The January–February issue of Black Static contains new dark fiction by Simon Avery (novelette), Priya Sharma, Jackson Kuhl, E. Catherine Tobler, and Tyler Keevil (novelette). The cover art is 'Ghost' by Martin Hanford, and interior illustrations are by Martin Hanford, Richard Wagner, and George Cotronis. The usual features are present, including the regular comment columns by Stephen Volk (Coffinmaker's Blues) and Lynda E. Rucker (renamed Notes From the Borderland); Blood Spectrum by Tony Lee (DVD/Blu-ray/VoD reviews including The Girl Who Knew Too Much, Nekromantik, Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For, Deliver Us From Evil, Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead, Ragnarok: The Viking Apocalypse, Vikings Season Two, True Blood Season Seven, The Strain Season One, The Rover, Honeymoon, Ganja & Hess); Case Notes by Peter Tennant (book reviews including titles by Tim Waggoner, Aliya Whiteley, Michael Marshall Smith, Joe R. Lansdale, Evangeline Lilly, Gary McMahon, and many others). There is also an extensive interview with prolific author Tim Waggoner.