We fear discovery when we should fear what there is to discover. Lovecraft and his successors show a world where human civilisation is only a thin veneer over black seas of ignorance. A world where men exalted for their reason uncover logic-defying truths. A world where the marginalised discover uncaring horror on the fringes of a society that rejects them. A world where the bonds between us unravel. But what of those who wear their own averageness like a veneer? Neither drawn toward the horror by academic curiosity nor driven their by society, but unmoored by a mundane secret. A Spanish priest struggling with base desires plots to save a native child from brutal sacrifice. A veteran hiding the extent of his mental wounds discovers the true war on terror is very different. A delinquent’s secret passion for stamp collecting draws him into a dark bargain. And nine more tales of overtly normal people coming adrift in an incomprehensible universe.

What happened to the wanderlust of the space age? Where did the enthusiasm for the final frontier go? Rediscover your childlike wonder for space exploration in this collection of twelve stories, written by D. L. Chance, Shane Ward, Fred Russell, Lee Clark Zumpe, Dave Fragments, C Douglas Birkhead, Dustin Reade, David Bridge, Ryan Cross, and David Perlmutter. From generation ships to planetary destruction, from lost Martian civilizations to cyborgs, this anthology has it all.

"bare minimum" is the short prose collection book based on the 2013 issues of cc&d magazine and Down in the Dirt magazine, published by Scars Publications. Contributors in this collection book include Janet Kuypers, Kaitlin Allen, Adelaida Avila, P. Keith Boran, the HA!man of South Africa art, Brian Boru, Mike Brennan, Jon Brunette, Eric Burbridge, Patrick N. Cole, Rex Bromfield (art) , Robin Wyatt Dunn, Michael Chaney, Üzeyir Lokman ÇAYCI (art) , Margaret Doonan, Doug Downie, Aaron Wilder (art) , David Elliott, Daniel Flaherty, Cassia Gaden Gilmartin, Eleanor Leonne Bennett (art) , Hannah Gaden Gilmartin, W. Scott R. Brownlee, Peter LaBerge, Ronald Brunsky, avid Michael Jackson, Jordaine Givens, Danya Goodman, Chad Grant, Eleanor Leonne Bennett (art) , Trevor Hackley, Eleanor Leonne Bennett (art) , Dennis Humphrey, Hannah Haas, E. Branden Hart, Jacquelyne Kibler, Joseph Kraus, Amelia Holden, Marilyn June Janson, Bob Johnston, Rex Bromfield (art) , Tara Day, Greg Harvey, Andy Heath, David J. Thompson (art) , John Ragusa, Scott Archer Jones, Dana Jerman, Wes Perrin, Carol Smallwood, Dr. (Ms.) Michael S. Whitt, Bob Strother, David J. Thompson (art) , Jim Long, Richard Lind, Rex Bromfield (art) , Stanley M Noah , Kevin Mazzola, Peter McMillan, Zach Murphy, Tom Sheehan, Harry Noussias, Eleanor Leonne Bennett (art) , Ryan Priest, Liam Spencer, Kerry Lown Whalen, Nathan C. Zackroff, Graeme Scallion, Eric Prochaska, Kelly Haas Shackelford, Lise Quintana , Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz (art) , Michael C. Keith, Gregory Liffick, Peter LaBerge art, Don Maurer, Joel Netsky, Cheryl Townsend art, Josette Torres, Bridgette Singleton, Darcy Wilmoth, Abir Wood, and Wendy C. Williford.

Why are we so obsessed with fighting? There's an old saying: No bar ever cleared out because somebody ran inside and said "Everybody come outside! There's two guys getting along in the parking lot!" Unarmed combat has enthralled audiences since the dawn of time. It's primal. Visceral. Immediate. And often, necessary. Bloody Knuckles collects a variety of two-fisted tales and real life reports that explore every aspect of the fight game. The underground, the amateurs, the pros, and the faded glory of aging warriors. Open the cage door and step inside.

Kzine is a kindle magazine of sf, fantasy, horror and crime short stories. Issue 10 has a guest editorial by horror and Dr Who author, Mark Morris. Fiction comes from Paul Finch, Time McDaniel, Dawn Lloyd, D.L. Young, Colin Heintze, Ryan Priest, Philip Roberts and Jon Arthur Kitson.

The 6" x 9" perfect bound ISBN# book "Perfectly Imperfect" was originally released as the 5.5" x 8.5" perfect bound December 2011 issue (v101) of "Down in the Dirt" magazine, published by Scars Publications. Writers and artists included in this issue are Janet Kuypers, Fritz Hamilton, Mel Waldman, Sarah Lucille Marchant, Robert D. Lyons, Mary Stone, Lisa Cappiello, Christopher Hanson, Tom Ball, Marcin Majkowski, Katrina K Guarascio, David Meuel, Ryan Priest, Eleanor Leonne Bennett, Ben Leib, S. MacLeod, Matthew Middleton, Matt Cunha, Jon Brunette, E. J. Loera, Ben Macnair, Sarah Mallery, Jack Bristow, Mike Brennan, Will Millar, Sandy Longley, Alexander G. Tozzi, Timothy Kidwell, and Connor Cook.

"Entanglement" is a poetry and prose collection book from Scars Publications of materials released through Down in the Dirt magazine from January through June of 2013 (containing material not only from issues but also from chapbook supplement releases). Writers and artists included in this book are Maria A. Arana, Adelaida Avila, Brian Boru, Mike Brennan, Michael D. Brown, Jon Brunette, Eric Burbridge, CEE, Michael Chaney, Kenneth DiMaggio, Janet Doggett, Margaret Doonan, Doug Downie, Daniel Flaherty, Zachary F. Gerberick, Cassia Gaden Gilmartin, Eleanor Leonne Bennett (art), Hanna Gaden Gilmartin, Jordaine Givens, Danya Goodman, Chad Grant, Michael Greeley, Travis Green, Trevor Hackley, Fritz Hamilton, Robert Heath, John T. Hitchner, Willie Haul, Dennis Humphrey, Ray Kemble, Joseph Kraus, Richard Lind, Rex Bromfield (art), Brian Looney, Ben Macnair, D.S. Maolalai, Kevin Mazzola, Zach Murphy, Harry Noussias, Ryan Priest, John Ragusa, Michael Royce, Kenneth Schalhoub, Tom Sheehan, Bridgette Singleton, Carol Smallwood, Liam Spencer, Bob Strother, Kevin Michael Vance, Nick Viglietta, Allen M Weber, Kerry Lown Whalen, Abir Wood, Nathan C. Zackroff, Janet Kuypers, and Mike Brennan.

Our January issue features the winning poems from our first annual Winter Poetry Contest. We have some great short stories including our first novelette. We also interview fantasy author Robert VS Redick about completing The Chathrand Voyage and have a 2013 Film Forecast from Movieologist John Carney. Don't miss this milestone issue!