Dark Horses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction: May | 2022 | No. 4

dark horse

/'därk '¿hôrs/

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:

THE RAISING OF HESTER MACRAE

E.M. Anderson

QUERY LETTER

Riley Winchester

OCTOBER MARDI GRAS

Mary Jo Rabe

SHE AIN'T HEAVY

Anthony Ferguson

THE SQUARE OF STARS

Laurence Klavan

THE GIRL WITH CHARTREUSE HAIR

Terry Sanville

THE GYRE

Samuel Finn

THE SPUD

Gregg Sapp

TIMBER AND ITS PURPOSES

Charles Wilkinson

URBAN DECAY

Wayne Kyle Spitzer