{"product_id":"2940045660037","title":"Black Static #41 Horror Magazine (Jul-Aug 2014)","description":"\u003cp\u003eApologies for this July–August issue appearing out of sequence in that we have not posted issues 39 and 40 yet. Those two issues have been delayed by a hard drive fault and some files were lost. We are working on recovering these files but, meantime, we hope Black Static 41 fills the gap.\u003cbr\u003eIssue 41 has new horror and dark fantasy fiction from Tim Waggoner, Vajra Chandrasekera, Ralph Robert Moore, Carole Johnstone, Leah Thomas, Ray Cluley and Thersa Matsuura. Richard Wagner provided the cover art and some interior illustrations along with Vincent Sammy, and Joachim Luetke. The usual features are present: Comment in Coffinmaker's Blues by Stephen Volk and Blood Pudding by Lynda E. Rucker; Blood Spectrum - Tony Lee’s DVD\/Blu-ray reviews; Case Notes - Peter Tennant’s book reviews which includes a substantial interview with A.K. Benedict, and Mike O'Driscoll’s Silver Bullets weird detectives on and in the box investigated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssentially Black Static is a fiction magazine containing short stories in the horror and dark fantasy genres but it covers other aspects of the genre via comment columns, reviews of books, movies, DVDs and TV.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiction this issue\u003cbr\u003eNone So Empty by Tim Waggoner\u003cbr\u003eCaul by Vajra Chandrasekera\u003cbr\u003eGhosts Play in Boys' Pajamas by Ralph Robert Moore\u003cbr\u003eEquilibrium by Carole Johnstone\u003cbr\u003eThe Driveway by Leah Thomas\u003cbr\u003eThe Hutch by Ray Cluley\u003cbr\u003eThe Spider Sweeper by Thersa Matsuura\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe issue's artists are\u003cbr\u003eVincent Sammy\u003cbr\u003eJoachim Luetke\u003cbr\u003eRichard Wagner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Tennant's Case Notes book and novella reviews this issue include:\u003cbr\u003eThe Art of Ian Miller, Dark Work - Keith Minnion, Veins and Skulls - Daniele Serra •\u003cbr\u003eA Stir of Echoes - Richard Matheson, The Ritual of Illusion - Richard Christian Matheson •\u003cbr\u003eHome and Hearth - Angela Slatter, The Elvis Room - Stephen Graham Jones, Water For Drowning - Ray Cluley •\u003cbr\u003eThe Beauty of Murder - A.K. Benedict with author interview •\u003cbr\u003eCarrie - Neil Mitchell, The Thing - Jez Conolly, The Silence of the Lambs - Barry Forshaw, Splice Vol7 #1, The Sorcerers - edited Johnny Mains\u003cbr\u003eRed Cells - Jeffrey Thomas, Marrow’s Pit - Keith Deininger, Deceiver - Kelli Owen, Hell’s Door \u0026amp; Messages From the Dead - Sandy De Luca, Shattered - C.S. Kane, Ash and Bone - Lisa von Biela, Elderwood Manor - Christopher Fulbright \u0026amp; Angeline Hawkes, Dead Five’s Pass - Colin F. Barnes, Whom the Gods Would Destroy - Brian Hodge, I Am the New God - Nicole Cushing, Love and Zombies - Eric Shapiro, Ceremony of Flies - Kate Jonez, When We Fall - Peter Giglio, Sow - Tim Curran\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony Lee's DVD reviews this issue: The Last Horror Movie, Cellar Dweller, Demon Legacy, Pit and the Pendulum, I Frankenstein, Re-Animator, The Pit (aka Jug Face), True Detective, True Blood, 13 Sins, Rapture, Haunter, The Forgotten, The Attic, Delivery, Devil's Due and others\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike O'Driscoll’s Silver Bullets this issue:\u003cbr\u003eTV Noir on DVD\/Blu-ray\u003cbr\u003eWeird Detectives: True Detective, Hinterland\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TTA Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082952130800,"sku":"2940045660037","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045660037_p0.jpg?v=1763681515","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045660037","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}