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Black Static #10 (April/May 2009). Horror magazine. Edited by Andy Cox (64 pages). Published six times a year by TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Cambs, CB6 2LB, UK. www.ttapress.com. One issue: £3.95. Six issue subscription: £21 UK; £24 Europe; £27 elsewhere. Contents of this issue: Stories: “Piano Man” by Christopher Fowler; “The Chair” by Gary McMahon; “Washer Woman” by Scott Lambridis; “Vic” by Maura McHugh; “Because Your Blood Is Darker Than Mine” by James Cooper; “Eastlick” by Shannon Page. Features: “White Noise” compiled by Peter Tennant (news); “Interference” by Christopher Fowler (book reviews); “Electric Darkness” by Stephen Volk (film reviews); “Case Notes” by Peter Tennant (book reviews); “Blood Spectrum” by Tony Lee (DVD reviews and contests); “Night’s Plutonian Shore” by Mike O’Driscoll.
On Spec: the Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic #76 (Spring 2009); volume 21, number 1. Fiction editors: Robin S. Carson, Barb Galler-Smith, Ann Marston, Susan MacGregor, and Diane L. Walton. Poetry Editor: Barry Hammond. 112 pages. Published quarterly by The Copper Pig Writers’ Society, PO Box 4727, Edmonton, Alberta T6E 5G6 Canada; www.onspec.ca. One issue: $6.95. Four-issue subscription: $24 (individuals), $35 (institutions). Fiction in this issue: “Einstein’s Theory” by Jack Skillingstead; “Come-From-Aways” by Tony Pi; “Hell Ain’t What it Used to Be” by J. Brian Clarke; “The Lost Girls” by Khria Deefholts; “Last Man” by Matthew Jordan Schmidt; “An Elephant in the Room” by E.E. Moxam. Poetry: “Agreement: Between Wave and Particle” by Michael Penny; “Bill of Sale” by Michael Penny. Nonfiction: Guest Editorial: “Hard Economic Times” by Robert Runte; “Feature Author Interview: J. Brian Clarke” by Roberta Laurie; “Feature Artist Interview: Heather Bruton” by Lyn X; About Our Contributors. Cover art, “Goldfinches”, by Heather Bruton.