February 2016
The Dark is a quarterly magazine co-edited by Jack Fisher and Sean Wallace, with the eleventh issue featuring all-original short fiction by Michael Wehunt, Amber van Dyk, Gregory Norman Bossert, and Kristi DeMeester.
In This Issue
Birds of Lancaster, Lairamore, Lovejoy
by Michael Wehunt
The first bird was made of glass. It stood waiting atop a scuffed dresser in the yard on Lancaster Street, and at once Kay hefted it in her hand. It felt good there, heavier than she’d expected. The owl’s wings were tucked away and its head gazed into some autumnal wisdom that she couldn’t see. […]
And the Woods Are Silent
by Amber van Dyk
Saki sits in an armless wooden chair in a half-empty coffee shop. Uneven, weathered slats press into her spine, press into the angles of her bones. She shifts. Cracks her neck. The table is small, built for one. She stretches her arms out, sliding her hands over its surface. Her nails hook in, damaging the […]
Between Dry Ribs
by Gregory Norman Bossert
I wipe the drop of sweat from my eyebrow, shift my stool so I can watch the American family in the mirror behind the bar. Most of the tourists who wander here from the Dutch side of the island choose to sit on the patio. Most tourists chose another place entirely; the Belle Vue caters […]
All The World When It Is Thin
by Kristi DeMeester
There were three Campbell sisters when Martine Crawley came through Hiram the first time. Martine Crawley with his white teeth and beautiful mouth that curved liquid and fluid over those foreign words the girls had never heard before. Words that lay on their tongues humid as the Georgia night. He always smiled when they tried […]
