Writers who published stories in the magazine included Ramsey Campbell, Poppy Z. Brite, Robert Hood, Sean Williams, Richard Harland, Kyla Ward, Kaaron Warren and D.F.
[2] Bill Congreve, Sean McMullen and Steve Paulsen's William Atheling Jr award-winning essay, "A History of Australian Horror", notes that "Issue 1 received some criticism for tending towards the splatter end of the genre... A Category One Restricted rating by the Attorney General's department saw it restricted to readers 18 years and older, and banned altogether in the state of Queensland."
(Bonescribes: Year's Best Australian Horror 1995, p. 135) During that time all published contributions to the magazine were paid for, and all submitters were offered detailed and prompt feedback on their fledgling work.
Steve Proposch remained fiction editor until issue 10 (1998), after which publication of the title was discontinued.
Due to an agreement between Bambada Press and Implosion Publishing, copyright for the title and masthead design has now reverted to the original owners, being Steve Proposch and Chris A.