Nameless Digest Issue #3, edited by Jason V Brock & S.T. Joshi, Cycatrix Press, 2013. Info: jasunnistore.com.

“Nameless Digest is an exciting, outstanding biannual journal of the macabre and esoteric. It features articles, artwork, interviews, and fiction from some of the best in the fields of the Weird, science fiction, and horror, both classic and fresh voices, and all new. Nameless also presents outstanding reviews and scholarship of literature, cinema, and comics in a full-color, eye-catching format. The intended goal of Nameless is to meld divergent (even challenging) critical perspectives on a variety of subjects – fiction, music, art, film, social commentary – and present them with the best content (literary, artistic, and, in the case of the website, multimedia) we can muster. Nameless was conceived from the outset as a thought-provoking biannual print periodical, as well as a year-round online destination for the intellectually adventurous. We strive to achieve this via the alchemy of innovative discourse, high production values, and rigorous editorial standards. Though the focus will always be on the macabre, weird, uncanny and esoteric, Nameless will also be a bastion for the under-appreciated idea, the unexplored possibility, the poorly understood concept. We are not a home for the pedestrian, the obvious, the common. It is a state of mind as much as anything, and as such is accepting of anyone that is curious, thoughtful and rational.”

Contents:

Fiction & Poetry
Nicole Cushing – “The Mirrors”
Airika Sneve – “Abysmoira”
Nicole J. LeBoeuf – “Lambing Season”
K. M. Tonso – “Silver Hairs among the Gold”
Yancho Cholakov (Translated by Kalin M. Nenov) – “Asked the Soldier, “Who Called Me?”“
Mike Allen – “Monster”
Edward Morris – “The Part of Me They Could Not Kill Went On To Organize…”
David Agranoff – “The Classroom: A Vignette”
Therese Arkenberg – “The Witch Hunter’s Account”
JC Crumpton – Selected Poetry
Marc Venema – Selected Poetry
Ed Higgins – Selected Poetry
Kelda Crich – Selected Poetry

Nonfiction & Interviews
Hank Shore – Three Short Articles
Shade Rupe – Jean Rollin retrospective
Sam Gafford – The Man Who Saved (W. H.) Hodgson!
Jason V Brock – Bryan K. Ward (Interview)
Aaron J. French – Column

Artwork
Bryan K. Ward
Marc Bilgrey
Ron Sanders
Jason V Brock

Reviews by
Sunni K Brock
Stephanie M. Wytovich
Don Webb

The Best of The Horror Society 2013, edited by Carson Buckingham, The Horror Society/CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013. Info: createspace.com.

“A central coast trip that leads to devastating consequences for wine collectors. An adjoining hotel room that isn’t what it seems. A long bus trip with a stopover in an eerie little town. You’ll visit these places and more in this volume. Or how about the old woman with the strange plant? Or the odd little boy selling lemonade? Perhaps the sideshow lady who just smells so good? You’ll meet them all at the turn of a page and they will remain with you long after the book is closed. The Best of the Horror Society 2013 is an anthology of the weird, the wonderful, and the downright wicked. Within you will discover not only the best of emerging horror writers but seasoned pros whose names you will no doubt recognize as well. So turn out the lights, pull up a chair beside the nearest roaring fireplace and enjoy the ride.”

Contents:
FOREWORD – Scott M. Goriscak
INTRODUCTION – Carson Buckingham
CEREMONY – William F. Nolan
TENDRILS NEVER LIE – Kevin A. Ranson
THE MASK – Lisamarie Lamb
LEMMINAID – Carson Buckingham
THE CENTRAL COAST – Jason V. Brock
WHITE HELL, WISCONSIN – Weldon Burge
VICTIMIZED – Richard Thomas
NORMAL IS RELATIVE – Dan Dillard
THE PROCEDURE – Doug Lamoreux
THE LITTLE CHURCH OF SAFE CROSSING – Joe McKinney
MADELEINE – Julianne Snow
IT HAS TEETH – Christian A. Larsen
MASQUERADE – Dave Jeffery
BLACK BIRD – Rose Blackthorn
ADJOINING ROOMS – Scott M. Goriscak
THE INSPIRATION & HORROR OF GEORGE & HUGH – Nicholas Grabowsky
THE CLOWN – Henry Snider
MOVING DAY – Mark Onspaugh
ELLEN – Lee Pletzers
DADDY – Aaron Warwick Dries
SOFT LIKE HER – Charles Colyott
VENUS – L.L. Soares
THE LUMINOUS VEIL – Ian Rogers
BEER & WORMS – T.E. Grau
BLACK MARY – Mercedes M. Yardley
THE BOY IN THE ELEVATOR – Robert S. Wilson
WEIRD – Dean M. Drinkel
HOTTIES – Mort Castle