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The Top 50 Black Gate Posts in July

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Black Gate had 1.26 million page views last month, very nearly a record. Much of that bump in traffic was due to a series of very popular posts. Derek Kunsken has long been one of our most popular bloggers — his interview with Christopher Golden was our third most popular article in October, and last month his piece on Rebirth: DC’s corrective reboot was #5. But he thoroughly dominated the charts in July, claiming both the #2 slot, with his look back at Marvel’s…

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New Treasures: The Lure of Devouring Light by Michael Griffin

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Ross E. Lockhart’s Word Horde press has done some darned impressive horror volumes. Just counting the ones we’ve covered recently: The Fisherman by John Langan Mr. Suicide, Nicole Cushing Cthulhu Fhtagn!, edited by Ross E. Lockhart Vermilion by Molly Tanzer The Children of Old Leech, edited by Ross E. Lockhart and Justin Steele Yeah, that’s a pretty good list. A list like that wins you some serious credibility. So when Word Horde offers us an intriguing new debut collection from…

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July 2016 Lightspeed Magazine Now Available

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The complete July issue of Lightspeed is now yours to enjoy free online. This month brings new fantasy by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz and Kenneth Schneyer, and fantasy reprints by A. Merc Rustad and Spencer Ellsworth, plus original science fiction by Ted Kosmatka and Jilly Dreadful, along with SF reprints by Genevieve Valentine and Seth Fried. In his editorial, editor John Joseph Adams shares some award good news, plus intriguing news about his new book line with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: We’re thrilled to report that Alyssa…

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May 2016 Nightmare Magazine Now on Sale

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The contents of the May issue of online magazine Nightmare are now fully available at the magazine’s wesbite. This issue contains original short stories from Adam-Troy Castro and Lisa Goldstein, and reprints from Joe Hill and Sarah Langan. Original Stories “The Old Horror Writer” by Adam-Troy Castro He’s harder to find than most. I have the basis for comparison because I’ve gotten to all of them sooner or later, from the big names to the obscurities. There are some who give up…

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Future Treasures: The Curse of Jacob Tracy by Holly Messinger

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Molly Tanzer, author of Vermillion, in her blurb for Holly Messinger’s upcoming novel The Curse of Jacob Tracy, says “The weird western renaissance is upon us!” Pretty high praise for a debut fantasy novel. If, like me, you’re a fan of the Weird Western, I think it might be rewarding to pay attention to this one. St. Louis in 1880 is full of ghosts — mangled soldiers, tortured slaves, the innocent victims of war — and Jacob Tracy can see…

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Future Treasures: She Walks in Shadows, edited by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Paula R. Stiles

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Paula R. Stiles were the editors of the marvelous Innsmouth Magazine, which released its last issue last summer. But they haven’t been resting in the interim — if anything, in fact, it seems like they’ve revved their engines, releasing the Swords & Sorcery/Cthulhu anthology Sword & Mythos, and this brand new collection of Lovecraftian fiction and art from women creators. She Walks in Shadow ships next week, and includes 25 short stories by Gemma Files, Penelope Love, Angela Slatter,…

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August 2015 Nightmare Magazine Now on Sale

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The August issue of the online magazine Nightmare is now available. Fiction this month includes original short stories from Nathaniel Lee and Megan Arkenberg, and reprints from Steve Rasnic Tem and Molly Tanzer: Original Stories “Where It Lives” by Nathaniel Lee “And This is the Song It Sings” by Megan Arkenberg Reprints “The Men and Women of Rivendale” by Steve Rasnic Tem (from Night Visions 1, 1984) “Qi Sport” by Molly Tanzer (from Schemers, 2013) The non-fiction this issue includes…

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Future Treasures: Cthulhu Fhtagn!, edited by Ross E. Lockhart

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Ross E. Lockhart has edited some of my favorite Cthulhu anthologies, including the terrific The Book of Cthulhu and The Book of Cthulhu II. When he left Night Shade Books he founded Word Horde, which has produced some excellent books over the past year — including The Children of Old Leech, the genre-bending anthology Giallo Fantastique, and Molly Tanzer’s novel Vermilion. His newest project is Cthulhu Fhtagn!, featuring 19 original weird tales inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, available in trade…

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New Treasures: Edge of Sundown: Tales of Horror in the Wild West, edited by Kevin Ross and Brian M Sammons

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I’m a big fan of weird westerns. But you already knew that, just based on my recent articles on R. S. Belcher’s The Shotgun Arcana, Molly Tanzer’s Vermilion, Guy Adams’s Heaven’s Gate trilogy, and the anthologies Ceaseless West, Razored Saddles, and Dead Man’s Hand. But here’s something new — an original anthology of western horror from Kevin Ross (Dead But Dreaming) and Brian M. Sammons (Tales of Cthulhu Invictus, World War Cthulhu, The Dark Rites of Cthulhu), and published by…

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Playing in Laird Barron’s Sandbox: The Children of Old Leech

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A lot of writers have written stories in H. P. Lovecraft’s “sandbox” or have borrowed heavily from it. In fact, during his lifetime, Lovecraft encouraged this shared-world approach to his “Yog-Sothery.” Given his open attitude and the power of Lovecraft’s works, it now almost seems inevitable that a group of Lovecraftian disciples would emerge, helping to spread the fame of  his stories. It is with great excitement that one begins to see something similar emerge with contemporary weird author Laird…

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