With a surgeon's skill, editor Kevin L. Donihe stitches a diverse collection of fiction and poetry together to bring Bare Bone to life. Another Dr. Frankenstein, he assembles the pieces of others, birthing one complete monster to send lurching towards the darkness.

Stories from past issues have received Honorable Mentions in several editions of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and another was reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror #13. Bare Bone is now a bi-annual anthology.

Fiction:

Amends Due, West of Glorieta • J David Osborne
A Blue Hand, Reaching • Michael Kelly
The Luminous Veil • Ian Rogers
NM • Terry Gates-Grimwood
Pickin’ and Grinnin’ • Kurt Newton
The New Humans • Eric Shapiro
Elephant Boy in Dunkin Donuts • Mitch Maraude
Chupacabra • Ronald Damien Malfi
Trackside • Mark Howard Jones
The Traveling Salesman • Cody Goodfellow
Discord • Gary Fry
The Secret Game • Kris Saknussemm
Slapstick • Steve Rasnic Tem
Punch-Drunk • Gary McMahon
Dance of the Harlequin • Jeffrey A. Stadt
Getting Old • Kek-W
Smoke Signals • Mark Patrick Lynch
Lives Less Ordinary • Paul Finch

Poetry:

Garrote • John Hubbard
Dirty Rag Spirit • Cameron Pierce
Switched at Birth • Michael Arnzen
Blue • Joel Curtis
Dressed in Nightmare • K.S. Hardy
Lawn Ornament • Ash Lomen
Lying in My Bed • John Hayes
The Green Monster and His Loneliness • Cameron Pierce
The Saturnine • Forrest Armstrong
Your Free Ticket to the Horrorshow • Kendall Evans