Wicked Hollow is a pocket-sized magazine of horror fiction, poetry, and art. Each 84-page issue has textured card stock cover, which has come to be a sort of trademark for the magazine, thick, bright interior pages, and an uncluttered but stylish design.

Pocket-sized, in this case, is not slang for digest, but rather an honest appraisal of the magazine's unorthodox size. It is only 4.25" wide x 5.5" high, equaling approximately the size of a man's wallet. One of the terrific draws of the magazine, other than its stellar, acclaimed contents, is the convenience of tucking it in pocket, purse, backpack, or nearly anywhere and carrying it about with you all day until you're finally allowed the opportunity to read it.

But convenience is not the magazine's only selling point. From the magazine's debut issue in January 2002, before it had any track record what so ever outside the editor, Jon Hodges's previous experience, one story (R.G. Evans's "The Man Who Holds Your Hand Beneath the Pale Moonlight") was recommended for a Bram Stoker Award, an illustration (Russell Dickerson's art for Joel Arnold's story "Fetal Position") was selected for publication in the esteemed fantasy art anthology SPECTRUM 9, available in bookstores everywhere as of late 2002, and Clark Hays's epic poem "Devosha K. Deeos & the Disks of Eternity" received a Rhysling Award nomination.

Since then each issue has met with acclaim, a continued increase in subscriber base, and two more Stoker recommendations. Also, much buzz about the business, not the least of which include:

"This is truly a stand-alone mag. Wow."
--Kevin L. Donihe, editor of Bare Bone Magazine

"All I can say is, 'wow.' This is everything, in my opinion, that a good small press magazine should be."
--Cullen Bunn, co-editor of Undaunted Press

". . . this new and promising little entry into the small press is one to watch . . . already well ahead of what readers can usually expect from a lot of small press publishing efforts, both in content and in production quality as well."
--Sarah Arthur, from a review in Burning Sky Magazine

"You should be proud of this accomplishment and I have good feelings that in a while, this unique and professionally produced book will become a respected and important part of the literary world."
--Kealan-Patrick Burke, author of Ravenous Ghosts

Below is each available issue of the magazine, which sells for a modest $4 cover price (no shipping charge in the United States). You may also subscribe for $16 (U.S.), $20 (Can.), or $24 (Int.), earning yourself four issues of this new but already highly respected magazine. The shown shopping cart will take you to check out through the online service PayPal, or you may also order by check or money order by e-mailing Blindside Publishing with your order.

May 2004: Issue #8

FICTION:

"Mosquito Dance," John Kiel Alexander
"Gnaw," Peter Hynes
"A Dish Best Served Cold," Michael Pignatella
"Voodoo for Cain," Eileen Lavelle
"These Are Not Jack-o'-Lanterns," Michael Manis

POETRY:

"Cinquain No. XI," G.O. Clark
"The Mumblers," E.R. Carlin
"Homicide," Claudia C. McGivney
"At the Digging," John Grey

ARTWORK:

A.R. Menne (Cover)
Eric Asaris
Marc Sorozan
Cynthia Rudzis
Russell Dickerson
A.R. Menne

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December 2003: Issue #7

FICTION:

"Birthing Kings," Tricia Urlaub
"The Treasurer Spirit," Lisa Mantchev
"The God at Ixtlan del Rio," Richard Harland
"While Thy Book Doth Live," T.K. Kolden
"The Dust Season," Andersen Prunty
"Return on the Downward Road," Sonya Taaffe

POETRY:

"An Explanation," Elizabeth Penrose
"Understanding," Julie Shiel
"The Word," James R. Cain

ARTWORK:

Arthur Davis Broughton (Cover)
Cynthia Rudzis
Russell Dickerson
Marcia A. Borell
Eric Asaris
A.R. Hall

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April 2003: Issue #6

FICTION:

"Papa Crawler," Josh Rountree
"Secrets at Sea," Sharon Doering
"Frost Carnival," Benjamin Coleman
"from each brave eye," William M. Brock
"A Debt Repaid," Nelson Stanley
"Windows," John Kirk

POETRY:

"When It Is Over," Christina Sng
"Beyond the Mad/Funhouse," David C. Kopaska-Merkel & Kendall Evans
"Rock Star Buried in Black (for Mourners)," John Edward Lawson

ARTWORK:

Allen Koszowski (Cover)
Rick Hudson
Cynthia Rudzis
Russell Dickerson
Marcia A. Borell
Eric Asaris

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January 2003: Issue #5

FICTION:

"Cold Cash," Tim Curran
"Processed Meat," Douglas Ford
"Fly to the Rainbow," Michael Kelly
"West of Salem," Marco Zeta
"Spreading," Patricia J. Esposito
"Now That I've Lost You," Paul Edwards

POETRY:

"The Subtle Difference Between a Ceiling Fan and a Sidewinder," Jane Gwaltney
"Like Carrots," Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
"A Gourmand of the Mutant Rain Forest," Bruce Boston

ARTWORK:

Eric Asaris (Cover)
Rick Hudson
Cynthia Rudzis
Russell Dickerson
Marcia A. Borell
Eric Asaris

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