Black Static #46 (May - Jun 2015): Transmissions from Beyond (Black Static Horror and Dark Fantasy Magazine)

Black Static 46 has new horror fiction by Steven J. Dines, Ralph Robert Moore, Damien Angelica Walters, Sarah Read, Neil Williamson, and Gary McMahon, with illustrations by Vincent Sammy, Richard Wagner and Ben Baldwin, who also provided the cover art. Lynda E. Rucker and Stephen Volk supply their usual comment columns, Tony Lee reviews many new DVD/BD releases, Peter Tennant‘s extensive interview with Ralph Robert Moore is accompanied by a multitude of book reviews including re-releases of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos novellas in special editions and a graphic novel adaptation of one.
So Black Static is essentially a fiction magazine containing short stories in the horror and dark fantasy genres. But it covers other aspects of the genre via comment columns, reviews of books, movies, DVDs, TV and downloaded video.

Fiction this issue
So Many Heartbeats, So Many Words by Steven J. Dines
The Secret Language of Stamps by Neil Williamson
Falling Under, Through the Dark by Damien Angelica Walters
My Boy Builds Coffins by Gary McMahon
Magnifying Glass by Sarah Read
Men Wearing Makeup by Ralph Robert Moore

The issue's artists are
Ben Baldwin
Vincent Sammy
Richard Wagner

Non Fiction this issue;
Notes From the Borderland - Lynda E. Rucker - columnist
Coffinmaker's Blues - Stephen Volk - columnist
Blood Spectrum - Tony Lee - DVDs/Blu-Ray reviews
Case Notes - book reviews by Peter Tennant.
Interviewee - Ralph Robert Moore

Peter Tennant's Case Notes book and novella reviews this issue include
EVERYTHING SWARMING AROUND US: RALPH ROBERT MOORE
A review of Ghosters, the latest book from Ralph Robert Moore, plus a substantial interview with the author.
H.P. LOVECRAFT: THE MAN AND HIS MONSTERS
A review of Paul Roland's biography The Curious Case of H.P. Lovecraft, and of six HPL novellas recently released in special editions by PS Publishing, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, The Dreams in the Witch House, The Dunwich Horror, The Shadow Out of Time, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, and At the Mountains of Madness, all of which come with introductions by S.T. Joshi and illustrations from Pete Von Sholly, plus other bonus material.
DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES
Reviews of I.N.J. Culbard's graphic novel adaptation of The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, The Starry Wisdom Library edited by Nate Pedersen, Whispers From the Abyss edited by Kat Rocha, Amanda Downum's novel Dreams of Shreds & Tatters, and Donald Tyson's The Lovecraft Coven.
CRAWLING DOWN THE YEARS
Reviews of That Is Not Dead edited by Darrell Schweitzer, and Whispers in the Dark edited by Scott Harrison.

Tony Lee's DVD reviews this issue:
Starry Eyes, The ABCs of Death 2, The Remaining, Hemlock Grove Season 2, Late Phases, Rigor Mortis, Discopath, Killer Mermaids, American Ghost Story, What We Do in the Shadows, Beneath, Hooked Up, The Asylum, World War Dead: Rise of the Fallen, Darkest Day, The Duke of Burgundy, Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead