Welcome to issue nineteen of Nightmare!

In case you missed the news last month, I just wanted to mention that my new anthology—The End is Nigh—is on sale now. It’s the first volume of what I’m calling The Apocalypse Triptych—a series of three anthologies looking at three different modes of apocalyptic fiction: before the apocalypse, during the apocalypse, and after the apocalypse. I’m editing—and publishing—all three volumes of the Triptych in collaboration with bestselling author Hugh Howey. All of the books will all be available in both ebook and print formats, and The End is Nigh is available now. Obviously, being pre-apocalyptic it’s more or less about how everything goes to hell, and I figure that might just resonate with horror readers! If you want a sneak peek, check out the March issue of Lightspeed, where you can read Charlie Jane Anders’s story, “Break! Break! Break!” To learn more, visit johnjosephadams.com/apocalypse-triptych.

Never one to rest on my laurels, I have another new anthology out this month. On April 8, Vintage will publish Robot Uprisings, which I co-edited with Robopocalypse author Daniel H. Wilson. It’s about just what you would suspect based on the title—namely: robots, uprising! It’s got a great lineup, featuring all-new, never-before-published stories by Robin Wasserman, Seanan McGuire, Scott Sigler, Charles Yu, Anna North, Genevieve Valentine, among others, plus a new novella by my esteemed co-editor, Daniel. If you’d like a sneak peek at this anthology, check out the April issue of Lightspeed: The complete text of Scott Sigler’s story, “Complex God,” appears there as one of the April reprints. Visit johnjosephadams.com/robot-uprisings or your favorite book retailer for more information.

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Before we get to our stories, just a reminder that over in the Nightmare ebookstore, I wanted to point out that we currently have the following ebook bundles available:

• Nightmare (Issues 1-6) – $14.99
• Nightmare (Issues 7-12) – $14.99
• Nightmare (Year One: Issues 1-12) – $24.99

Buying a Bundle gets you a copy of every issue published during the named period. Buying either of the half-year Bundles saves you $3 (so you’re basically getting one issue for free), or if you spring for the Year One Bundle, you’ll save $11 off the cover price. So if you need to catch up on Nightmare, that’s a great way to do so.

Of course, if you don’t want to buy a Bundle, you can also just purchase an individual ebook issue, or if you’d like to subscribe directly from us, you can do that too. All purchases from the Nightmare store are provided in both epub and mobi format. Visit nightmare-magazine.com/subscribe to learn more about all of our subscription options.

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With our announcements out of the way, here’s what we’ve got on tap this month:

We have original fiction from Dale Bailey (“Sleep Paralysis”) and Martin Cahill (“It Was Never the Fire”), along with reprints by Nancy Etchemendy (“Nimitseahpah”) and Lucy A. Snyder (“Magdala Amygdala”).

We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word,” plus author spotlights with our authors, a showcase on our cover artist, and a feature interview with bestselling author Darren Shan.

That’s about all I have for you this month. Thanks for reading!