{"product_id":"2940046216165","title":"Black Static #42 Horror Magazine (Sept - Oct 2014)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 42nd issue, September–October 2014, has new horror and dark fantasy fiction by Sara Saab, Alyssa Wong, Noah Wareness, Matthew Cheney, David D. Levine, Kristi DeMeester, Stephen Hargadon. The cover art is by Dave Senecal, and interior illustrations are by Richard Wagner, Vincent Sammy, and Ben Baldwin. The usual features are present: Coffinmaker's Blues by Stephen Volk and Blood Pudding by Lynda E. Rucker (comment); Blood Spectrum by Tony Lee (DVD\/Blu-ray reviews); Case Notes by Peter Tennant (book reviews), which includes an extensive interview with Carole Johnstone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo Black Static is essentially 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\u003eBe Light. Be Pure. Be Close to Heaven by Sara Saab\u003cbr\u003eScarecrow by Alyssa Wong\u003cbr\u003eWhat Happened to Marly and Lanna by Noah Wareness\u003cbr\u003ePatrimony by Matthew Cheney\u003cbr\u003eGoat Eyes by David D. Levine\u003cbr\u003eDecember Skin by Kristi DeMeester\u003cbr\u003eThe Bury Line by Stephen Hargadon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe issue's artists are\u003cbr\u003eDave Senecal\u003cbr\u003eVincent Sammy\u003cbr\u003eRichard Wagner\u003cbr\u003eBen Baldwin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNon Fiction this issue;\u003cbr\u003eBlood Pudding - Lynda E. Rucker - columnist\u003cbr\u003eCoffinmaker's Blues - Stephen Volk - columnist\u003cbr\u003eBlood Spectrum - Tony Lee - DVDs\/Blu-Ray reviews\u003cbr\u003eCase Notes by Peter Tennant - book reviews\u003cbr\u003eInterviewee - Carole Johnstone\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Tennant's Case Notes book and novella reviews this issue include\u003cbr\u003eFriends \u0026amp; Family\u003cbr\u003eReviews of The Universal and Other Terrors by Tony Richards, The Lord Came at Twilight by Daniel Mills, News From Unknown Countries by Tim Lees, Severed and Savage by Gary Fry, Reaping the Dark and Where You Live by Gary McMahon.\u003cbr\u003eDeath and the Human Condition: Carole Johnstone\u003cbr\u003eA review of Carole Johnstone's first collection, The Bright Day Is Done, and an extensive interview with the author.\u003cbr\u003eMore Friends \u0026amp; Family\u003cbr\u003eReviews of Monsters in the Heart by Stephen Volk, The Moon Will Look Strange by Lynda E. Rucker, Born With Teeth by Conrad Williams, and Where Furnaces Burn by Joel Lane.\u003cbr\u003eThe overarching theme to this issue's book reviews is authors who have had work published in Black Static, and there are 12 of 22 possibilities that made it into the magazine, though a couple more got rerouted to Interzone. No matter, as those who aren't reviewed this time round will be in a future issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony Lee's DVD reviews this issue:\u003cbr\u003eThe Raid 2, Bound, Faust, Lizzie Borden Took An Axe, A New York Winter's Tale, Killers, Painless, Blue Ruin, Wolf Creek 2, From Dusk Till Dawn Season One, Penny Dreadful, The Werner Herzog Collection, Miss Violence, Elsewhere, The Battery, The Unleashed, Cheap Thrills, Wasteland, Almost Human, The Cabin, The Quiet Ones, Varsity Blood, The Captive, The Mirror, Attack on Titan, Werewolf Rising\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TTA Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083427692784,"sku":"2940046216165","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046216165_p0.jpg?v=1763690237","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046216165","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}