
Dark Matter Magazine's 30 Darkest Stories
Every story published in Dark Matter Magazine is a best-of story to us, and that's why we had to do something different when choosing stories for the magazine's first ever trade paperback anthology. Enter ZERO DARK THIRTY, a curated collection of the 30 DARKEST stories to haunt our magazine's pages during the first two years of publication (2021-2022). These are the most depressing and deranged tales the magazine has to offer. Enter if you must, but beware.
Print ISBN: 978-1-958598-16-0
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-958598-22-1
Alphabetical by Last Name
The Authors
Full Bios Coming Soon

Ken Altabef

Matt Andrew
Annihilate Mankind and Impress Your Friends
From Halloween Special 001

Warren Benedetto
Set for Life
From Issue 004

Mark Burnham
Helter Smelter
From Issue 012

Noah Codega
Declare the Typhoon's Coming
From Issue 009

Andy Dudak
Bodhisattva from Bit
From Issue 001

Brittany Groves
Decommissioned
From Issue 006

Thomas Ha
The Liminal Men
From Issue 005

Andrew Leon Hudson
Recycle of Violence
From Issue 003

T. M. Hurree
The Three Breeds of Lie
From Issue 002

Ariel Marken Jack
Scintillae
From Issue 008

Monte Lin
This Choir of Ghosts
From Issue 009

Patrick Lofgren
Little Lives
From Issue 011

Christine Lucas
Of the Sea-born and the Brine-hearted
From Issue 010

Anna Madden
Lady of the Dullahan
From Halloween Special 001

Evan Marcroft
The Hottest on the Hotline
From Issue 002

Jen Marshall
Storm Cellar
From Halloween Special 002

Guy McDonnell
A Twisted Run
From Issue 005

R. L. Meza
Binge
From Issue 012

Christi Nogle
Finishers
From Issue 001

Hailey Piper
Queen of the Cloven Heart
From Halloween Special 001

Lowry Poletti
Rider Within
From Issue 010

Grace R. Reynolds

Alexandra Seidel
Her Tongue Was Weighted with Salt
From Issue 002

Alex Sobel
The Devil's Travel Agency
From Halloween Special 001

Prashanth Srivatsa
Marasa, or a Withdrawal of Pure Joy for Mr. Antar
From Issue 004

Roni Stinger
The Ground Shook
From Issue 009

Mary G. Thompson
All the Sludge You Want to Drink
From Issue 007

Marissa van Uden
This Will Be the Most Vulnerable Post I've Ever Made
From Issue 007

Erich Alan Werner
Your Augmented Home is Now Ready
From Issue 002
Ordered by Issue (from 001-012)
The Cover Artists

Richard Wagner

Mashiene 11

Tais Teng

Ninja Jo

Sam Heimer

Voodoo Salad

Rob Shields

Doodleskelly

Jeff Aphisit

Sean Keeton

Sean Andrew Murray
The Editor

Rob Carroll

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