


Sanctum
Kim Schnuelle
10th May, 2023
An owl's silent wing swoops over writer Kim Schnuelle, reminding her to seek rest in order to restore her sense of the sacred.

Make An Altar of Your Tongue
Antonia Bertucci
4th May, 2023
For our final 'taster' from the new issue, no 23: Antonia Bertucci explores the sacrificial implications of Christianity and breastfeeding, and misogynistic taboos about the female body. With sporescape image by Nick Jordan.

The Lestrygonians
Gregory Norminton
1st May, 2023
In our fourth taster from our new issue, Dark Kitchen:, novelist Gregory Norminton serves up a deliciously dark short story about an exclusive dining club that is soon to have a taste of its own medicine. Menu illustrated by Graeme Walker.

Our Sweet Flesh
Nickole Brown and Emily Hasler
26th April, 2023
In our third Dark Kitchen post, poets Nickole Brown and Emily Hasler serve up disconcerting dishes from the realms of fairy tales and rural Kentucky. With artwork by Peter Cameron and Superflux.

Bread in the Times of Plague
Kate Long and Simeon Ayres
20th April, 2023
For our first Dark Kitchen dish: Simeon Ayres and Kate Long tell a heartening tale about baking sourdough loaves for their pandemic-struck hill community in Australia. With foraging and fermentation artwork by Pascal Baudar.

Welcome to Dark Mountain: Issue 23 – Dark Kitchen!
The Editors
17th April, 2023
We are excited to announce the publication of our new spring issue, an assemblage of writing and art that investigates food culture in times of collapse. Today, we begin our feast with the editorial and cover artwork by David Lauer.

Dark Mountain: Issue 23 – Dark Kitchen
The Spring issue 2023 is set around our Dark Kitchen table where writers, artists and cooks explore food culture in a time of unravelling