dark horse'dark '?horsnoun1 a candidate or competitor about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins or succeedsa darkhorse candidate Join us for a monthly tour of writers who give as good as they get From hard sciencefiction to stark melancholic apocalypses from Lovecraftian horror to zombies and horror comedy from whimsical interludes to tales of unlikely compassionwhatever it is if its weird its here So grab a seat before the starting gun fires pour yourself a glass of strange wine and get ready for the running of the dark horses In this issue A DAY WITH DADDYBrian J Smith A GOOD NAMEMalcolm Todd APOCALYPTOPHILIAMatthew Wollin JUST BREATHEDL Shirey KING RATHV Patterson SACRIFICE FLYJohn Prather THE SPECTACULAR DEATH OF BILLY NICHOLSJoel Fishbane VICTORY IN DEATHJR Blanes NEVER SWIM ALONEClay Waters THE DREAMING CITYWayne Kyle Spitzer