Fantasy Macabre

Fantasy macabre was a literary zine devoted to fantasy and terror fiction.

The first issue of Fantasy macabre appeared in 1980. The first two issues were published by Dave Reeder in the UK. Richard Fawcet took over publishing duties with issue 3, released in 1982 in Uncasville, Connecticut, U.S.A., although Dave Reeder remained editor. Starting in 1985 with issue #5, the editor of Fantasy Macabre was Jessica Amanda Salmonson, continuing until the last issue, #17, released in 1996. The subtitle for this period was , "Beauty plus Strangeness eguals Terror".

Contributors included Ruth Berman, Michael Bishop, Joseph Payne Brennan (Macabre), Michael Bullock, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Jules Remedios Faye, K. Huebner, Marvin Kaye, Thomas Ligotti, Jane Mickelson, Wilum Pugmire (Midnight Fantasies, Old Bones), Carol Reid, Michael Nicholas Richards, Archie N. Roy, Bobby G. Warner, and Susan Lilas Wiggs.

Also included were translations of European authors such as Gustav Meyrink.

Cover artists included Emmanuel, Lawrence Housman, among others.