Black Dandy is a literary journal dedicated to excellence in magic realism, surrealism, and the otherwise strange. Based in New Zealand, we're proud to feature top talent from around the world. Our fourth issue features 8 stories from today's most compelling writers. A young girl's unusual relationship with her mother uncovers the shocking way she deals with the world around her. Join a petty criminal as he navigates the perilous dynamics of a party to which he wasn't invited. A frustrated writer tries to understand why her apartment has become the center of a most peculiar series of circumstances. A couple trekking through Italian wilderness discover the inhabitant of a world nothing at all like their own. Ever since an injured crow entered his life, the man who cares for it learns more about the locals than he'd care to know. A witch accustomed to luring kids with sweets adjusts to life in an age where smartphones are more addictive than candy. A lonely man lovingly welcomes his new companion, who's just been delivered by courier. After the death of his mother, a young man discovers through the power of breakfast cereal that a mother's love never dies.