Archive of the Odd Issue #3: Aibohphobia

Archive of the Odd #3

by Cormack Baldwin (Editor), Miles Nelson, Jacob Steven Mohr

Archive of the Odd is a biannual zine of horror and supernatural stories told in unusual formats, including journals, product reviews, MySpace posts, and customer complaint forms.

There is no one story. There are angles and mirrors, worlds reflecting worlds. What will you see when you step inside?

Genres: Short Stories, Anthologies

137 pages, ebook

First published June 15, 2023

Reviews

[Blair · Rating 4 out of 5]

(3.5) Favourite stories: ‘TRUTH SERUM’ by Jacob Steven Mohr, a cursed-TV-show story (so, automatic fave) spanning many different mediums; ‘The Troubling History of Boddington’s Inlet’ by Rajiv Moté, a weird travelogue that riffs on Lovecraft; ‘~if the sky can crack~’ by Meep Matushima, in which we read backwards through LiveJournal entries from a troubled girl who’s begun to believe she can travel to an alternate world. Cool formats: a document that includes tracked changes (‘Heritage Assessment Daemonium’ by Chris Moss); an illustrated cheese journal (‘A Partial Record of Enchanted Cheeses I’ve Fed My Wife’ by Devin Miller); a series of increasingly odd product reviews (‘KentGent’ by Ren Wednesday). Once again, lots of great ideas and a really enjoyable anthology. See also issue 2 and issue 1!

[Kathryn Grace Loves Horror · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review to come.