Today definitely calls for a short, delicious stab in the heart. Luckily, we've got you covered with a new flash story by @spicycloaca.bsky.social: "sharp house." www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/shar...

Congratulations to our wonderful writers @rabusby.bsky.social and @ravenjake.bsky.social, whose Nightmare short stories have been nominated for the Stoker award! bramstokerawards.horror.org/front-page/t...

If your ears love horror, don't miss our latest audio releases: @stefansecho.bsky.social narrates Dan Stintzi's "God of the Black Moon" and Bruce McAllister's "The Sound a Rabbit Might Make." Good stuff -- available anywhere you devour podcasts!

This is a cool mood board for the short story up this week: "In Our Skin" by Kelsea Yu. Don't miss this cool SF horror story!!

Need some classic body horror from our archives???

Not sure what this month's issue will be like? Check out the editorial by @wnwagner.bsky.social to get a taste of what's going on! www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...

We're so happy and excited for Victor!!!!

February issues of @lightspeedmagazine.com, @nightmare-magazine.com, The Dark, @locusmag.bsky.social, @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, @clarkesworldmagazine.com, Forever, @lunastation.bsky.social, and @smallwondersmag.com are here! weightlessbooks.com/2025/2/

"Sam met Haley at a house party in the suburbs where everyone hung out in the basement, smoking inside and listening to a band called Belladonna play songs that lasted seven minutes." Magically weird & cosmic horror from Dan Stintzi: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/god-...

New story day! “They Bought a House” in @nightmare-magazine.com is an unhinged haunted house set in Benin city. There are ghosts making ccoconut rice, there are people living in walls, and most importantly, there is Nothing 🤗. Read here: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/they...

If you're like me and haunted house stories are comfort reads, you MUST read "They Bought a House" in the January @nightmare-magazine.com by @osahon4545.bsky.social www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/they...

If you're ready for a story about demons and arranged marriage, don't miss "Karabasan," a new story up today by Leyal Hamedi! www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/kara...

Congratulations to everyone on the Stoker preliminary ballot! We're ecstatic for Nightmare writers @rabusby.bsky.social, @ravenjake.bsky.social, Victor Forna (listed for short fiction) and Haralambi Markov (short nonfiction). Here's where to read their works:

Before Shabbat, we can read a poem about... the Witches' Sabbath? 😛 Today on #BogiReads: "Witches' Sabbath" by Lisa M. Bradley @cafenowhere.bsky.social in @nightmare-magazine.com August 2024! www.nightmare-magazine.com/podcast/witc...

My ROBOT WIZARD ZOMBIE CRIT! newsletter has launched! Sign up for updates about @lightspeedmagazine.com & @nightmare-magazine.com, my anthologies, + my thoughts on books, short stories, TV/film, RPGs, & related subjects. Get a free ebook anthology for signing up. www.johnjosephadams.com/newsletter

The January editorial by @wnwagner.bsky.social is live today: "None of us are free agents—every last one of us is bound at some point, or many points, in a social web that can be as sticky and as unbudging as any spider’s." www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...

The first story of the January issue is live today -- don't miss "The Morning Room" by Katharine Tyndall! A horrible relationship and a secret beneath the house? CREEPTASTIC. www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-...

The terrific podcast is read by Janina Edwards.

Do listen to my reading of this Perfect story.

"From poetry to nonfiction to this editorial, I’d say this issue is a love song to the genre and our commitment to it." Don't miss the December editorial by @wnwagner.bsky.social. www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...

If you missed it last Wednesday, "Amelia's Story" by Adam-Troy Castro went up on the site, and it is one weird treat! www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/amel...

Delicious new short fiction up on the site today: "Moon Rabbit Song" by Caroline Hung. Dark fantasy time loop story? YES, PLEASE!!! www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/moon...

Hello, new followers! We're NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE and we believe horror helps people better understand & cope with the dark shit life heaps on them -- and to better celebrate the good, as well. We publish new horror & dark fantasy fiction, poetry, and insightful essays on our site every Wednesday.

Take Control of Your Life in Five Easy Steps in @nightmare-magazine.com A simple how-to guide.

My latest speculative short fiction roundup features stories from @nightmare-magazine.com @thedeadlands.com @reactorsff.bsky.social @khoreo.bsky.social @augursociety.bsky.social @reactorsff.bsky.social @bourbonpenn.bsky.social @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @strangehorizons.bsky.social and more!

If you need a dark but beautiful poem this morning, do not miss out on "Sumbisori" by Jess Cho! www.nightmare-magazine.com/poetry/sumbi...

Amazing wisdom from @sofiaajram.bsky.social in his essay up today: "There is solidarity in suffering. These experiences are not unique to us. With compassion and hope and the warmth of others we can come out on the other side." www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...

"Cora has left her skin lying out again." From "She Sheds Her Skin, a new and delicious darkness from Raven Jakubowski, up today on the website. www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/she-...

November means DARK FANTASY over here at Nightmare. Read how editor @wnwagner.bsky.social has become a big fan of the 11th month. www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...

#MustRead horror Monday: Lit Hub look beyond Dracula at the latent fears vampires point to, Tony Jones hones in on the horrors in YA dystopian fiction @gnofhorror.bsky.social, @horrorsong.blog reanalyses Henry James' The Turn of the Screw @nightmare-magazine.com ... 1/2

The internet coughs up a haunting video. Chaos ensues. Today in Reading the Weird, fall into Manish Melwani’s “Mammoth” from @nightmare-magazine.com: reactormag.com/the-viral-po...

For the final installment of our de•crypt•ed column, we give you: Koch on James. A powerful essay by @horrorsong.blog! www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/d...

Your Halloween treat from us is a bite-sized story by Isabel Cañas about hungry doppelgangers: "NotRob." YUM! www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/notr...

Nothing says "Happy spooky season!" like a good old-fashioned ghost story. Don't miss "Perfect Water" by Simon Gilbert -- and enjoy! www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/perf...

This poem is spooky. If you like to be unsettled, then don't miss "Possession" by Martins Deep! www.nightmare-magazine.com/podcast/poss...

"Birds aren’t monsters. Then again, maybe?" Nicholas Belardes explores the monstrous nature of birds in our latest H Word essay. Not be missed! www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...

New fiction from @gemmafiles.bsky.social??? Don't miss "Little Horn," up on the site NOW! "This whole business, it all started right about when I burned my church down." www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/litt...

In their editorial for our 12th anniversary issue, @wnwagner says: "In honor of the holiday, this month’s issue is all about our dark sides." Check it out! www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...

New fiction today from @swpisciotta.bsky.social: "House of the Hidden Moon." www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/hous...

Just a few of the other magazines I enjoy and think Kaleidotrope readers would too: @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, @nightmare-magazine.com, @strangehorizons.bsky.social, @podcastle.org, @apexmag.bsky.social, @clarkesworldmagazine.com, @flashfictiononline.bsky.social.

Our newest installment in our The H Word column is a fantastic new essay from @emilyhughes.bsky.social "The H Word: The Scares That Bind Us." www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...

We've got a new piece of CREATIVE NONFICTION up today by Bella D. Bonne. It's a harrowing, intensely personal story about the way abusive relationships impact the self. www.nightmare-magazine.com/creative-non...

Now we've got September issues of @clarkesworldmagazine.com, Forever, @lightspeedmagazine.com and @nightmare-magazine.com: weightlessbooks.com/2024

Our sister magazine, LIGHTSPEED, is offering a FREE 3-month subscription to get a taste of its delicious SF/F offerings. Go check it out! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/make-the-jum...

Wild ride of a new short story up today: "Queen of the Rodeo" by Cody Goodfellow (narrated by Nan McNamara). www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/quee...

Hey, spooky poets -- what are you doing in October?

New nonfiction about DEMONS in recent films! Don't miss "The H Word: A Legion of Unclean Spirits" by Neal Auch. www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...

New flash fiction up today: "Painted Surfaces" by @thisisguan.bsky.social (with an audio performance by Arthur Morey & Nan McNamara). ENJOY! www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/pain...

Congratulations to @rachaelkjones.bsky.social, whose story "The Sound of Children Screaming" has been nominated for a World Fantasy award!!!!!!