Dark Horses : The Magazine of Weird Fiction No. 17: June 2023

dark horse
/ˈdark ˈˌhors/
noun
1. a candidate or competitor about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins or succeeds.
"a dark-horse candidate"

Join us for a monthly tour of writers who give as good as they get. From hard science-fiction to stark, melancholic apocalypses; from Lovecraftian horror to zombies and horror comedy; from whimsical interludes to tales of unlikely compassion--whatever it is, if it's weird, it's here. So grab a seat before the starting gun fires, pour yourself a glass of strange wine, and get ready for the running of the dark horses.

In this issue:

THE EIGHT-YEAR LOCUSTS
Jennifer S. Hane

THE GARDEN
Carla Ward

THE TORTURED WAIL OF MACHINES
Lamont A Turner

THE WITCH AT KHOLAT SYAKHL
T.K. Howell

THE RETURN
Wayne Kyle Spitzer

THE PAINT GODS MUST BE ANGRY
Sabina Malik

THE HEARTBEAT BETWEEN US
A.E.S.

THE ENTERTAINERS
R. Ostermeier

SUPERMAN AND THE HOLLYWOOD WITCH
T.K. Howell

SWEET PETUNIA
Edward Ahern