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One Panel, No Waiting #1 by Kyle Marnoch [expired]
Chiaroscuro launches the new year with something we’ve neve tried before... comics! Here’s the first.

Volume 49

Encyclopedia Gothica by Liisa Ladouceur and The Old Lady Who Invented Goth by Mick Mercer by Nancy Kilpatrick (published: Dec 1, 2011)
Encyclopedia Gothica by Liisa Ladouceur and The Old Lady Who Invented Goth by Mick Mercer

Attempting to Excavate Planet 30971 by Terrie Leigh Relf
Poem.

The Chiaroscuro: Volume 49 (October–December, 2011)

A Devil’s Dozen for Richard Farnsworth by Stephen Studach
Interview.

Eyes to See by Joseph Nassise by Chris Hallock (published: Dec 1, 2011)
Book review.

False Memory by Mary A. Turzillo
Poem.

Gift of the Bouda by Richared Farnsworth by Stephen Studach (published: Aug 30, 2011)
Book review.

A Hell of a Job by Michael McCarty (and contributors) by Chris Hallock (published: Aug 30, 2011)
Chi Review by Chris Hallock

How I Spent My Summer Vacation or, Films to Love Forever 2011 by Nancy Kilpatrick
Nancy reviews the Fantasia 2011 film festival.

In the House of Houses by Claude Lalumière
Short Story.

La Divina Commedia by Katherine Mankiller
Short Story.

Mean Streets by Gene O’Neill and Gord Rollo by William D. Gagliani (published: Oct 1, 2011)
Chi Review by William D. Gagliani

Moon Fungus and Crystal by Marina Lee Sable
Poem.

Rusting Chickens by Gene O’Neill by William D. Gagliani (published: Dec 1, 2011)
Chi Review by William D. Gagliani

Shadow of a Dead Star (Wonderland Cycle Book 1) by Michael Shean by Chris Hallock (published: Aug 30, 2011)
Chi Review by Chris Hallock

Snicker-Snack by A. D. Bloom
Short Story.

Stars Fell On Alabama by Jesse Bullington
Short Story.

Strict Nominalism by Helen Marshall
Poem.

Velvet Dogma by Weston Ochse by Ray Wallace
Ray Wallace book review.

Volume 48

Closure by Barry King

Coyote at the Crossing by Rachel Ayers
Short Story.

I Wish I Could Eat Coals by Stacey Madden

Linking Words by Grace Seybold
Short Story.

Liquid Fear by Scott Nicholson by William D. Gagliani (published: Jul 13, 2011)
Chi Review by William D. Gagliani

Solid Air by Marina Lee Sable

Trash Cat by Deborah Walker

Unpicking the Stitches by Ilan Lerman
Short Story.

Visions of Destruction Series, Mixed Media by Polenth Blake
Short Story.

Wunderkammern by Brenda Hammack
Poem.

Volume 47

14:46 by A. M. Muffaz [expired]
Poem.

After Pompeii by Jennifer Jerome [expired]

All the Pretty Boys by Michael Rowe [expired]
An original short story

Anna on the Threshold by K. Z. Perry [expired]
Originally published in MOTA 3 Courage, Triple Tree Publishing, 2003.

Bacchus Anesti by Maria Alexander [expired]
Originally published in ChiZine, September 2000.

Beachhead by Marge Simon & Michael Fosburg [expired]

Beer on Sunday by Nick Mamatas [expired]
Originally published on Horrorfind, 2002.

Before and After by Sunil Sadanand [expired]
An original short story.

Beneath the Stars, in the Earth by Nancy O. Greene [expired]

Beware of Attics by Andrea Blythe [expired]

Big G & Little J by Tom Piccirilli [expired]

Bigfoot War by Eric S. Brown by Ray Wallace (published: Jun 6, 2011)
Book review.

Bluebeard by Joanne Merriam [expired]

Bombay and Mercy Chase the Long Hand by Daniel A. Rabuzzi [expired]
An original short story.

A Bride’s Head, Revisited by Joel Arnold [expired]
Originally published in Fetal Position and Other Stories, Studio City, 2010.

The Burn Victim by Sarah Langan [expired]
Originally published in Shivers V, from Cemetery Dance Magazine, 2009.

By Appointment by Leslie Claire Walker [expired]
An original short story.

Champion of Lost Causes by Scott Emerson Bull [expired]
Originally published in Terminal Fright #10, Winter 1995.

Changeling by Myna Wallin [expired]
Poem.

Chanting the Violet Dog Down: A Tale of Noreela by Tim Lebbon [expired]
Originally appeared in Elemental, published by Tor in 2006.

The Chiaroscuro: Volume 47 (April–June, 2011)

The Chiaroscuro: Volume 47, Week 1 (April 1–April 10, 2011)

The Chiaroscuro: Volume 47, Week 2 (April 11–April 17, 2011)

The Chiaroscuro: Volume 47, Week 3 (April 18–April 24, 2011)

The Chiaroscuro: Volume 47, Week 4 (April 25–May 1, 2011)

The Chiaroscuro: Volume 47, Week 5 (May 2–8, 2011)

The Chiaroscuro: Volume 47, Week 6 (May 9–15, 2011)

The Chiaroscuro: Volume 47, Week 7 (May 16–22, 2011)

The Chiaroscuro: Volume 47, Week 8 (May 23-29, 2011)

The Chiaroscuro: Volume 47, Week 9 (May 30–June 5, 2011)

The Chiaroscuro: Volume 47, Week 10 (June 6–12, 2011)

The Chiaroscuro: Volume 47, Week 11 (June 13–19, 2011)

The Chiaroscuro: Volume 47, Week 12 (June 20–26, 2011)

The Chiaroscuro: Volume 47, Week 13 (June 27—30, 2011)

Children’s Crusade by Donna Farley [expired]

Column: Compromise and the Lost Art of Artistic Vision by David Niall Wilson
"From the Shadeaux"—David’s regular column.

Comet Flyby by John Park [expired]

Consent by Nancy Baker [expired]
Earlier printed in Deathport, 1993 & Discovering Japan, House of Pomegranates Press, 2007.

The Consumer by Seth Lindberg [expired]
The Consumer was first printed in the first and last printed newsletter of Borderlands Books in San Francisco, http://www.borderlands-books.com

Conventions of the Genre by Jesse Bullington [expired]
"Conventions of the Genre" first appeared in 2010 on the website Brain Harvest.

The Crossing by B. Michael Radburn by Chris Hallock (published: Apr 1, 2011)
Book review.

Dark Animus 10/11 by by Stephen Studach
Chi Review by Stephen Studach

Darkside by Colleen Anderson [expired]
Poem.

The Dead Gather at Your Feet by Kiel Stuart [expired]

Tom Piccirilli: Deep Cuts by Edward Whitt

A Devil’s Dozen: Livia Llewellyn by Stephen Studach

The Dilkey Never Landed by Paul Tremblay [expired]
Originally published in Punktown: Third Eye, edited by Jeffrey Thomas, Prime Books, 2004.

Dirty Money by S. E. Ward [expired]
Originally appeared in City Slab #12, 2008.

Dogs Want to Eat You by Ralph Robert Moore [expired]
An original short story.

Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate by Stephen M. Wilson [expired]
This story first appeared at ChiZine in 2005 as one of the winners in the annual Chi Short Story Contest.

Dust Bunnies by Jeremy C. Shipp [expired]
An original short story.

Eidolons of the Moon by J. E. Stanley [expired]
Poem.

The Eight of Swords by S. Boyd Taylor [expired]
Originally published in Behind the Wainscot #15, Tarot Card Issue, 2008

Engines of Desire by Livia Llewellyn by Stephen Studach (published: Apr 1, 2011)
Book review.

Everyone on Earth by Brett Alexander Savory [expired]
Previously published in the World Horror Convention 2011 Souvenir Book.

Evil Soap Opera by Mark McLaughlin [expired]
Originally published in Men Are from Hell, Women Are from the Galaxy of Death, Toronto: Kelp Queen Press, 2004.

Experts on Mortality by R. G. Evans [expired]

Familiar Eyes by Barry Hollander [expired]
Originally anthologized in The Book of Final Flesh (2003) and again in The Best of All Flesh (2010, Eden Studios, James Lowder, ed.)

Final Girl Theory by A. C. Wise [expired]
An original short story.

Fingernails by P. S. Cottier [expired]

Fortune by Shira Lipkin [expired]
Originally printed in Ravens in the Library, Quiet Thunder Productions, Inc. 2009.

Freeloader by Mildred Tremblay [expired]
Poem.

The Girl with the Halo by Matthew Sanborn Smith [expired]
An original short story.

Glass, Redux by Robyn Herrington [expired]
Poem.

Grandmother by Samantha Henderson [expired]
Originally published in Grendelsong in 2006.

Growing Out of It by Mehitobel Wilson [expired]
First appeared in Skins of Youth, Necro Publications, 2002.

He Says "Please" so Nicely by Annie Boyle [expired]

Hey, Sarge and Regis Toomey by Mort Castle [expired]
An original short story.

Holy Mackerels by Ursula Pflug [expired]
Originally published in Deep Outside SFFH, February, 2002.

Hotline by David Sakmyster [expired]
Originally published in Crimson in 1999.

How our heroine was made of porcelain by Jana Phipps [expired]
Poem.

I Live in a Land of Milk and Honey by Wanda Waterman [expired]
Poem.

I, Cthulhu by Neil Gaiman [expired]
Originally published in Dagon #16, Dagon Press, 1987

If Only People Weren’t Made Out of Meat by James S. Dorr [expired]

In Reluctance I Go Wandering by Kurt Newton [expired]

The Inevitable Heat Death of the Universe by Elizabeth Bear [expired]
Originally published in Subterranean 4, 2006, John Scalzi ed.

The Informers by Gerard Houarner [expired]
An original short story.

The Insides by Richard Larson [expired]
An original short story.

Irish Witches by Clara Blackwood [expired]
Poem.

It Came From Del Rio by Stephen Graham Jones by Chris Hallock (published: Apr 1, 2011)
Book review.

Jared Sumac poisons the whole damn lot of ’em by Samuel Minier [expired]
Poem.

Judas Noose Tavern by Charles Clifford Brooks III [expired]

Just Like the Ones He Used to Know by Robert J. Wiersema [expired]
Originally serialized at torontoist.com, December 2009.

Knuckle Supper by Drew Stepek by Ray Wallace (published: Jun 6, 2011)
Book review.

Lake Ontario Looked at During the August New Moon by Peter Bloch-Hansen [expired]
Poem.

Lament by Tom Piccirilli [expired]
An original short story.

Last of His Kind by Sandra McDonald [expired]
Originally published in Rosebud, Issue 32.

Late Night Pick-Up by Peter Crowther [expired]
First appeared in Alien Abductions, DAW Books, October 1999.

A Little Glimpse by Steve Eller [expired]
An original short story.

Lizards by Brent Hayward [expired]
An original short story.

Looking Glass by Alec B Kowalczyk [expired]
Poem.

Louis in the Morning by Phoebe Wray [expired]

Lucan in Averno by Sonya Taaffe [expired]

Machina by An Owomoyela [expired]
An original short story.

Marion’s Knot by Lee Thomas [expired]
An original short story.

The Memory of Burning Bones by Steve Vernon [expired]
Originally published in The Vacant Funhouse, March 2005.

Midnight Grocery Shopping in the Icelandic Sagas by Hugh Thomas [expired]

midnight is a time for listening by Lon Prater [expired]
Poem.

Mike’s and Lisa’s Throw-Down Review: Hobo with a Shotgun by Michael Marano and Lisa Morton
Mike Merano’s and Lisa Morton’s battling reviews of Hobo.

Military Secrets of the Zionist Enemy by Lavie Tidhar [expired]
An original short story.

Mindfuck by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt [expired]
An original short story.

Mississippi Twilight by Chad Hensley [expired]

Mist and Shadows by Helen Marshall [expired]
Originally published in Star*Line and reprinted in The 2006 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2005.

Moon Ship Sailing by Robin Mayhall [expired]

Motive, Means, Eventuality by Gordon Grice [expired]
"Echo" first appeared in Plaingsongs, a litmag published by Hastings College, in its Winter 1992 issue.

Mr. Poe’s Last Express by Ed Lynskey [expired]

Mrs. Kong by Sandra Kasturi [expired]
Previously published in the World Horror Convention 2011 Souvenir Book.

ms & mr frankenstein by Phyllis Gottlieb [expired]

The Mummy by Francine Lewis [expired]
Poem.

The Murdermobile by Mark McLaughlin [expired]
Previously published in Men Are from Hell, Women Are from the Galaxy of Death, Toronto: Kelp Queen Press, 2004.

My Friend Ernie, Trying to Light a Match by Tom Piccirilli [expired]
Poem.

My Mother Married Bigfoot by Steve Vernon [expired]
Poem.

My Skull, the Garage by Bethany Powell [expired]

Neo by Scott E. Green [expired]
Poem.

Night is a Clear Green Gem by Darren Speegle [expired]
An original short story.

Nightfall by Susan A. Manchester [expired]
Originally published in The Stars As Seen from this Particular Angle of Night, Calgary: Red Deer Press/The Bakka Collection, April 2003.

Noogle Knock by Robert Swartwood [expired]
An original short story.

Not That Kind Of Town by Daniel Kaysen [expired]
An original story.

Nothing but sky overhead by David Clink [expired]
Poem.

Ode to the Mongolian Death Worm by Sandra Kasturi [expired]

One Quarter Gorgon by Helen Marshall [expired]
Poem.

The only human things by Peter Bloch-Hansen [expired]

Patterns in White Static by David Niall Wilson [expired]
Originally appeared in The Whirling Man & Other Tales of Blood, Pain, and Madness, Crossroad Press 2011.

Payback by P. D. Cacek [expired]

The Performer by Philip Nutman [expired]
An original short story.

The Pillow Book of Liisa Härkönen by Joe L. Murr [expired]
An original short story.

Pisspot Bay by Elizabeth Massie [expired]
Originally published in The Last Pentacle of the Sun, edited by M. W. Anderson and Brett Alexander Savory, published by Arsenal Pulp Press, 2004.

Pound Rots in Fragrant Harbour by Lisa Morton [expired]
Originally appeared in The Museum of Horrors, Leisure Books, 2001.

a promise fulfilled by Brian Rosenberger [expired]

Protection by Stewart O'Nan [expired]
Of this story, Stewart O’Nan says, "It ran, in translation, in a German magazine, probably Der Spiegel, maybe 10 years ago?" If you work for Der Spiegel, please drop us a line to let us know the year and issue number, and we’ll happily give proper credit.

Queen Choufa Protects the Drones from the Wrath of Arash-keen by Elizabeth Barrette [expired]
Poem.

Radio Nowhere by Douglas Smith [expired]
First printed in Campus Chills, 2009.

Red Riding Hood Runs from the Wolf by Sèphera Girón [expired]
Poem.

Reflections on the Critical Process by Mike Carey [expired]
Originally published in Mike Carey’s One-Sided Bargains, Image Comics 2006

Remembering Keith Allen Daniels [expired]
Remembrances by David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Wendy Rathbone, and Marge Simon

Remembering Phyllis Gotlieb [expired]
Remembrances by Peter Halasz, Melissa (Mici) Gold, and Sandra Kasturi

Requiem by Brian Hodge [expired]
Originally published in Shock Rock, edited by Jeff Gelb, 1992.

Robyn Herrington: In Your Face [expired]
Remembrance by Robert J. Sawyer

Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry by William D. Gagliani (published: Apr 1, 2011)
Book review.

Salvation on the Tongues of Djinn by A. M. Muffaz [expired]
An original short story.

Scenes from the Skoobie Revolution by Claude Lalumière [expired]
An original short story

A Siamese Twin Falls in Love by Halli Villegas [expired]

Signal to Noise by Gemma Files [expired]
An original short story.

The Soft Key by Sandra Kasturi [expired]
First published in 80! Memories & Reflections on Ursula K. LeGuin, eds. Karen Joy Fowler & Debbie Notkin, Seattle: Aqueduct Books, 2010.

Some Secret Symphony by Donna Burgess [expired]

Sour Metal by Amber Van Dyk [expired]
Originally published in Alchemy, issue No. 2, Edgewood Press, 2004; Honourable Mention, Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, 17th Edition.

The Spider House Rules by Rain Graves [expired]
An original short story.

Suckling by Patricia Russo [expired]
Originally published in Not One of Us #31, John Benson 2004.

Summer of Love by Livia Llewellyn [expired]
An original short story.

Sundance by Colleen Anderson [expired]

Supernatural by Nadia Bulkin [expired]
An original short story.

The Surrender by Rain Graves w/Artwork by Daniele Serra [expired]

The Swordsman by Michael R. Colangelo [expired]
An original short story.

The Tale of the Princess and Her Hero by Robert Boyczuk [expired]
An original short story

Tantalus, Reaching Upwards by Gemma Files [expired]
Poem.

Tea Party Vamp by Marge Simon [expired]

The Temptation of Little Red Riding Hood by Amal El-Mohtar [expired]
First published in Chiaroscuro Issue 29, July 2006

Ten Steps by Richard Thomas [expired]
An original short story.

Their Shades Are Legend by Bruce Boston [expired]

Things I No Longer Like about God by Tarl Roger Kudrick [expired]
An original short story.

The Third Bride by David de Beer [expired]
An original short story.

Three Legged Bird by Vylar Kaftan [expired]
Originally published in Black Static #17, June 2010.

Tiny Drops by L. L. Hannett [expired]
Originally appeared in Midnight Echo, Issue 4 (2010), published by the Australian Horror Writers Association.

Unchambered Heart by Jay Lake [expired]
An original short story.

A Viper Among Us by N. R. Brown [expired]
An original short story.

Visitation by Kim Goldberg [expired]
“Visitation” was the 2008 winner of the CZP/Rannu Fund Poetry Prize for Speculative Literature and was subsequently published in the author’s 2009 collection, Red Zone.

Voodoo Child by Jon Skovron [expired]
An excerpt from Misfit by Jon Skovron, the forthcoming novel from Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams Books, available August 2011.

W.W.P.D by Patricia Lee Macomber [expired]
An original short story.

Wax and Wane by Grant Palmquist [expired]
An original short story.

A Whispered Apocalypse by Simon Logan [expired]
An original short story.

Witch Sticks by Mary E. Choo [expired]

The Word of God by Nir Yaniv [expired]
Published in Hebrew in the author’s story collection, One Hell of a Writer (2006), and in English in Trabuco Road Magazine (2006).

Writing Hell by Matt Duvall [expired]
Originally appeared in Eye Contact, Winter 2004.

You Must Remember This by Gary A. Braunbeck [expired]
"You Must Remember This" originally appeared in Shadow Regions, 2006.

Young Miss Frankenstein Regrets by Camille Alexa [expired]

Your Essential Unsung Hero by Nancy Kilpatrick [expired]
Originally published in Xanadu 3 (ed. Jane Yolen), TOR Books, January 1995.

Zombie Bees of Winnipeg by Carolyn Clink [expired]