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Lessons from the Edge

by Thomas Keyes 30.11.22

Peace and Fire

by Nick Hunt 19.10.22

Bringing in the Harvest

by Josiah Meldrum 16.11.22

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Snails

Salena Godden

8th November, 2022

Writer Salena Godden battles with snails and against the odds creates a jewel garden in the dark hour of the pandemic. Then learns that the voracious creatures were not in fact the enemy but her mysterious allies.

Other Kingdoms Outbreak

Exquisite Corpse

Micheál Mac Gearailt

3rd November, 2022

Final extract from our latest issue: Micheál Mac Gearailt weaves sensuality, ancient language, and dystopian present in a tale of activism against the Irish forestry industry. With images by William Bock.

Issue 22 – ARK

Voices of Ochre

Catalina Christensen and Heidi Gustafson

31st October, 2022

From Our Books Issue 22 – ARK Uncivilised Arts

The Ones Still Dancing When the Lights Go Out

Michael Guida and Theophilus Kwek

27th October, 2022

Poems from our recently launched ARK: Theophilus Kwek and Michael Guida apply their sharp poetic eye to the more-than-human worlds of insects, reptiles and song birds in times of extinction. With artwork by Lousia Crispin.

Dark Verse From Our Books Issue 22 – ARK

Keepers of the Spring

Caroline Ross

20th October, 2022

From Our Books Issue 22 – ARK

Dark Mountain Book Club

Pilot session - 13th December

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From Our Latest Books

Introducing Dark Mountain: Issue 22 – ARK

The Editors

17th October, 2022

Now out! The Autumn 2022 all-colour special issue takes the shape of an ARK with a cargo of testimonies, stories and artwork gleaned after the flood

From Our Books Issue 22 – ARK

Kōrero

Siana Fitzjohn

19th October, 2022

From Our Books Issue 22 – ARK

Voices from the Coal Face

Paul Feather and Erika Howsare

19th October, 2021

First extract from the autumn special issue 20 - ABYSS: two short searing pieces on the costs of civilisation's pursuit of coal, oil and lithium

From Our Books Issue 20 – ABYSS

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Peace and Fire

19th October, 2022

Regeneration from the Ruins

31st August, 2022

Loss Soup and Other Stories

25th May, 2022

Trinity

15th December, 2021

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Nick Hunt

Nick is the author of three books about walking and Europe, the most recent of which is Outlandish, a work of gonzo ornithology, The Parakeeting of London, and a collection of short fiction, Loss Soup and Other Stories. He works as an editor and co-director for the Dark Mountain Project, and has contributed short stories and essays to many of its issues.

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Sheaf; Summer 2021 and Harvest 2022

Both collections of regenerative stories and art about grain and pulses and the people who grow them

Dark Mountain

Latest Posts

Snails

Exquisite Corpse

Voices of Ochre

The Ones Still Dancing When the Lights Go Out

Keepers of the Spring

Dark Mountain Book Club

From Our Latest Books

Introducing Dark Mountain: Issue 22 – ARK

Kōrero

Voices from the Coal Face

Featured Mountaineer

Peace and Fire

Regeneration from the Ruins

Loss Soup and Other Stories

Trinity

Nick Hunt

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Journeys

Peace and Fire

In Search of Isatica

Pilgrimage

Sheaf; Summer 2021 and Harvest 2022