In this issue... cover/photo IN THE DIRT/TIM MURR editor: /DIRTY BLACK SUMMER/TIM MURR farewell/CORMAC McCARTHY 1933-2023/DON BAJEMA & TIM MURR fiction/SEVEN SOULS TO HELL/SCOTT GROVERSTON & THOMAS R CLARK horror/MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MONSTERS; GEORGE A ROMERO/TIM MURR fiction/PAIN OF FROZEN GLASS/MJ McMAHAN fiction/LESS TALK MORE ROCK/JEREMY LOWE fiction/THE LOVE OF A GOOD WOMAN/PAUL LUBACZEWSKI fiction/MEDIEM SHRIMPS/ARMAND ROSAMILIA horror/ROOT OF APATHY: PREDATORS & PREY, THE COSMIC HORROR OF THE PREDATOR FRANCHISE/THOMAS R CLARK/art by JAMES P McCAMPBELL metal/THE SMOKER/WALTER BALL fiction/ PLAN B/RJ ROLES fiction/TALES FROM BEHIND THE COUNTER: A VHS HORROR ADVENTURE PART 4: THE NIGHT OF THE RADIO THING/CARTER JOHNSON