Issue 8 of The Dark Sire
Welcome to Issue 8 – the DARK SUMMER issue that explores what it ’ s like for the creatures of the night during the hottest time of the year !
On launch day , we hosted the TDS Authors Event at Bibliophile Books in Dover , Ohio . Authors John Kiste , S . M . Cook , Krista Canterbury Adams , and Kaleb Tutt read their work and signed copies of Issue 8 . If you missed it , no worries . You can see us at our other events :
• Licking County Library Author Fair , 10 / 16 , 10:30am-2pm ( Columbus , OH )
• TDS Mini Writing Conference at Dover Public Library , 12-6pm ( Dover , OH )
And let ’ s not forget about the TDS initiative : Going Beyond the Page (
darksiremag . com / beyondthe-page . html ). TDS is now collaborating with an Ohio independent filmmaking team to bring Amanda Crum ’ s short story , A Metamorphosis ( Issue 2 ), to life as a short film . Preproduction started July 20 and shooting is scheduled for September . Congratulations to Amanda !
TDS is progressing well , all thanks to our wonderful readers and talented writers . To all of you : THANK YOU so much for your support !
Bre Stephens , Editor July-Sept 2021