About Dark Horses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction No. 27 | April 2024
dark horse
/ˈdärk ˈˌhôrs/
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:
TIME ONLY TRAVELS IN ONE DIRECTION
H.K. Slade
THE SUPPLICANT
Nicholas Zielinski
THE GARGOYLE CARVER
Holden Arquilevich
THE FASTER THEY EAT HER
Tom Preston
A REIGN OF THUNDER (PART THREE)
Wayne Kyle Spitzer
MEMOIR
James C. Bassett
LAI
Recardo Poole Jr.
BURN
Nathan Perrin
A CATASTROPHE OF SANITY
Louis Philip DelGiacco
WHO WE ARE
Damir Salkovic
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Author Bio:
Wayne Kyle Spitzer is an American writer, illustrator, and filmmaker. He is the author of countless books, stories and other works, including a film (Shadows in the Garden), a screenplay (Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows), and a memoir (X-Ray Rider). His work has appeared in MetaStellar—Speculative fiction and beyond, subTerrain Magazine: Strong Words for a Polite Nation and Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Eastern Washington University, a B.A. from Gonzaga University, and an A.A.S. from Spokane Falls Community College. His recent fiction includes The Man/Woman War cycle of stories as well as the Dinosaur Apocalypse Saga. He lives with his sweetheart Ngoc Trinh Ho in the Spokane Valley.