[Black Static 51] • Black Static #51 (Mar-Apr 2016)

The March–April 2016 issue contains new novelettes and short stories by Mark Morris, Stephen Graham Jones, Gary McMahon, Caren Gussoff, Norman Prentiss, and Stephen Hargadon. The cover art is by Martin Hanford, and interior illustrations are by Vince Haig, Jim Burns, Ben Baldwin, and Richard Wagner. Features: Coffinmaker's Blues by Stephen Volk (comment); Notes From the Borderland by Lynda E. Rucker (comment); Case Notes by Peter Tennant (book reviews and an interview with Molly Tanzer); Blood Spectrum by Gary Couzens (DVD/Blu-ray reviews).

Fiction:

Birdfather by Stephen Graham Jones

illustrated by Richard Wagner

Full Up by Mark Morris

illustrated by Ben Baldwin

Necropolis Beach by Gary McMahon

illustrated by Jim Burns

Spring Forward by Caren Gussoff

Listen, Listen by Stephen Hargadon

illustrated by Vince Haig

The Future of Literary Criticism by Norman Prentiss

illustrated by Richard Wagner

Interviewed:

Molly Tanzer

Comment:

Coffinmaker's Blues by Stephen Volk

Notes From the Borderland by Lynda E. Rucker

Reviews:

Blood Spectrum by Gary Couzens (DVD/Blu-Ray reviews, including What Have You Done to Solange?, The Visit, Nekromantik 2, Thundercrack!, Crimson Peak, Five Dolls For an August Moon, Navy Seals vs. Zombies, The Carrier, Clinger, Nina Forever, Mark of the Witch, Lost After Dark, The Vatican Tapes, The Weather Station, Last Shift, Deathgasm, Midwinter of the Spirit, Aaaaaaaah!, The House on Pine Street, Among the Living, Arrowhead)

Case Notes by Peter Tennant (book reviews, including Relic of Death by David Bernstein, Bloodeye by Craig Saunders, Oasis of the Damned by Greg F. Gifune, Terror Tales of the Ocean edited by Paul Finch, Sharkpunk edited by Jonathan Green, The Female Factory by Lisa L. Hannett Angela Slatter, Of Sorrow and Such by Angela Slatter, Vermilion and The Pleasure Merchant by Molly Tanzer and an extensive interview with the author)