Black Static Issue 53

The July–August issue contains 'Inheritance, or The Ruby Tear', a novelette by Priya Sharma, plus stories by Steve Rasnic Tem, Harmony Neal, Kristi DeMeester, Danny Rhodes, Stephen Hargadon, and Charles Wilkinson. The cover art is by Tara Bush, with interior illustrations by Tara Bush 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); Blood Spectrum by Gary Couzens (DVD/Blu-ray reviews).

Cover Art:

'Transition' by Tara Bush

Fiction:

Inheritance, or The Ruby Tear by Priya Sharma
illustrated by Tara Bush

Breathing by Steve Rasnic Tem
illustrated by Richard Wagner

Dare by Harmony Neal

The Rim of the World by Kristi DeMeester

Tohoku by Danny Rhodes

Mittens by Stephen Hargadon
illustrated by Richard Wagner

In the Frame by Charles Wilkinson

Comment:

Coffinmaker's Blues by Stephen Volk

Notes From the Borderland by Lynda E. Rucker

Reviews:

Case Notes: Book Reviews by Peter Tennant
THEMED ANTHOLOGIES: Reality Bites edited by Alex Davis, Dead Water edited by Len Maynard & Mick Sims, Jews Versus Zombies edited by Rebecca Levine & Lavie Tidhar, Darkest Minds edited by Ross Warren & Anthony Watson EPISODES FROM ANOTHER WORLD: Storylandia #15 by Julie Travis, Lost Cartographies by Cyril Simsa CLIVE BARKER: The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker, Midian Unmade edited by Joseph Nassise & Del Howison, Voices of the Damned by Barbie Wilde, Horrorology edited by Stephen Jones

Blood Spectrum: DVD/Blu-ray Reviews by Gary Couzens
The Witch, Penda's Fen, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Goosebumps, The Hound of the Baskervilles, That Cold Day in the Park, Journey to the Shore, Evolution, Night of Fear, Inn of the Damned, Me and My Mates vs the Zombie Apocalypse, The Club, Even Lambs Have Teeth, Cherry Tree, The Ones Below, Visions, Baskin, i-Lived, The Forest, Intruders