How do you build a culture
which sees the world as
a living sacred community
of which you are a part?

— Paul Kingsnorth

'Time's Gravity' by Meryl McMaster

Dark Mountain

The Loch Beneath the Loch
by Dougie Strang 11.12.19
The Picture Show at the End of the World
by Jonny Randall 04.12.19
Restoring Original Names in Places and People
by Bridget McKenzie 27.11.19

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Vault of the Wordmonger

Nick Hunt
13th November, 2019
Second post the new series, Lost Lexicon is a short story by Nick Hunt, set in a damaged future world where words – locked away for years – are starting to re-emerge from deep beneath the earth. Image by Kahn & Selesnick.
Lost Lexicon

Dark Mountain: Issue 16 – REFUGE

The Autumn 2019 issue is a tenth anniversary collection celebrating a decade of uncivilised writing and art
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From Our Latest Book

Coral

Jay Griffiths
21st October, 2019
From our new anniversary edition Dark Mountain: Issue 16 - REFUGE: a lament for the disappearing beauty of the coral reef by Jay Griffiths. With sea image by David Ellingsen.
Issue 16: REFUGE

Invasives

Akshay Ahuja
24th October, 2019
From Dark Mountain 16 - REFUGE: Akshay Ahuja grapples with honeysuckle and other 'monsters' in times of ecological fall. With forest painting by Kate Williamson
Issue 16: REFUGE

Featured Mountaineer

The Loch Beneath the Loch

11th December, 2019

The Dreaming Body

26th March, 2019

Rannoch Wolves

27th December, 2018

Creag nan Uamh

31st October, 2018
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Dougie Strang

is a writer, performer, and storyteller. He sits on the Dark Mountain Steering Group and has co-created and directed many of Dark Mountain’s on site performances, including Liminal (at Uncivilisation Festival) and The Night Breathes Us In (Festival of the Dark, Reading). He lives in South West Scotland by the River Ae.

Featured Section

The Mythos We Live By

Edited by Charlotte Du Cann, this section asks writers who work with story – as teachers, storytellers, anthropologists, poets, performers, activists – to explore how mythology might respond to an age of converging crises.

The Loch Beneath the Loch

By Dougie Strang
11th December, 2019

The Glimpse

By Carla Stang
5th April, 2017

I am Taliesin

By Sophie McKeand
29th March, 2017
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Dark Mountain: Issue 16 – REFUGE

The Autumn 2019 issue is a tenth anniversary collection celebrating a decade of uncivilised writing and art

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