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Dark Moon Digest Issue #24 by Various

michaellouisdixon's review against another edition

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5.0

This was the first issue of Dark Moon Digest that I've read and I'm so sorry that I haven't been reading these all along. It was because of this issue that I subscribed to the magazine. Lori Michelle and Max Booth III have excellent taste in stories. This is great stuff!
My favorites from this issue are: In-Between by Donna J. W. Munro, The Beasts We Live In by George Cotronis, and Tiny Bones Beneath Their Feet by Betty Rocksteady. The other stories are very good too.

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thomaswjoyce's review against another edition

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5.0

The care and attention with which Max Booth III and Lori Michelle approach every endeavour, whether it is a book release from Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing or an issue of Dark Moon Digest or even their tongue-in-cheek podcast devoted to the work of Stephen King, Castle Rock Radio, is exemplary of their professionalism. And this issue is further evidence. They have assembled a terrific line-up of authors, both established and emerging and, although a couple stood out from the others, they all delivered powerful and entertaining pieces of art. Interspersed with thought-provoking articles on the horror genre and writing, and including bonus content in the form of an excerpt from Patrick Lacey’s newly-released Bone Saw and Betty Rocksteady’s cat-inspired artistic take on a horror classic, A Nightmeow on Mouse Street, Issue 31 proves that Dark Moon Digest continues to go from strength to strength and must surely be considered one of the leading horror fiction magazines available today.

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thomaswjoyce's review against another edition

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4.0

A lot of great fiction and non-fiction in this issue, as usual. But the stories that really stood out for me are The Cyclone Sisters Travelling Circus of Wonders by Angela Sylvaine (who doesn't enjoy a good carnival-set horror story, and this creepy little number duly delivered), Glass Legs Greg by Q Parker (a stunning story with a delightfully bizarre twist), and Tongues of Fire by Robert S. Wilson (Can I get an AMEN? You can probably guess what this story entails). As for the non-fiction, Jay Wilburn's 20 Mistakes I Made Writing That You Should Never Do is as entertaining as it is informative.

If you don't regularly read this wonderful magazine full of terrific and varied tales of horror that run the full spectrum of the genre, you are missing out. And you can subscribe for as little as $1 a month on the publisher's Patreon page. Absolute bargain!
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