 Cover of The Third Alternative | |
| Editor | Andy Cox |
|---|---|
| Categories | Horror |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Company | TTA Press |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | Witcham, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Language | English |
| Website | ttapress |
| ISSN | 1753-0709 |
Black Static, formerly The 3rd Alternative, was a British horror magazine edited by Andy Cox. The magazine twice won the British Fantasy Award for "Best Magazine" while The 3rd Alternative twice won the same award for Best Small Press. In addition, individual stories published in the magazine won other awards and were reprinted in a number of collections of the year's best fiction.
Black Static was published by TTA Press alongside sister publications Crimewave, which takes a similarly idiosyncratic approach to crime fiction, and the long-running science fiction magazine Interzone. Together, The 3rd Alternative and Black Static were published for nearly 30 years.