dark horse
/ˈdärk ˈˌhôrs/
noun
1. a candidate or competitor about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins or succeeds.
"a dark-horse candidate"
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In this issue:
COYOTE AND HUNTER
Brenden Pontz
THE GREEN WORLD
Terry Sanville
THE LEVIATHAN
Harold Hoss
HOMING PIGEON
Mehitabel Shapiro
THE EULOGY
Max Rissman
MINT
Stephen McQuiggan
SÉ DO BHEATHA 'BHAILE
Derek Alan Jones
THE APB
Rocky Boudreaus
THE TERROR IN LAKE MICHIGAN
Kelly Piggott
THE PRIMEVAL WORLD
Wayne Kyle Spitzer