Chthonic Matter Quarterly: Spring 2026 cover

Chthonic Matter Quarterly: Spring 2026

by Clint Smith

Chthonic Matter is a quarterly offering of tales from the darkside. Its contents range in tone from the quiet horror of Shirley Jackson to the bleak stylings of Thomas Ligotti — and everything in between. This issue contains the following stories: Hog Butcher For the World by Clint Smith The Foundling by Jennifer Lesh Fleck Incursions by Steve Rasnic Tem Eyes Without the Glaze by Charles Wilkinson Under Stone by Danny Rhodes Cal by Maureen O’Leary Ingmar Bergman’s The Cannibals: A Lost Film by Joseph Anderson

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