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: “And You Will Live Forever in Horror” — Tim Waggoner “Cicada Summer” — Bert SG “Storm of the Century” — L.S. Johnson “Chaoskampf” — Sam Richard “The General Cure” — Nicholas Zielinski “Root and Stem” — Caleb Weinhardt “Another Way” — Joshua Rex “The Equation” — LC von Hessen “Tonight I Will Split His Heart With a Knife” — Perry Ruhland