Carpe Noctem Subject: Horror / Marginalia Category: Magazine Country of Origin: USA Carpe Noctem, a beautifully designed Dark Culture Magazine, is filled with interviews, fiction, art, photography, reviews and articles that all give its readers glimpses into the less travelled places in all media. Competently filling a void in a market that is desperately searching for a way to understand the darker aspects of the Human condition, it's been widely received as the only publication that stands at the forefront of this search. Carpe Noctem is published bi-monthly by artists Catia and Carnell, who bring their life-long investigations of the darker realms of life to bear in a stunning Elyseum for the eyes. Hailed by many in the literary, comic, film and entertainment media as "the industry standard of 'dark publications'" (Leilah Wendell, curator, The Westgate), Carpe Noctem is a treatise celebrating the macabre. Within the lushly illustrated pages are pictorials featuring artists both well-known and obscure, product reviews investigating games, music and books which cater to the Cimmerian aspect, and, most notably, interviews with the people who define the genre within which they work. The pages of Carpe Noctem have featured such luminaries as filmmakers Clive Barker, Robert Rodriguez, Mick Garris, and Stuart Gordon; musicians Rozz Williams, Faith and the Muse, Muslimgauze, and Love Spirals Downwards; artists Dave McKean, Jon J. Muth, Frank Miller and David Mack; among others. Now, with their highly successful association with graphic wizards Bleeding Edge Media, Carpe Noctem has begun an exciting new chapter in their development. Catia and Carnell have added more pages, increased the frequency with which they publish, and added a sophisticated production facility to enhance what is already a unique and provocative publication. N.B. Back issues not listed below are out of print.

With its gorgeously brooding design and black wit, Carpe Noctem deserves a high spot in the Gothic pantheon Poppy Z. Brite Carpe Noctem combines an elegant graphic style with an intelligent, respectful look at our otherwise disreputable genre. I eagerly anticipate the next issue. Mick Garris, Director ABC-TV's The Shining A sharp, entertaining, and beautiful journal for those of us in the business of making visual, verbal, or sonic horror. Carnell's interviews are respectful and knowledgeable and can provide an introduction to other craftsmen in the industry who might otherwise be invisible and/or impossible to find. Diamanda Galas, chanteuse/author

Issues available: Our Price inc. p&p Status #16 Interviews with Jack Ketchum, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, illustrator Countess Von Buhler, and musicians Angels of Venice, fiction by Andrew Vachss, Mehobitel Wilson, Caitlin R. Kiernan, and Scott Nicholson, art by Clive Barker, David Ho, Eric Dinyer, Tara Greer, and Michael Cohen, plus plenty of reviews, and adverts for gothic/necro/S&M-inspired clothing, jewellery, artwork, music and other accessories and esoterica (A4, 92pp) N/A out of print #15 Interviews with Elizabeth Massie, Brian Hodge, Joe R. Lansdale, Bryan Talbot, musicians Gitane DeMone, Jarboe and Mors Syphilitica, actor and painter Viggo Mortensen, photographer Stu Williamson, and painter Miran Kim, plus plenty of reviews, and adverts for gothic/necro/S&M-inspired clothing, jewellery, artwork, music and other accessories and esoterica. (A4, 84pp) N/A out of print #13 Interviews with Clive Barker, Storm Constantine, Neil Gaiman, painter Robh Ruppel, musicians Lisa Gerrad & Peter Bourke, funeral historian Dale Seuss, the bands Tappin the Vein, Thanatos and Human Drama, and comics writer Steve Seagle, plus plenty of reviews, and adverts for gothic/necro/S&M-inspired clothing, jewellery, artwork, music and other accessories and esoterica (A4, 84pp) N/A out of print Vol.4 #4 Interviews with Criss Angel and Angeldust, Loop Guru, Karyn Crisis, Bobby Slayton, Bob Wilkins, Charles Vess, Rhea's Obsession, and Clint Catalyst, fiction by Sijjin, Darren McKeeman, Caitlin Kiernan, and Mehobitel Wilson, art features by VonTipton, Voltaire, Terese Nielsen, and Lisa Snellings, plus fashion, reviews, cinematic autopsy, and ethereal alternatives (A4, 68pp) N/A out of print Vol.4 #3 Interviews with Wench, Christa Faust, Ordo Equilibrio, Ikon, Jill Thompson, Mike Mignola, Cliff Nielsen, Nacho Cerda, Tom Rainone, and In The Nursery, fiction by Sijjin, Michelle Mueller, and Jonathan Lyons, art features by Daniel Ouellette, Henry Higginbotham, Izalia Roncallo, and Felipe Echevarria, plus fashion, reviews, and cinematic autopsy (A4, 68pp) N/A out of print Vol.4 #2 Interviews with Lynne Stopkewich, Sunshine Blind, Alex Ross, Lustmord, Autumn, Caitlin Kiernan, Zoar, and Brom, fiction by Sijjin, Touchstone, and Carnell, art features by Jhonen Vasquez, Stephen Fitz-Gerald, Linda Joyce Franks, Clay Moore, Christine Kerrick, Castle Blood, and Valerie Palmer, plus fashion, reviews, and cinematic autopsy (A4, 68pp) N/A out of print Vol.4 #1 Interviews with Lorelei Shannon, David Schow, The Brickbats, Joe Jusko, Diamanda Galás, David Quinn, and Loren Nerell, fiction by Sijjin, art features by Matt Towler, Jessica Boone, Cliff Nielsen, Rik Rawling, Jhonen Vasquez, Peter Kim, E. Katie Holm, Wendy Klein, Louis Small Jr., Adam Rex, Anthony Pidgeon, and Heather Reneé Russ, plus fashion, reviews, and cinematic autopsy (A4, 68pp) N/A out of print Vol.3 #1 Interviews with Rozz Williams, John Mueller, Tim Wheater, Robert Rodriguez, Robert Blue Yount, and Leilah Wendell, fiction by Sijjin, and Carnell, art features by Walter Arnold, Jhonen Vasquez, John Carey, and Noah's Art, plus fashion, reviews, and cinematic autopsy (A4, 68pp) N/A out of print Vol.2 #4 Interviews with Tom Savini, Leilah Wendell, Dave McKean, GWAR, Mick Harris, Christopher Young, and Mortiis, fiction by Sijjin, art features by Aaron Smith, Dorit Thies, Jhonen Vasquez, and Lloyd Pratt, plus fashion, reviews, and cinematic autopsy (A4, 68pp) N/A out of print