Black static #43 horror magazine (nov – dec 2014)

The November?December issue has new dark fiction by Ralph Robert Moore, Usman T. Malik, Simon Bestwick, Annie Neugebauer, Andrew Hook, Aliya Whiteley. The cover art is by Ben Baldwin (for Drown Town by Ralph Robert Moore), and interior illustrations are by Ben Baldwin, Tara Bush and Dave Senecal. The usual features are present: Coffinmakers 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 James Cooper.So 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.Fiction this issueDrown Town by Ralph Robert MooreIshq by Usman T. MalikNight Templar by Simon BestwickHide by Annie NeugebauerBlack Lung by Andrew HookMany-Eyed Monsters by Aliya WhiteleyThe issues artists areBen BaldwinTara BushDave SenecalPeter Tennants Case Notes book and novella reviews this issue includeCHARACTERS IN TURMOIL: JAMES COOPER: Dark Father, Strange Fruit, author interviewTIM CURRAN: Worm, Nightcrawlers, DeadlockALISON LITTLEWOOD: The Unquiet House (guest review by Stephen Theaker)RICHARD FARREN BARBER: The Power of Nothing, The Sleeping DeadPENDRAGON PRESS: The Derelict by Neil Williams, Drive by Mark WestTIM LEBBON: APOCALYPSE X2: Still Life, Shifting of VeilsSKILLUTE REVISITED: S.P. MISKOWSKI: Astoria, In the LightTELOS PUBLISHING: The Darkness Within + Kat on a Hot Tin Airship + Whats Dead Pussykat by Sam Stone, Absinthe & Arsenic by Raven Dane, The Fall by Simon Clark, The Immortalists by Andrew HookTony Lees DVD reviews this issue:Camera Obscura: The Walerian Borowczyk Collection, The Island of Dr Moreau (1977), The Walking Dead Season 4, Devils Knot, The Hour of the Lynx, Leprechaun Origins, Dark Touch, Found, WolfCop, Cold in July, Grand Piano, Oculus, All Cheeleaders Die, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Graduation Day, See No Evil 2, Devils Tower, Nailbiter, Afflicted, Reaper, Kidnapped, Open Grave, Treehouse, Bad Milo!, Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort, Dark Tourist, Blood ShotNon Fiction this issue;Blood Pudding - Lynda E. Rucker - columnistCoffinmakers Blues - Stephen Volk - columnistBlood Spectrum - Tony Lee - DVDs/Blu-Ray reviewsCase Notes by Peter Tennant - book reviews + guest reviewer Stephen Theaker.Interviewee - James Cooper