Bete Noire brings you the best in dark fiction, poetry and art. In this issue we bring you: Ian McKeachie, Marge Simon, N.L. Sakks, Alfred Klosterman, Mohammad Saif Al-Wahedi, Wesley D. Gray, William Akin, Bruce Boston, Denny E. Marshall, J. J. Steinfeld, Denzell Cooper, Chris Zuver and Florence Grey"

Everyone has been the victim of a bully at some point. Many say it's an unavoidable part of growing up. The way we respond to bullying - whether by fighting or fleeing, making peace or silently suffering disgrace- tends to color our self-concept long after the danger has passed. Some emerge from the threat of violence with a renewed sense of self; others painfully endure the memory whenever it forces its way back into consciousness. This anthology observes the experience of victimization. Collected here are the bullies from elementary school that still haunt our dreams at night, the tyrants...

Songs inspire a melody of emotional responses. They conjure up memories of otherwise forgotten times, and moods swing from light to dark with their rhythm. Their lyrics evoke response, from being lost in that single moment to simply singing in the shower. This collection of stories inspired by songs has been created by WordPlay Writers' Forum, with its creation inspired and conducted by Maggie Chapman. You'll find some of the stories stick to their song's conventional tale, while others go way off the beaten track. Some draw on personal experiences, transporting their reader to a place of...

"Never talk to strangers," says Mikhail Bulgakov in the opening chapter of "The Master and Margarita." "Never talk to strange women," we say in the latest installment of "Moonlit Tales of the Macabre," "especially if what they offer appears to be entirely outside of the realm of reality or sanity." Enjoy this new collection of strange and terrifying tales by Russian and Ukrainian authors, as they take you into the world of dark sorcery and mind-bending magic.

Writing is expressive. It is a way in which one can show vulnerability and strength, humility and pride, curiosity and candor. The high school students at Preparatory Academy for Writers (PAW) challenge themselves, and are not afraid to speak their minds. They write about things that matter to them; whether it is about their lives as teenagers, or simply an imaginative story that highlights an important issue. Young adulthood is a moment of transition; these changes are pertinent to shaping who they will become later in life, and as a result they need a medium for their voices to be heard....

Cry Love: More New Voices is the second of a two volume set. It follows Verse: Collective New Voices. Cry Love features nine new and unpublished authors. These authors have focused their literary muse on angst, depression, death, and unrequited love.

Bete Noire brings you the best in dark fiction, poetry and art. In this issue we bring you: Samanth Kymmel-Harvey, Marge Simon, Carly Berg, Midas, Florence Grey, Luiz H. Coelho, JD Hart, Kyle Newton, J. J. Steinfeld, Bruce Boston, Cynthia Staples, Carl Grafe and Jeremy Szal