Underland Arcana Series

This is the inaugural issue of Underland Arcana, where the numinous, the esoteric, the supernatural, and the weird collide. It contains stories from Michael Barsa, Elou Carroll, David Hewitt, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Jessie Kwak, Tristan Morris, Stephen O'Donnell, Jonathan Raab, and Rebecca Ruvinsky. Ghost stories, apocalyptic stories, stories about cats, stories about things that haunt the corner of your perception, stories hidden inside other stories, stories about cocktails and rivers and those last moments before everything goes black, and stories about the quiet fear that gets louder and louder and louder. These are the stories of Underland Arcana.

 Underland Arcana collects the numinous, the esoteric, the supernatural, and the weird. This issue contains stories by Jon McGoran, Nathan Batchelor, Jennifer Quail, Linda McMullen, Lexi Peréz, Tori Fredrick, Selah Janel, H. L. Fullerton, W. T. Paterson, and Eric Del Carlo. Stories about cold winter nights, stories about the panic that comes in the dark, stories about awkward house guests, stories about love, stories about diner food, stories about other kinds of food, stories about fairy tales gone rogue, stories about the lies we tell ourselves, stories about the legacies of the dead, and stories about the memories of childhood. These are the stories which usher us into a new season. 

Underland Arcana reveals the numinous, the esoteric, the supernatural, and the weird. This issue contains stories by A. P. Howell, Louis Evans, Christopher Hawkins, Jon Lasser, Josh Rountree, Nikoline Kaiser, Breanna Bright, and J. A. W. McCarthy. Stories about family, stories about theft, stories about ghosts, stories about the weight of history, stories about weight we bring to history, stories about being lost and being found, and stories about the gravity of grief. These are the stories that whisper to us in the sweaty shade under the old trees that have grown over the graves of generations that have been forgotten.

Underland Arcana slips through the cracks, bringing with it the numinous, the esoteric, the supernatural, and the weird. This issue contains stories by Brandon Crilly, Manfred Gabriel, Christi Nogle, Catherine Hansen, Ro Smith, Vera Hadzic, Jetse de Vries, A. P. Howell, Forrest Aguirre, Lorraine Schein, and Sarah Day. Stories about preserving planets, stories about seeking solace, stories about course catalogs, stories about strange circumstances, and stories that unfold on the periphery of consciousness. These are the stories that we shall find in the piles of dead leaves that the wind gathers as the year comes to an end.

Underland Arcana explores the hidden spaces beneath the stairs and continues to lurk up in the attic. This issue contains stories from Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Marilee Dahlman, Rhonda Eikamp, Jordan Taylor, John Klima, and Avra Margariti. Stories about decoding human connections, stories about snakes, stories about what happens when you leave that stain too long, stories about witches, stories about disappearances, and stories about love and loss. These are the stories that creep up on us at night.

Underland Arcana explores the parts of our heart which we don't want to share with others.   This issue contains stories from Gerri Leen, Mary Berman, Hermester Barrington, Kimberly Moore, Katherine L. P. King, M. Shedric Simpson, Erica Sage, and Charles Wilkinson. Stories about spending time with family, stories about finding your way back to family, stories about the terrible secrets families keep, and stories about what happens when families rot from within. Why, yes, this issue is all about those connections that sustain and inflame us.

Underland Arcana finds a crack and burrows deep, seeking a dark spot to curl up and wait out the winter months.   This issue contains stories by D. T. O'Conaill, Joshua Flowers, Michelle Muenzler, Christi Nogle, Brandon H. Bell, H. L. Fullerton, Elad Haber, J. Anthony Hartley, Wade Peterson, and Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam. Stories about household appliances, BBQ, and what we make when we are allowed to tinker in the garage. Stories about hell rides, stories about things behind glass, and stories about the hopes we have for the future. This issue completes the second year of Underland Arcana and finds us in a very strange mood indeed . . . 

Underland Arcana continues its deep exploration of our mercurial psyches.    This issue contains stories by A. P. Howell, Scott Edelman, W. T. Paterson, Ben Curl, Mike Robinson, Eric Witchey, D. Thea Baldrick, and Mattia Ravasi. Stories about what lurks in wells, yards, and the future. Stories about how we piece together our histories. Stories about wishes and witches, and the scientific intersection of both. Stories about how we hide our fears in plain sight, and oh, indeed, stories about running from those same fears. This issue may be all about reflections. 

Issue 9 of Underland Arcana arrives with the first breath of spring. The first thaw, perhaps. Definitely in time for that first kiss—that first blush of awareness.    This issue contains stories by Fayaway & Hermester Barrington, Daniel David Froid, David Bradley, Jason Washer, Roni Stinger, J. P. Oakes, A. P. Howell, Eric Witchey, Kiya Nicoll, and Erik Kollmer. Stories about what we hold on to after love leaves us, stories about who we wished we could be, stories about the terrible things that haunt us, and stories about the way the rest of the world is haunted. This issue is the one where we reveal the mask beneath the face we were wearing last year. Don't be surprised. We're still the same on the inside.