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• 1 • Editorial: The Dark Flower (Black Petals, Autumn 1999) • (1999) • essay by Kenneth James Crist
• 2 • A Farewell from Danielle • essay by Danielle Naibert
• 3 • The Happy Virus • (1999) • short story by D. Joseph Schaff
• 8 • Conception • (1999) • short story by Jon Michael Kelley [as by Jon-Michael Emory]
• 11 •  On Starbase 3097 • interior artwork by Cathy Buburuz
• 12 • Ratpack • (1999) • short story by Lee Clark Zumpe [as by Lee Clark]
• 17 •  Ratpack • interior artwork by John Gollihar
• 18 • Confession of a Righteous Serial Kller • (1999) • short story by Jason M. Tucker
• 24 • Wildflowers • (1999) • poem by John Gollihar [as by John W. Gollihar]
• 25 • Hadley's Noose • (1999) • short story by Bill Hughes
• 29 • Dominant Species • (1999) • short story by Christopher Goss
• 35 • Lunatic Lewis • (1998) • short fiction by Cathy Buburuz
• 37 •  Lunatic Lewis • interior artwork by Marge Simon
• 38 • Know Thy Enemy • (1999) • short story by D. F. Lewis and Scott H. Urban
• 44 •  Black Petals Centerfold Art • interior artwork by Curtis Wilcox
• 48 • Chickening Out • (1999) • short fiction by Douglas M. Stokes
• 50 • Technofix • (1999) • short fiction by Douglas M. Stokes
• 51 • Winter • (1999) • short fiction by Skian McGuire
• 52 •  Black Petals, Autumn 1999 • interior artwork by Dave Fode
• 53 • Waste of Life • (1999) • short story by Cullen Bunn
• 56 •  Waste of Life • interior artwork by John Gollihar
• 57 • On the Prowl • (1999) • poem by William P. Robertson
• 58 • Our Ghost Walk • (1999) • poem by William P. Robertson
• 59 • Only the Light Sleeping • (1999) • short story by Chad Hunter
• 76 • You've Got to Make a Living • (1999) • short story by Dusten D. Martin
• 80 •  You've Got to Make a Living • interior artwork by John Gollihar
• 81 • Crayons • (1999) • short story by Donald R. Burleson