The Dark is a quarterly magazine co-edited by Jack Fisher and Sean Wallace. The ninth issue features four all-original short stories:

“Hani’s: Purveyor of Rusks, Biscuits, and Sweet Tea” by Sara Saab
“A House of Anxious Spiders” by Jy Yang
“The Old Man in the Kitchen” by Patricia Russo
“Mother of Giants” by Kristy Logan

You can read issues free online, or help support the magazine by subscribing to the ebook editions, available for the Kindle and Nook in Mobi and ePub format. Issues are around 50 pages, and priced at $2.99 through Amazon, B&N.com, Apple, Kobo, and other fine outlets. A one-year sub (six issues) is just $15 – subscribe today.

If you enjoy the magazine you can also support it by buying their books, reviewing stories, or even just leaving comments. Read issue 9 here, and see their complete back issue catalog here.

The issue is cover dated August 2015. We last covered The Dark with Issue 8.

See our August Fantasy Magazine Rack here, and all of our recent magazine coverage here.