Nightmare Magazine

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Issues

Nightmare Magazine, Issue 168 (September 2026)

We have original short fiction from Daniel Roop (“The Red Veil”) and Phoenix Alexander (“Not Even a Fly”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash (“Useless Heart/Stopped Cold”) from A. Artemis Chen and a poem (“Sweet Certainty”) from Deborah L. Davitt.  We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors. Adam-Troy Castro joins us with a book review.

Nightmare Magazine, Issue 167 (August 2026)

We have original short fiction from Quincy Lee (“The Dark Follows Me”) and Georgina Kamsika (“Room 602 at the Hotel In-Between”). Our Horror Lab originals include a poem (“Shapeshifting Recovery Staff”) from Bogi Takács and a flash piece (“My Parts, Collected”) from Melissa A. Watkins. Our nonfiction includes a new H Word essay from Kurt Fawver and a Plumbing the Depths book list about gangster horror.

Nightmare Magazine, Issue 166 (July 2026)

We have original short fiction from Claire Jia-Wen (“The Plague Comes From Chinatown”) and S.L. Coney (“Annette Funicello is My Dream Mouse”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash (“A Nebraskan Choir”) from Stephen Toase. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors, and a feature interview with Chloe Lauter.

Nightmare Magazine, Issue 165 (June 2026)

We’re biting into summer with original short fiction from Aishatu Ado (“What Grows Back”) and Izzy Wasserstein (“Patterns of Dentition in Transgender Adults”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash piece (“NoMouth”) from Marianne Kirby and a poem (“Good Morning, Wolf—”) from Stephanie M. Wytovich. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors, and a media review from Adam-Troy Castro.

Nightmare Magazine, Issue 164 (May 2026)

We’re offering up original short fiction from Sarah Grey (“Hollow Cast”), plus an unusual treat—a creative nonfiction piece that reads like a short story: “Art the Clown attends the Jane Hirschfield poetry reading at the Anchorage Museum” by Audrey Coble. Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story (“A Magic Kingdom”) by Bruce McAllister and poem (“Consumed”) from Ash Vale. Eugen Bacon joins us at the H Word to discuss headless horror, and anthropology writer Lizzie Wade brings us a Plumbing the Depths deep dive into apocalyptic fiction. We also have author spotlights with our authors.

Nightmare Magazine, Issue 163 (April 2026)

On offer this month: Original short fiction from A.C. Wise (“The Final Girl Trap”) and Avi Burton (“We Are All in The Same Boat”). Our Horror Lab originals include flash fiction (“The Spiders You Swallow in Your Sleep”) from Wendy Nikel and a poem (“graveyard of butterflies”) from Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors, and a feature interview with Dan Coxon.

Nightmare Magazine, Issue 162 (March 2026)

We have original short fiction from Gordon B. White (“Will the Last One to Leave Please Turn Out the Lights?”) and Adam-Troy Castro (“Her Dark Places”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash (“The Doll Problem”) from Angela Liu and a poem (“Zooming Past Shotgun Houses”) from Eva Roslin. We running our quarterly media review, and we’ll have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word.” As ever, you’ll get to enjoy author spotlight interviews with our authors.

Nightmare Magazine, Issue 161 (February 2026)

We have original short fiction from Everdeen Mason (“The Ghost in Apartment 5K”) and Marisca Pichette (“Twelve Facts About the Dermestid Beetle”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash piece (“Rest Stop”) from Pedro Iniguez and a poem (“when i die”) from Matthew Wollin. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors. Plumbing the Depths, our readers guide series, returns with a discussion of why horror writers love to talk about writing—and which books do it best.

Jan. 2026 (Issue 160)

Enjoy original short fiction from Kurt Fawver (“The Tailors”) and Sara S. Messenger (“Jennifer’s Daughter”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash (“Dregs”) from R. Diego Martinez and a poem (“At the Sight of My Grave, I Stumble”) from April Elaine Carson. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors, and a feature interview with Johnny Compton.

Dec. 2025 (Issue 159)

This month, enjoy original short fiction from Dante Luiz (“The Short History of a Long-Forgotten, Ill-Fated Telenovela”) and Leyla Hamedi (“Shahmeran”). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash piece (“When the Baby Sleeps”) from Lyndsie Manusos and a poem (“Blacula”) from P.C. Verrone. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors, and a media review from Adam-Troy Castro.