The Dark, Issue 121, June 2025
By Steve Rasnic Tem, Neil Williamson, Ogochukwu Bibiana Ossai & Thomas Ha
- Release Date: 2025-05-30
- Genre: Horror
Description
Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editor Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes three all-new stories and one reprint:
"The World Under" by Steve Rasnic Tem
"The Death of Abigail Goudy" by Neil Williamson (reprint)
"We are the Abikus" by Ogochukwu Bibiana Ossai
"The Cephalophore" by Thomas Ha
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