Dark Horses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction No. 45: October 2025

Description: dark horse
/ˈdärk ˈˌhôrs/
noun
1. a candidate or competitor about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins or succeeds.
"a dark-horse candidate"

Join us for a monthly tour of writers who give as good as they get. From hard science-fiction to stark, melancholic apocalypses; from Lovecraftian horror to zombies and horror comedy; from whimsical interludes to tales of unlikely compassion--whatever it is, if it's weird, it's here. So grab a seat before the starting gun fires, pour yourself a glass of strange wine, and get ready for the running of the dark horses!

In this issue:

THE TWISTED TALE OF PRANCESS: A MODERN FAIRY TALE
Jennifer Foxhoven

ONE LAST TIME FOR MARTI
Steven Roisum

SAY ALL BEFORE
Mack W. Mani

THE SWAMP DEVIL
Jim Wright

THE DEVIL DRIVES A '66
Wayne Kyle Spitzer

SWARM
David Castlewitz

THE GRAM DIRECTIVE
Mike Scofield

THE INVALID AND THE CAVE
Ginevra House

THE POISON DWARF'S COMEUPPANCE
George Larson

THE HIGHEST COURT
Jarek Tomszak