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March 2023

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by Clara Madrigano and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:

“Mother’s Teeth” by E. L. Chen
“The Final Girl’s Daughter” by Ray Cluley (reprint)
“The Leaves Dead Are Driven” by F. Brett Cox
“Antelope Brothers” by Craig Laurance Gidney (reprint)

February 2023

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by Clara Madrigano and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:

“Of Gentle Wolves” by James Bennett
“The Names of the Drowned are These” by Angela Slatter (reprint)
“Silk-Wrapped Love Story” by Phoenix Alexander
“The Memory Eater” by H. Pueyo (reprint)

January 2023

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by Clara Madrigano and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes four all-new stories:

“Sweat, Rice” by Shari Paul
“Lap Record” by Nelson Stanley
“Love Sharp Enough to Rend” by Leah Ning
“We All Fall Down” by Ai Jiang

December 2022

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by Clara Madrigano and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes four all-new stories:

“Sulta” by James Bennett
“Belly-Slitter” by H. Pueyo
“Y is for Yesterday” by Steve Rasnic Tem
“The Cat” by Morana Violeta (translated by Clara Madrigano)

November 2022

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by Clara Madrigano and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes four all-new stories:

“Wind Come Down the Mountain” by A.C. Wise
“How the Cat Woman Became the Giant Lady, Circa 1995” by Seán Padraic Birnie
“Sirena” by Lavie Tidhar
“Olympus is a Body” by Angela Liu

October 2022

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by Clara Madrigano and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes four all-new stories:

“See How We Shine” by Margot McGovern
“Paper Boats” by Alison Littlewood
“A Song of Violence” by Bibi Osha
“The Eighth Cigarette” by Lisa Cai

September 2022

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by Clara Madrigano and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes four all-new stories:

“Last Train to Glory” by James Bennett
“The Little God of the Staircase” by Meg Elison
“The Concert” by Kurt Newton
“Gangler” by Richard Strachan

August 2022

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by Clara Madrigano and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes four all-new stories:

“Swim the Darkness” by Michael Kelly
“Shape-shifter” by Frances Ogamba
“The Farewell” by Elana Gomel
“Father’s Flow” by Phoenix Alexander

July 2022

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by Clara Madrigano and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes four all-new stories:

“Fisheyes” by Ai Jiang
“Nothing is Wasted” by Seán Padraic Birnie
“Ídolo” by James Bennett
“A Game at Clearwater Lake” by Gillian Daniels

June 2022

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editor Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes four all-new stories:

“Ppaka” by Angela Liu
“In Hades, He Lifted Up His Eyes” by James Bennett
“The Land Beneath Her” by Tegan Moore
“Linden in Effigy” by Kay Chronister