fiction

To mark the publication of Red Smoking Mirror, Nick Hunt explores how alternate histories can help imagine different futures

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 final archive post is an allegorical tale by Kevin MacCabe, chosen by Dark Mountain writer and editor Eric Robertson, from the spring 2019 issue responding to the 'age of fire'.

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.

Michael J. DeLuca's surreal story of flash foods and floating apple trees succinctly captures the upturned world of climate crisis.

From Issue 21: Ceda Parkinson's short story about a disastrous orbital confluence, with artwork by Sarah Misselbrook

Laura B. Fox retells a leafy short story about environmental despair, personal grief, and idealised ways of living.

From Issue 20- ABYSS: Philip Webb Gregg recounts a disturbing tale of devouring and disappearance. With artwork by Anika Nixdorf.

The last of our excerpts from FABULA is Wayne Karlin's downriver journey through the ghostly shades of America's wars, with artwork from John Weeden

Our penultimate excerpt from Issue 18 is adrienne maree brown's short story about the rising of the waters, with artwork by Sunandini Banerjee