Dark Side of the Holler Issue #1 Now Available

The first issue of Dark Side of the Holler has officially arrived.

Printed and published in West Virginia, Dark Side of the Holler is an independent magazine devoted to Appalachian folklore, horror fiction, forgotten history, and the strange things waiting just beyond the tree line.

Issue #1 features:

• Cryptid Carl Chronicles: Upon Powdered Wings by Waylon Graves
  Something is rotting in the hills of West by God. Carl is a half-feral drifter raised in the shadow of Storm Mountain, surviving by hunting the strange things that crawl through forgotten corners of Appalachia. When reports of the Mothman surface in a dying river town, Carl expects another payday and maybe a new specimen for his collection. Instead, he uncovers a nightmare spreading beneath the mountains. Upon Powdered Wings is Part 1of the Cryptid Carl Chronicles: a pulp horror adventure filled with ruined towns, backwoods folklore, roadside violence, and the uncanny things waiting in the dark.

• Lost Puppy by Brady Dale
  A quiet and deeply unsettling piece of short fiction about family, responsibility, and the creeping dread of realizing something is terribly wrong.

• The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce
  A classic American ghost story resurrected from the public domain. Strange grief, haunted memory, and the kind of old-fashioned horror that lingers long after the final line.

• Cryptid Queens Centerfold, The Flatwoods Femme

Designed as a collectible print magazine, Dark Side of the Holler brings together new fiction and classic tales with a distinctly Appalachian voice. If you’re drawn to folklore, old places, and things that refuse to stay buried, this magazine belongs on your shelf.

Issue #1 is available now. First print run shipping now.