![]() ![]() Simon Kurt Unsworthīlack Static fiction contributor and author of Quiet Houses This Is Horror took the opportunity to sit down with some of the key contributors, and readers of the magazine to try to nail down exactly what it is about Black Static that is so important to the horror genre that we all hold dear. With excellent fiction and concise, focused columns from many respected names, Black Static sets a benchmark for quality in horror fiction and demonstrates that the pulse of literary horror is beating as steadily as our own. In 2013, Black Static is a feature of the genre, launching and enhancing the careers of hundreds of writers that provide some of the finest writing available in the genre. Then, in 2007, the magazine was relaunched in the guise that readers have come to know and cherish, as Black Static. ![]() It also showcased some of the finest writers in the genre, for people who knew where to look. It brought together some of the sharpest and most interesting fiction in the horror, fantasy and sci-fi genres. In 1994 The Third Alternative was first published. The horror genre was dying, slowly and painfully, asphyxiating on the poorly stocked shelves of mainstream bookshops. There was a time when the horror genre wasn’t healthy, a time when the general public had grown weary of stories laden with gore and giant monsters that didn’t reflect their lives or their fears. ![]()
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