Stringing together a common theme among
the random poems and pieces of fiction that come our way can be
difficult at times, even when a theme is on-call in our submission
guidelines, but the pieces in this issue have most certainly
congealed into a shadow cast out from that looming unknown within - or
beyond - all of us. It can be just a wisp of a shadow at times, or as dominant as death itself. Some of the pieces look back on a place nearly
forgotten, some look within, and some call from beyond the point of
humanity’s limits…living limits, at least. And David M Morton
offers a quick look at some eerie, weird fiction that goes beyond that shadow
into the realm of downright horror, the “other” as the evil side
of the coin. It’s worth a look.
And a special thank you goes out to
Olivia Kefauver and PD Lietz, who contributed photos and art to this
issue, Lietz’s cover perfectly captures the darker, haunting side of
autumn with its blood-red sunset and ramshackle hut out there in the
dead fields of autumn.
I love it, and I hope you enjoy this issue as much as
I do. Thanks again to all of our contributors and readers!
Stay safe, kids.
James H Duncan, Editor
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