Dark Horses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction No. 46: November 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:

ONLY TIME WILL TELL
Alice Baburek

PASSERINE
Melanie Hamon

RED HUNGER
Kidron Grifter

SAP OF ETERNAL SATISFACTION
Daniela Tabrea

DEAD OF NIGHT: TOOL
Wayne Kyle Spitzer

TO QUELL A PHOENIX
Nicholas Samuel Stember

TOLL ROAD
Sylke Lesinski

OUR DISCONTENT
Paul Cesarini

THE MASK MAKER'S IMAGINATION
Hayden Kanicki

WATCHDOG
Jaryd Porter