dark horse
/ˈdärk ˈˌhôrs/
noun
1. a candidate or competitor about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins or succeeds.
"a dark-horse candidate"
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In this issue:
THE WAREHOUSE AT WORLD'S END
Bill Link
COMPANION™, LOST
Nadim Silverman
THE FMMLADE
R.S. Morgan
I DON'T DO DRUGS: I AM A DRUG
Curt Tyler
FARAWAY, NEARBY
Wayne Kyle Spitzer
SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE
David Sheskin
THE HOLE
Meg Keane
THE NUNNERY
Nathan Perrin
THE PRIESTS
Alexander Zelenyj
THICKER THAN WATER
Dylan T. Bosworth