The Loss of Function
Andrea Hejlskov
11th January, 2023
Second post in our new year archive series is a forest encounter with the ancestors by Danish mythteller Andrea Hejlskov, chosen by Dark Mountain artist and maker Caroline Ross. From Issue 9.
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Of Fracking and Flowers
Craig Czury and Nina Pick
4th January, 2023
Happy New Year and welcome to our archive month: we begin with two striking poems that face the storm by Craig Czury and Nina Pick, chosen by Mark Watson. With artwork by Rebecca Riley.
A Half Mountain
James Roberts
20th December, 2022
In the wake of COP27, James Roberts drives a scenic route down the Elan Valley in Wales into a poisoned landscape that holds the untold stories of a people who once toiled there.
Where Water Leads
frieda.bay
14th December, 2022
Writer and herbalist Frieda Kipar Bay tells of fleeing fire in California to follow the trail of migrating forests, in search of a safe haven for her family.
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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
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.
Featured Section
Myths & Stories
What kinds of stories can help us find our bearings in times of loss and disorientation? Dark Mountain began with the claim that the roots of today’s crises lie in the stories we have been telling ourselves, but out of this grows the hope that the telling of stories might also have a part to play in how we find ways through.
Among the crew that gathers around this section, you’ll find novelists, mythographers, playwrights, anthropologists and campfire storytellers.
Meltwater
8th August, 2022
Loss Soup and Other Stories
25th May, 2022
After Ithaca: Journeys in Deep Time
18th May, 2022
Dark Mountain: Issue 22 – ARK
Our full-colour Autumn 2022 edition is an ARK carrying a cargo of testimonies, stories and artwork gleaned after the flood