Nightmare Magazine
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Nightmare is a horror and dark fantasy magazine. In Nightmare's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales to visceral psychological horror. We believe that horror is for everyone, and we aim to publish the widest possible variety of the most delicious, spine-tingling tales.
Nightmare Magazine
1w ago
I was very interested in the horrifying aspects of time as a menacing, material force---something that could eat you. But I ultimately became much more interested in the world in which time might function this way: the addictive substances that might be used to pacify kids who can “see” the future ..read more
Nightmare Magazine
1w ago
mãe, There are few moments that I remember with clarity. From those early days, I recall mostly a vast, pervading numbness. Profound dissociation. I remember Salt. I remember Hog. At night, I would curl between them. With my eyes closed, I would try to see them as they were just in that moment. I would block out what I knew would be ..read more
Nightmare Magazine
2w ago
Dear Readers, I owe you an apology regarding our April 2024 cover. I messed up ..read more
Nightmare Magazine
2w ago
Be sure to check out the editorial for a discussion of this month's terrific content ..read more
Nightmare Magazine
2w ago
So, this is awkward. We aren’t at the stage in our relationship where I’d feel comfortable revising your life-poem on the fly. Even as a backup plan . . . yet here we are. I’m sorry. I know I should have said that to you before the anesthesiologist put you under and the surgeon opened up your skull. But now the surgeon is staring at the quivering quill in my hand ..read more
Nightmare Magazine
2w ago
Are you looking for an optimistic SF novel? Then Chris Kluwe recommend Jumpnauts by Hao Jingfang ..read more
Nightmare Magazine
2w ago
I was literally invited to six weddings in 2022, and the one I attended in Rhode Island was so lovely, I had to channel it into writing on the train back (I have stories based on some of the other weddings too.) Some of the emotional thrusts are based on my own experience, but I’ll let you guess which ..read more
Nightmare Magazine
2w ago
I’ve been blessed with lots of elders in my life, and as a result I tend to overestimate how long people in general tend to live. But there are weird actuarial patterns---if you can make it to certain ages, you’re likely to make it farther---and that fascinated me, especially as I look at my loved ones with hope and trepidation ..read more
Nightmare Magazine
2w ago
Jeanne Calment said she was 122, but there were questions. The records from 1875 were shaky, some of them deliberately burned. Tanaka Kane, 119, was on firmer ground, and then there were loads of others in the hundred-teens. For some time 120 seemed to be a firm limit ..read more
Nightmare Magazine
3w ago
Are you looking for your next juicy read? Aigner Loren Wilson recommends The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim ..read more