawrence Dyer · ss

24 · Troy Castle · Steve Sneyd · pm

25 · Only Shadows · Rupert M. Loydell · ss

28 · Mad Dog · John Steer · pm

29 · Coming and Going Like the Sea · Nicholas Royle · vi

31 · Like the Dark Side of the Moon · A. C. Evans · pm

32 · 5 Haibun · Sheila E. Murphy · pm

34 · The Movement of Hands · Chris Kenworthy · ar

36 · In Winter, When the Fields Are White · J. C. Hartley · pm

37 · The Lie That Once I Dreamt · Mike O’Driscoll · ss

42 · Other Trains · Peter Crowther · pm

43 · Supple Bodies · Conrad Williams · ss

The Third Alternative [#2, Spring 1994] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 52pp, octavo, cover by Rik Rawling) []

3 · What’s in a name? · Andy Cox · ed

4 · Softly Under Glass · Neil Williamson · ss

13 · The Performance · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm

14 · Strange Brew · Paul Di Filippo · ss

17 · The Birth of Hieronymous Bosch · David Chorlton · pm

18 · White Carrier Bags · Chris Kenworthy · vi

20 · Pterodactyls · Mike Johnson · pm

21 · Hallucinogenic Realism · Howard V. Hendrix · br

24 · The Flicks · Brian Louis Pearce · vi

25 · The Old Country · J. C. Hartley · pm

26 · Apple for Teecha · Jim Steel · ss

31 · Bolangerie Patisserie · A. C. Evans · pm

32 · La Trampa Latina · Paul Pinn · ss

35 · Incident on Bleeker Street · Peter Crowther · ss

38 · The Sun · Andrew Jordan · pm

39 · The Giant Black Mouth of Possibilities · David Logan · ss

47 · Letters · The Readers · lc

The Third Alternative [#3, Summer 1994] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 52pp, octavo, cover by Dave Mooring) []

3 · Fear and Loathing in Witcham · Andy Cox · ed

4 · Four Miles to the Hotel California · Roger Stone · ss

9 · Candles · John Steer · pm

10 · The Absence · D. F. Lewis · ss

15 · Walking the Wall · Gerald England · pm

16 · A Room at Mrs Rajalaxmi’s · John Gimblett · vi

18 · can’t catch me, i’m the gingerbread man · Karen Verba · pm

19 · Clean & Bright · Mat Coward · ss

22 · Messages from Betelguese / An Essay on Relativity · Andrew Darlington · pm

23 · The Vindictive Studio · Albert Russo · ss

26 · Shellfish and Switchblades · Raymond K. Avery · pm

27 · A Change in Her Weather · Steve Sneyd · pm

30 · Trésor · Justina L. A. Robson · ss

33 · Once in a Lifetime · David Curl · pm

34 · Partying · Peter Finch · vi

36 · Ultima Tundra · Norman Jope · pm

38 · Hearing Colour · Tim Nickels · vi

39 · Chickening Out · David H. W. Grubb · pm

40 · Pump · James Mac · vi

41 · Ride to Venus · Allen Ashley · ss

47 · Letters · The Readers · lc

The Third Alternative [#4, Autumn 1994] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 52pp, octavo, cover by Ben Mitchell) []

3 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed

4 · Jack Limer’s Monsters · Lawrence Dyer · ss

12 · The Waiter · Tony Lewis-Jones · pm

13 · The Surface of Truth · Jessica Anderson · vi

16 · In · Brian Howell · ss

22 · The End of the Road · Rhys H. Hughes · vi

23 · Doppelganger · John Benson & Tina Reigel · pm

24 · Anesthesia Man · Bruce Boston · ss Palace Corbie #5, 1994

28 · Cut Flowers · Kimberley Padgett-Clarke · vi

32 · Thrid & Shift · Paul Pinn · ss

39 · The Thin Man’s Guide to Slipstream · Allen Ashley · hu

40 · Tightrope Walker · Steve Urwin · pm

41 · Other: Please Explain · Don Webb · vi

42 · Break Down the Walls of the World · Steve Antczak · ss After Hours Winter 1991

47 · Letters · The Readers · lc

The Third Alternative [#5, Winter 1994/95] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 52pp, octavo, cover by Dave Mooring) []

3 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed

4 · A Breath of Not Belonging · Rick Cadger · ss

11 · The Vampire Bride · Andrew Jordan · pm

12 · The Food of Love · Mark McLaughlin · ss

15 · Hard to Find · Joel Lane · pm

16 · Cavefish · Neal Asher · ss

19 · The Yearn · Dave Mooring · pi

20 · Day Billion · P. J. L. Hinder · ss

25 · Floaters · Tim Lebbon · ss

30 · A Siren’s Kiss · Wayne Edwards · vi

32 · Some Days · A. C. Evans · pm

33 · Beyond the Window · Peter Crowther · pm

34 · The Guinea Worm · Julie Travis · ss

40 · One for Sorrow · Dave Mooring · pi

41 · The Ties That Blind · Mike O’Driscoll · ss

49 · Letters · The Readers · lc

The Third Alternative [#6, Spring 1995] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 52pp, octavo, cover by Alan Casey) []

3 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed

4 · Cages · Neil Williamson · ss

8 · Hell on Earth Street · David Logan · ss

12 · The Latest Thing · Brian Maycock · pm

13 · Slender Lois, Slow Doris · Andrew Hook · ss

19 · Peruvian Goddess · Albert Russo · pm

20 · The Bee Keepers · Alan Casey · ss

24 · Sand Castles and Towers · Roger Stone · ss

29 · The Thinking Man · Kat Ricker · pm

30 · Thunderhead · Gary Couzens · ss

34 · Fissure · Tim Allen · pm

35 · The Indigo Casbah · Rhys H. Hughes · ss

48 · Letters · The Readers · lc

The Third Alternative [#7, Summer 1995] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 58pp, octavo, cover by David Checkley) []

3 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed

4 · Airbabies · Tim Nickels · ss

12 · Do You Know This Man? · Mat Coward · vi

14 · In Person · Gwyneth Hughes · vi

18 · The Outpost · James Miller · ss

23 · Slate · Michael Wilkinson · pm

24 · Fragments · Rick Cadger · ss

27 · Secrets · Deborah P. Kolodji · pm

27 · The Disappeared · John Benson & Tina Reigel · pm

29 · A Brief Visit to Bonnyville · D. F. Lewis · ss

34 · Softly, Softly · Paul Greene · pm

35 · The Myth of Elvis Presley · Allen Ashley · vi

38 · Because of Dust · Chris Kenworthy · ss

45 · Dry Crescent of Blood · Jane Del-Pizzo · pm

46 · The Tides of Quiddity · Paul Pinn · vi

50 · Pop Goes Weasel · Steve Antczak · ss

57 · Letters · The Readers · lc

The Third Alternative [#8, Autumn 1995] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 60pp, octavo, cover by Roddy Williams) []

3 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed

4 · Last Rites & Resurrections · Martin Simpson · ss The Silver Web #11, Spring/Summer 1994

10 · Windows of Flesh · Joel Lane · vi

13 · Waiting for the Wireman · Sam Ravens’craft · ss

18 · Danny’s Family · Hick Turnball · ss

24 · Inside · Sarah J. Evans · ss

27 · Theseus Rex · Allen Ashley · ss

33 · Blue Nothings · Simon Avery · ss

39 · Future Perfect: A Plea for Mass Illusion · Bruce Boston · pm Pirate Writings #7, Summer 1995

40 · Feel the Spin · Mark McLaughlin · ss

44 · Mainstream Slipstream: The Novels of Jeanette Winterson · Gary Couzens · bg [Ref. Jeanette Winterson]

46 · Dust · Norman Jope · pm

47 · London Wall · Nicholas Royle · ss

55 · Letters · The Readers · lc

The Third Alternative [#9, Winter 1995/96] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 60pp, octavo, cover by David Checkley) []

3 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed

4 · Symphony · Rick Cadger · ss

10 · The Introducers · Vincent De Souza · pm

12 · The Burning Fool · Clinton Wastling · ss

15 · Stalk · Michael Wilkinson · pm

16 · Days Away · James Miller · ss

22 · Field of Vision · Brian Howell · ss

29 · Calling Her Back · Alan Frackelton · vi

31 · Drought · Steve Urwin · pm

33 · Profile: Poppy Z. Brite · Gary Couzens · bg [Ref. Poppy Z. Brite]

36 · Countdown to the Next… · David Chorlton · ss

38 · Postcards · Neil Williamson · ss

46 · Apiary · Catherine Dean · vi

49 · Miriam’s Garden · Jessica Anderson · ss

57 · Letters · The Readers · lc

The Third Alternative [#10, Spring 1996] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 60pp, octavo, cover by Liam Kemp) []

3 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed

4 · The Matter of the Heart · Nicholas Royle · ss

9 · The Inscrutable World · Rupert Loydell · pm

11 · Perfect Skin · Mike O’Driscoll · ss

16 · Bullets and Airplanes · Jeff VanderMeer · ss Aberations #1, 1991

22 · Chemical Dreams · Ceri Jordan · vi

24 · Cabin · Don Webb · vi

25 · Another Friend · Chris Kenworthy · ss

29 · Tears of the Expressionist Aphrodite · Mark McLaughlin · ss

34 · The Cruel Countess · Chris Bell · ss

43 · The Galaxy by Torchlight · Hick Turnball · ss

47 · Composition · Norman Jope · pm

48 · Containing Multitudes: The Fiction of Joyce Carol Oates · Gary Couzens · bg [Ref. Joyce Carol Oates]

52 · The Unquiet Soul · Rick Cadger · cl

54 · Cages · Michael Wilkinson · pm

55 · Letters · The Readers · lc

The Third Alternative [#11, Winter 1996/97] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.50, 60pp, octavo, cover by Jason Hurst) []

3 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed

6 · Dancing About Architecture · Martin Simpson · ss The Silver Web #13, 1996

10 · Of Weather Signs & Absolution · Rick Cadger · ss

13 · State of the Ark · Allen Ashley · ss

18 · Deadhead · Justina Robson · ss

22 · Forbidden Territory · James Miller · ss

28 · Anonymity Walks · Simon Avery · ss

34 · Shine, Alone After the Setting of the Sun · Neil Williamson · ss

38 · To the Beach · Conrad Williams · ss

50 · Yin & Yang: the Novels & Novellas of Geoff Ryman · Gary Couzens · ar [Ref. Geoff Ryman]

53 · The Unquiet Soul · Rick Cadger · cl

54 · Moments of Change: Chris Kenworthy Interviewed · Rachel Clarke · iv [Ref. Chris Kenworthy]

58 · Letters · The Readers · lc

The Third Alternative [#12, 1997] ed. Andy Cox (Third Alternative, £2.75, 60pp, A4, cover by J. K. Potter) []

4 · Editorial · Andy Cox · ed

7 · Dtohn Mi Mahn-Da · Lawrence Dyer · ss

15 · Images of the Bizarre: The Darkest Art of JK Potter · J. K. Potter · pi

17 · Keep the Night · Joel Lane · ss

21 · The Last of the Dandini Sisters · Tim Nickels · ss

27 · The God House · Tim Lees · ss

34 · Double Negative · Jason Gould · ss

40 · Lunarhampton · Rhys Hughes · ss

49 · The Unquiet Soul · Rick Cadger · cl

50 · Letters · The Readers · lc

52 · The Horror in Ian McEwan · Roger Keen · bg [Ref. Ian McEwan]

56 · Overdose: A View from the Colonies · Wayne Edwards · br

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