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TABLE OF CONTENTSFiction
Portrait of the Devil
- Darren Guest
............................5Sequoia
- Kyle Hemmings
...........................................17Blemish -
Joe McKinney..........................................
18Death of A Dog Eater
- Cameron Pierce
.....................45Comeuppance -
Jeff Strand
.......................................49Benny’s Harem
- Chris Ward
.....................................59 Waiting, Just Underneath
- J.T. Glover
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Non- Fiction
The Ochlocrat -
Cody Goodfellow
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13 Ask Bentley Little -
An intervew by R.J Cavender
.......41The Ritualistic Slaughter of Tanzanian Albinos
Chris Perridas
.............................................................47NiNe questioNs with jeff straNd -
AJ Brown
............52Strand Babbles -
Jeff Strand
......................................57
Dark Recesses Artist Spotlight - Dean Calusdian
........67
Art
Bad Christmas
(Dean Calusdian)
........................CoverPortrait of a Devil
(M.Louis Dixon)
.........................17Sequoia
(M.Louis Dixon)
.........................................17Blemish 1
(M.Louis Dixon)
......................................18Big River
(Workweak)
...............................................45Comeuppance
(Public domain Weird Tales-May 1941by Hannes Bok re-imagined by M.Louis Dixon)
...........50The Chung
(D. Bailey)
.............................................63 Alice, Cthulu
,
Liebe+Regret, The Vampire
(Dean Calusdian)
......................................................68Buried Alive
(Dean Calusdian)
................................69Rue Morgue
(Dean Calusdian)
................................70Tell Tale Heart, Twins, Fear of Clowns
(Dean Calusdian)
......................................................71Scales
(M. Louis Dixon)
............................................70Landscape, Woman, Freak, True Love
(Dean Calusdian)
.......................................Back Cover
Dear Readers, Welcome to the 12thissue of
Dark RecessesPress
. I’m happy to say that working on DarkRecesses is a blast! Each week I get to work withsome of the most talentedpeople in the industry.The
Dark Recesses Online
website continues todevelop into the beautifulmonster that I envisionedit could be. Each sinewy layer of throbbing gristle dischargingdark crimson.For those of you reading this PDF who are not familiar with our website, please drop by at
andcheck us out weekly. I promise you won’t be disappointed. We’ve had some major changes in staff over here at DarkRecesses. We have a new Fiction Editor. I want to take thisopportunity to thank CJ Hurtt for the wonderful job he did while working for us. We wish you the best of luck on yourendeavors. (I assure you that the rumors about CJ disappearinginto the desert outside of Las Vegas to do one nal cement “inspection” is exactly that—a rumor) Let’s all say a hearty welcome to our new Fiction Editor—Michelle Garren Flye. Sheand her gang are doing a marvelous job of combing the slushpile and bringing forth the gems.I’d like to thank Bailey Hunter for bringing this issuealive with her awesome layout and design.I’d like to thank our publisher Boyd E. Harris for histenacious dedication to Dark Recesses.In this issue we shine a spotlight on the author Jeff Strand.He is the proverbial king of horror comedy. This man knowshow to tickle your funny bone with an ice pick.
Comeuppance
isa hilarious story of vengeance gone awry. AJ Brown gets underMr. Strand’s skin, and somewhere into the muscle, with his
NiNe QuestioNs with jeff straNd
. Plus,
Jeff Strand Babbles
isalways a favorite column in Dark Recesses Press.Renowned horror author Bentley Little takes some timeout of his busy schedule to answer a few questions for us. We also have an original long piece of ction,
Blemish
, from Joe McKinney, as well as several other stories from the DarkRecesses.Cody Goodfellow gives us his viewpoint on zombiepopularity in his new installment of
The Ochlocrat
. We are also continuing the Dark Recesses’ Artist Spotlight. This issue we are featuring the melancholic anddarkly erotic work of Dean Calusdian. Please feel free to visit Dean at
.I hope that you all enjoy what stuff we’re pulling out of thedarkness for you to inspect. Some of these things wiggle andslither, and some click and snap, but the ones I like best tend tobite really fucking hard. I’m certain that we’ve got somethingfor everyone. So for now, open your eyes wide, put out yourhand, and reach into the Dark Recesses.Michael Louis Dixon