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Two Poems from the Bestiary
Kelly Shepherd and Diane Raptosh
29th April, 2026
Our next offering in this series of extracts from the new Spring issue is two poems by Kelly Shepherd and Diane Raptosh, accompanied by Terese Tubman's shamanic 'Dance Then.'
Birubi
Abi Andrews
24th April, 2026
In the latest of our series of extracts from our new issue, we bring you Abi Andrews' essay on the intimate cohabitation between Australian ecophilospher Val Plumwood and Birubi, a rescued wombat. Accompanied by Ibby Lanfear's close-up portrait of a mole's foot.
Plant People
Mark Watson
9th February, 2026
Making Friends With Microbes A conversation with Eva Bakkeslett ‘Is it safe to eat?’ I...
Changing Platforms
Head over to our new Substack edition showcasing some of the treasures in our collections of writing and art, alongside our weekly online edition
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Introducing Dark Mountain: Issue 29
The Editors
15th April, 2026
Welcome to our new Spring anthology, the first issue we've devoted entitely to animals, now available in our online shop. Today we share the editorial and a glimpse of Amy Guidry's eye-catching cover image.
The Vastness Tucked in Everywhere
Finn Haunch and Felicia Zamora
29th April, 2025
Dark verse from Issue 27 on 'bodies'. Felicia Zamora and Finn Haunch share startling visions of what lies in our hands and beneath our feet. With emerging beetle artwork by Maria Renée.
Fugitive Dark
Nina Elder
29th October, 2025
Writer and artist Nina Elder finds herself falling into a dark crevasse on a small Cycladic island, later to create an installation from squid ink the islanders had collected. From Issue 28, a special issue on Uncivilized Art, with images from the issue by Nina and Liz Miller-Kovacs.
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Sea-change
A series that looks at the changing fate of the world’s oceans and how we can respond as artists, writers and feeling human beings. An exploration of the beauty and the crises of the sea through fiction, art, photography, poetry and memoir. The backstory to Issue 26: Dark Ocean..
A Small Wave in the Sea
9th December, 2025
Announcing Dark Mountain: Issue 28
15th October, 2025
The Dark Frontier
26th March, 2025
Dark Mountain: Issue 29
Our Spring 2026 anthology is a hardback collection that steps outside the human bubble and puts animals at its heart