Black Static #72 (November-December 2019‪)‬

The November-December issue contains new cutting edge horror fiction by Matt Thompson, Emily B. Cataneo, Sarah Read, Jack Westlake, S. Qiouyi Lu, and Tim Lees. The cover art is by Joachim Luetke, and interior illustrations are by Richard Wagner, Ben Baldwin and others. Regular features: Into the Woods by Ralph Robert Moore; Notes from the Borderland by Lynda E. Rucker; Case Notes book reviews by Laura Mauro, Andy Hedgecock, Daniel Carpenter, Sadie Hartmann, Mike O'Driscoll, Gary Couzens, and David Surface; Blood Spectrum film reviews by Gary Couzens.

The cover art is 'SETI' by Joachim Luetke

Fiction:

The String People by Matt Thompson
illustrated by Ben Baldwin

The Longest Night by Emily B. Cataneo
illustrated by Richard Wagner

The Hope Chest by Sarah Read

Don't Come Looking by Jack Westlake

As Dark as Hunger by S. Qiouyi Lu
illustrated by Richard Wagner

Watching by Tim Lees

Features:

Notes From the Borderland by Lynda E. Rucker
I CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU: THE COMFORTS OF HORROR?

Into the Woods by Ralph Robert Moore
BE PREPARED

Reviews:

Case Notes: Book Reviews

Mike O'Driscoll: Catfish Lullaby by A.C. Wise • Daniel Carpenter: Mistletoe by Alison Littlewood • David Surface: One Good Story: The Little Mermaid by Douglas Clegg • Gary Couzens: Coffinmaker's Blues by Stephen Volk, Tommy by Kit Power, Sight Unseen by Brian Howell • Andy Hedgecock: The Uneasy by Andrew Hook, The Forest of Dead Children by Andrew Hook, The Bone Weaver's Orchard by Sarah Read • Sadie Hartmann: Out of Water by Sarah Read • Laura Mauro: And the House Lights Dim by Tim Major

Blood Spectrum: Film Reviews by Gary Couzens

Rabid (1977) • Rabid (2019) • Suspiria (2018) • Child's Play (2019) • The Banana Splits Movie • Critters Attack! • The Dark Half • The Stand • Nightbreed • An American Werewolf in London • Legend of the Witches • Secret Rites • And Soon the Darkness (1970) • The Invitation • The Dead Center • Marianne • The Curse of La Llorona • Skinner • Double Date • American Horror Story: Apocalypse • Harpoon • The Wind • The Furies • Isabelle