KIMOTA Issue 9
Autumn 1998
See the REVIEWS of issue 9.
CONTENTS
HOME COMFORTS by Peter Crowther
The invasion of 'The Suckers' is almost over leaving a wilderness of shattered people, but is the horror continuing in another guise?AMYGDALA by David Sutton.
A strange story of atmosphere and compulsion. Madness beckons do you dare follow?PREACHERMAN by Mark Gale
When the world has been stripped of humanity, what monster is left to live on in mans name? Mark Gale has ideas, but are they safe for sane people to think?A POOL OF ANTS by Christine Goody
In the most normal of settings the most horrendous fears can be set off by the subtlest of things. This is the subtlest of stories.SIRA by Derek M. Fox
A Jade statuette. An innocent ornament. In Derek Fox's hands this simple statue becomes an erotic fantasy of fearful proportions.THE HEALER by Steve Bowkett
The most run down of areas can be the only salvation for some people. But what is the cost? Sometimes the many suffer for the benefit of the few.BEYOND THE HELP OF MORTALS by DF Lewis
Des is back with a story of UFOs and haemorrhoids. The master of the eclectic word, of image over syntax, of rhyme over reason… is back. Fear him, fear his story!KID'S STUFF by Kim Padgett-Clarke
The story of a child beginning to realise the monstrous things children are, and how horrendous the environment they must suffer.DARE DEVIL by Paul Finch
Kids and secrets, kids and dares. Kids and death… and fear and… caravans!THE STRANGER by Trevor Mendham
That stranger in the pub, you know the one you know you shouldn't have started talking to, yeh, you know you'll never get away…THE SHOE BOX by Suzanne J. Barbieri
Suzanne conjures up a single man's dream: A sex mad woman from thin air. But angel or demon lover, they're not good for you!DIFFERENT by Jason Conway
Our features can make or break us, people react to your appearance initially, before they get to know you. But sometimes, because of your appearance, they don't want to get to know you.MEEK by Steve Savile
Murder mayhem and madness. When a school-teacher loses everything he loves what does he do? This story was published in Scaremongers 2, which took a number of years to get published.THE GELLER EFFECT by Peter Tennant
It's just amazing the type of person you can meet in a public house.ILLUSTRATORS
The cover is by Poppy Alexander as are the illustrations for Home Comforts and Beyond the Help of Mortals Jamie Egerton illustrates Dare Devil and Preacherman Des Knight illustrates The Stranger And Anthony Mercer illustrates The Shoe Box.
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