Issue 5 features seven 'dark fantasy' stories by veteran speculative fiction writers, including: "Where the Sun Don’t Shine" by Jeff Parish; "Not Your Kind of Heathen" by Erin M. Kinch; "The Noble Experiment" by Pat R. Steiner; "Rockets Over Éireann" by Kristen Lee Knapp; "A Heroine’s Death" by Billy Wong; "Azieran: Lokxenthuul" by Christopher Heath; and "Protein" by Gustavo Bondoni; plus an interview with cover artist Jason Zampol and an anthology review by Fred Warren.