From our Editor-in-Chief

Dear reader,

Thank you for opening Thin Veil Press issue two: Dark Woods. Whether you’re a contributor, an avid reader, or just my stalker (I know you’re here) you are welcome to stay a while.

After the success of our first issue last year, I was excited to create a second magazine to haunt the webpages of October the only way we know how. We received a startling number of submissions this year and the quality has been second to none. So much so that it was incredibly difficult to curate this issue—without making it six thousand pages long. However, we did manage to select some morbid, macabre, and downright horrific pieces of poetry and fiction we hope you will like.

Prepare for beings to rise from the moss and fires, to emerge from ancient caves, and become one with the forest floor. Please also check our spoiler-free content warnings on the previous page—horror is fun, but only when it’s done right.

Lastly, a special thank you to my questionable skeleton crew, from reading to editing—this issue would not be here without you! And to our morbid contributors, we hope you adorn your thin veils tonight with honour as you become immortalised in our crypt. So, without further ado, it’s time to slip into your raincoat, check the batteries in your torch, and cross the threshold into… the Dark Woods.

Stay spooky,

Meg Keane

Editor-in-Chief