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Black Static #56 (January-February 2017): Dark Fiction and Film (Black Static Magazine) Kindle Edition

by Andy Cox Editor (Author), Scott Nicolay (Author), Eric Schaller (Author), Format: Kindle Edition
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The January–February issue contains new dark fiction by Scott Nicolay, Eric Schaller, Danny Rhodes, Eugenia M. Triantafyllou, Charles Wilkinson, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, and Ian Steadman. The cover art is by Joachim Luetke, with interior illustrations by Ben Baldwin, Richard Wagner, Vince Haig, and George C. Cotronis. Features: Into the Woods by Ralph Robert Moore (new regular column); Notes From the Borderland by Lynda E. Rucker (comment); Case Notes by Peter Tennant (book reviews, including an in-depth interview with Stephen Volk); Blood Spectrum by Gary Couzens (DVD/Blu-ray reviews).
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    Black Static Magazine
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    January 22, 2017
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01N7V6Y1G
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ TTA Press; 56th edition (January 22, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 22, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1525 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 147 pages
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    TTA Press is best known for its fiction magazines, including the UK's longest running science fiction magazine Interzone and the slipstream/horror Black Static (formerly know as The Third Alternative). We also publish the genre-bending Crimewave anthology series, TTA Novellas featuring some of our most popular contributors, and the occasional standalone book.

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Bryce Warren
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent as usual.
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2017
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Excellent as usual. Best horror mag with fiction and movie reviews and great commentary from two awesome editors like always. Highly recommended.
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Adrian Shotbolt
5.0 out of 5 stars Great zine!
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2017
‘Black Static’ is a magazine that has been on my reading radar for some time. Time doesn’t always allow for one to read everything one wants unfortunately and it wasn’t until this current issue (#56) that The Grim Reader managed to peruse and enjoy its contents.

Suffice to say, ‘Black Static’ is indeed a high-quality publication, particularly from a fiction point-of-view. Let’s get a little negative out-of-the-way first and foremost. I wasn’t keen on the opening two non-fiction pieces. I quite enjoyed the article by Lynda E. Rucker but the second piece was more of a ramble and I soon found I lost interest. It was really the stories I was interested in and they certainly didn’t disappoint!

The fiction is, after all, where ‘Black Static’ will ultimately be judged. The editors have a reputation as being hard nuts to crack, from the point of view of the many authors that have tried (and often failed) to get published inside of its pages. Having now read the magazine I feel I am halfway to understanding the sort of dark fiction the editors are looking for. Each piece contains a shimmering dark quality to it. Not the in-your-face style storytelling, but a much quieter approach where tension and atmosphere take centre stage. ‘The Green Eye’ by Scott Nicolay was a very interesting way to get things going. A sort of weird coming-of-age tale that ends rather abruptly before Nicolay then goes on to tell his own personal tale and how some real-life influences impacted on the story. It shouldn’t really work, but it does, really well, and I actually found Nicolay’s own insights to be absorbing and interesting, even more so than the fictitious piece itself. The story by Eric Shaller is a fine, fine piece of supernatural fiction, one that oozes quality in an atmospheric and haunting story that is sure to be remembered once finished. Similarly, with the tale from Danny Rhodes, a story that broods and simmers with quiet unease as a father and son embark upon a camping trip. This story, whilst only short asks many questions. It’s beautifully written and I loved it. An emotional story by Eugenia M. Triantafyllou follows and I am beginning to see why this magazine is so revered.

The rest of the stories have an equal amount of quality to them, leaving this reader very happy indeed. Elsewhere, an in-depth interview with Stephen Volk and some book/movie reviews work well to break things up.

‘Black Static’ has cemented itself at the very top of the dark fiction tree with its impressive stories. As a whole the magazine is skilfully put together, well-edited and the accompanying artworks are superb. I just wish I hadn’t left it so long to discover this great magazine.

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