a little bit creepy and a little bit cosy…
When we write, we embody someone else and explore another country or world. And through reading, we transport ourselves into another person in another place. All the stories in this issue do this. Having grown up in a haunted house (a story for another foreword), I have always been obsessed with the paranormal and ghosts. This is, of course, the most subjective genre, with so many perspectives to be considered. I do always think we should probably take the ghost’s perspective into account more than we do. Most of these ghosts are just going about their afterlife and keep getting screamed at by humans, who are often, let’s face it, way more terrifying than ghosts.
Cover Art – No Turning Back by Beatrice
Cover Design – A Coup of Owls
Beatrice is a Swedish artist whose art is inspired by local folklore and fairy tales, often interpreted to suit themes of queerness and womanhood with a macabre edge that comes from a love of the horror genre. Her works can be found on Twitter and Tumblr under the handle Beatricenius.
No Turning Back and other original and fandom art is available on Beatricenius’ Redbubble.
Max Turner – Publisher
Rhiannon Wood – Editor in Chief
Sarah Boyd – Editor
Leonie Natascha – Publishing Assistant
A Coup of Owls: Autumn 2024 (issue 15)
Published by A Coup of Owls Press
September 2024
This issue is available to read or as a download at the bottom of this page.
Contents
One Condition
by Arvee Fantilagan
A witch is visited by a man with an ill intent and a pouch of gold.
The Nature of Nurture
by Jenna Brook
Consider the question of ‘nature vs nurture’.
The Nursing Home
by Sarah Das Gupta
As an elderly woman declines, a young cleaner stays by her side.
The Sea Inside
by TT Madden
A woman discovers a strange starfish-like creature on the beach. Nursing it back to health, she comes to worship it as a deity.
Grieve for Us, O Gentry – We Are Skipped
by Phillip E. Dixon
A simple father-daughter walk is terrifying for the inhabitants of the beach.
The Elegance of a Venus Flytrap
by Christine Wolfram
After Evelyn’s wife goes missing during a camping trip, she comes back oddly changed.
有緣無分
by Euan Lim
When his car breaks down on the long drive to his sister’s wedding, Phoenix unexpectedly spends the night in the middle of nowhere with a fellow trans man.
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