Nightmare Magazine Series

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. This month, Mimi Mondal plays with a classic Bengali trope about ghosts in her new short story "Malotibala Printing Press." Remember being in school and writing bibliographies for your papers? Well, Nibedita Sen spins that academic exercise into true horror in her new short "Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island." We also have some nightmarish reprints by Micah Dean Hick ("The Deer Boy") and Philip Fracassi ("Fail-Safe"). Writer, podcaster, and all-around geek Aaron Duran brings us the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word." Of course we have author spotlights with our authors, and we also have a feature interview with Gabino Iglesias. Plus, our e-book readers will get a special e-book exclusive excerpt from Mary SanGiovanni's new novel, INTO THE ASYLUM.

NIGHTMARE is a digital 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.   Welcome to issue one hundred and six of NIGHTMARE! We have original short fiction from Benjamin Peek ("At the Periphery") and Gordon B. White ("Gordon B. White is Creating Haunting Weird Horror"). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story ("Sometimes Boys Don't Know") from Donyae Coles and a poem ("The Returned") 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 book review from Terence Taylor.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. This month, we have original fiction from Adam-Troy Castro ("The Ten Things She Said While Dying (An Annotation)") and Carrie Vaughn ("The Island of Beasts"), along with reprints by Gemma Files ("Nanny Grey") and Stephen Graham Jones ("Universal Horror"). Over at "The H Word," Nicole Sconiers takes a close look at common horror tropes about children. Plus, we have author spotlights with our authors, and a book review from Adam-Troy Castro.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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're kicking off the new year with a new dark fantasy story from Natalia Theodoridou ("What it Sounds Like When You Fall")--and trust me, you've never seen angels like these before. Vajra Chandrasekera brings us our second original, "On the Origin of Specie," a story that will make you reconsider how you feel about the spare change in your wallet. Our reprints this month are by Paul Tremblay ("Headstone in Your Pocket") and Laura Blackwell ("Bitter Perfume"). In the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," Cadwell Turnbull writes about the real monsters in our world. Plus, we have author spotlights with our authors, and a feature interview with cartoonist and writer Emil Ferris.

NIGHTMARE is a digital 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. Welcome to issue one hundred and three of NIGHTMARE! This month we have original short fiction from A.T. Greenblatt ("Family in the Adit") and Marc Laidlaw ("Paradise Retouched"). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story ("When the Snowshoe Hare Turns White") from Eileen Gunnell Lee and a creative nonfiction piece from Paul Crenshaw. We also have Nightmare alum Stephanie Malia Morris writing about her family's supernatural stories in "The H Word." Plus we have author spotlights with our authors and a book review from Terence Taylor.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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.   Welcome to issue ninety-two of NIGHTMARE ! All hotels are a tiny bit creepy, but the hotel in this new story from Yohanca Delgado & Claire Wrenwood ("The Blue Room") is right up there with The Overlook. Be sure to check in and enjoy the room service! After you read "Decorating with Luke," a brand-new story from Adam-Troy Castro, you might be ready to make a few changes around your own house. And don't miss our reprints this month, including work by Jarla Tangh ("The Skinned") and Steve Toase ("Call Out"). Gwendolyn Kiste brings us the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word." Plus we have author spotlights with our authors, and a feature interview with author Molly Tanzer.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. Welcome to issue eighty-four of NIGHTMARE! This month we have a new short horror story from Ray Nayler ("Beyond the High Altar") that will take us into the cold peaks of nineteenth century Afghanistan and leave us with chills. Merc Fenn Wolfmoor's new short, "Sweet Dreams are Made of You," spins obsession and video games into an unsettling read. We also have reprints by Nina Allan ("The Tiger") and Letitia Trent ("Wilderness"). If you're starting to plan your Halloween adventures, Lisa Morton talks about extreme haunts in the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word." Plus we have author spotlights with our authors, and book reviews from Terence Taylor.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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're opening this month with an original short from Micah Dean Hicks, "Quiet the Dead," the story of a haunted family in a town whose biggest industry is the pig slaughterhouse. Rafeeat Aliyu's new short story "58 Rules To Ensure Your Husband Loves You Forever" is full of good relationship advice...if you don't mind feeding your husband human flesh. We're also sharing reprints by Kelley Armstrong ("We Are All Monsters Here") and Nick Mamatas ("The Glottal Stop"). Our nonfiction team has put together their usual array of author spotlights, and in the latest installment of "The H Word," Richard Thomas talks about exciting new trends in horror films. Since it's Women in Horror Month, Lisa Morton has put together a terrific panel interview with Linda Addison, Joanna Parypinski, Becky Spratford, and Kaaron Warren--a great group of female writers and scholars.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. Our first new original short is from Mari Ness: "The Girl and the House." It's a story guaranteed to make you think differently about gothic novels. Dennis E. Staples gives us a most unusual heart condition in his new short story "The One You Feed." We also have reprints by Priya Sharma ("The Ballad of Boomtown") and Stephen Gallagher ("Shepherds' Business"). Kevin J. Anderson talks about the marriage between humor and horror in the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word." We also have author spotlights with our authors, and a media review from Adam-Troy Castro.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. Welcome to issue eighty-eight of NIGHTMARE! It's another terrifying issue, with a new short story from Meg Elison ("Familiar Face") that connects the spirit world with the internet of things. Brian Evenson has penned a darkly fantastic forest in his new short "Elo Havel." We also have reprints by Stephen Graham Jones ("The Floor of the Basement Is the Roof of Hell") and S.P. Miskowski ("Alligator Point"). In our "The H Word" column, author Caitlin Starling takes a disconcerting look at the safest and coziest of places: our homes. Plus, of course we have author spotlights with our authors, and there's also a new media review from Adam-Troy Castro.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. If you're the outdoorsy type, our new short story by Simon Strantzas, "Antripuu," might make your next adventure a little more terrifying. We apologize if you're too frightened to enjoy that hike or camping trip! Our other original short story, "No Other Life," by Isabel Cañas, should please both lovers of medieval history and fans of vampire lore. We also have reprints by Seanan McGuire ("Threnody for Little Girl, with Tuna, at the End of the World") and Cody Goodfellow ("At the Riding School"). In the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," Kaaron Warren looks into the weird and disturbing world of ghost photography. We also have author spotlights with our authors, and a book review from Adam-Troy Castro.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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.   Welcome to issue one hundred of NIGHTMARE! It feels like a milestone of terror-and we couldn't have made it without the support of all our supremely talented writers-and dedicated and loyal readers like you. To celebrate, this issue is overflowing with original fiction from some of our most stalwart contributors over the years. Stephen Graham Jones commits the perfect-or at least a perfectly terrifying-crime in his new short "How to Break into a Hotel Room." Adam-Troy Castro reports from the set of an unsettling television show in "Rotten Little Town: An Oral History." If you're hungry for a monster, Desirina Boskovich is glad to oblige with her story "I Let You Out." Our ebook readers will also enjoy several bonus stories in this super-sized extravaganza: A tale of a viral threat from Sam J. Miller ("Darkness, Metastatic") and a modern, dark fairy tale from Maria Dahvana Headley ("Wolfsbane"). Our reprints this month include a fantastic scare from Tananarive Due ("Last Stop on Route Nine"), Gemma Files ("Thin Cold Hands"), Carmen Maria Machado ("The Things Eric Eats Before He Eats Himself"), Victor LaValle ("Up From Slavery"), and Laird Barron ("Jaws of Saturn"). But wait, there's more! Our nonfiction team has also gone the extra mile, for Team NIGHTMARE. Orrin Grey returns to "The H Word" with an essay about the way the Vietnam War changed the state of horror. Plus, we have author spotlights with our authors, a book review from Terence Taylor, and a roundtable interview with your humble (outgoing) editor and our amazing (incoming) editor Wendy N. Wagner. On top of all that, we've also got a special treat for our ebook readers: Assistant editor Xander Odell collected some of our staff and writers' favorite scares. Here's to another hundred issues-enjoy!

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. This month, we have an original novelette from Usman Malik ("Dead Lovers on Each Blade, Hung") that we'll be serializing over two weeks. Our reprints are by Carole Johnstone ("Better You Believe") and Lucy Taylor ("Nikishi"). In the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," A.C. Wise examines the roles mothers play in horror. Plus, we have an author spotlight with Usman Malik and a book review from Terence Taylor.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. One of the things we believe here at NIGHTMARE is that stories have a tremendous power. They can help us explore new ideas. They can inspire us, and in terrible situations, they can encourage and even comfort us. This month, original story "The Night Princes" (from Megan Arkenberg) takes us to a war zone, where a potter and a group of scared children spend a long night telling stories. In her new story "The Taurids Branch," Alanna J. Faelan also tackles the way we use stories in hard times, exploring the nature of truth and lies in a terrifying apocalypse. We also have reprints from Laird Barron ("In a Cavern, In a Canyon") and Gary McMahon ("Strange Scenes from an Unfinished Film"). Our nonfiction team brings us the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," with author Christopher Golden digging into the dark connections between archaeology and horror. Plus, we've got author spotlights with our authors, and book reviews from Terence Taylor.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. Welcome to issue eighty-five of NIGHTMARE--and happy October! Every month is a great month to seek out literary scares, but an October horror story is just a little sweeter than usual. If you loved the SCREAM franchise, our new original short from Carlie St. George ("Some Kind of Blood-Soaked Future") is going to tickle your terror bone. It's the story of a final girl who gives up running away--and starts fighting back. In Rich Larson's new short ("Growing and Growing"), two men find an abandoned baby and try to help the sweet little thing. What could possibly go wrong? Our reprints this month come from horror icons Nathan Ballingrud ("The Maw") and Gemma Files ("Grave Goods"). In the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," Benjamin Percy talks about building the skeleton of a horror story. Plus we have author spotlights with our authors and a movie review from Adam-Troy Castro.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. Every society has its rites of passage. In this month's first original short, Kurt Fawver takes us into one town's terrifying entry to adulthood: "The Bleeding Maze." Our other original story, "The Skin of a Teenage Boy is Not Alive," by Senaa Ahmad, explores the effects of demonic possession. We also have reprints from Amanda Downum ("Spore") and Richard Gavin ("The Word-Made Flesh"). In the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," Darcie Little Badger talks about the differences between jump scares and dread. We also have author spotlights with our authors, and an interview with author Nathan Ballingrud.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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.   Welcome to issue ninety-eight of NIGHTMARE! Our first story this month is a story of school bullies and dark magic: "Tiger's Feast," from K.T. Bryski. Kurt Fawver also takes us back to school in his unsettling tale "Introduction to the Horror Story, Day 1." Will be a quiz at the end of the story? You better hope not! We also have reprints by P. Djeli Clark ("Night Doctors") and Thana Niveau ("White Mare"). In the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," Octavia Cade talks about women and haunted houses. Our nonfiction team brings us author spotlights with our authors, and a feature interview with Alma Katsu.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. Welcome to issue ninety of NIGHTMARE! We kick off this month's original fiction with a brand-new short from Benjamin Percy ("A Study in Shadows") that's about ethics in science--or what happens when scientists forget about them. Merc Fenn Wolfmoor dives into the territory of the urban legend with their new short story "Flashlight Man." We also have reprints by Nicole D. Sconiers ("Kim") and Carmen Maria Machado ("There and Back Again"). In the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," Paul Jessup whispers to us about death.  Plus, there are author spotlights with our authors and a book review from Terence Taylor.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. Welcome to issue ninety-six of NIGHTMARE! Our original fiction this month is deeply grounded in place. We're taking you on a witchy trip to the prairie in Ray Nayler's new story "Outside of Omaha," and we let Sonya Taaffe immerse us in the canals of Boston in "Tea with the Earl of Twilight." Our reprints are from Kivel Carson ("The Night Has No Eyes") and Gary McMahon ("My Boy Builds Coffins"). On the nonfiction front, Suyi Davies Okungbowa talks about the differences between Nigerian and American horror in our "The H Word" column. Plus, Terence Taylor reviews some excellent new reads, and of course we have author spotlights with our authors. Our ebook readers will enjoy an excerpt from the reissue of Kathe Koja's classic novel, THE CIPHER.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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.   Welcome to issue ninety-seven of NIGHTMARE! Happy October, the spookiest month of the year! We're kicking things off with a creepy little morsel from David Tallerman, "Not Us," which adds a sprinkle of Invasion of the Body Snatchers to a choice serving of bad marriage. In "The Monkey Trap," Adam-Troy Castro takes us to a book dealer with an incomparable collection-and a pretty creepy method of organizing it. We also have reprints from Kaaron Warren ("Furtherest") and A.C. Wise ("The Secret of Flight"). In our nonfiction features, we have Premee Mohamed discussing empathy in the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," plus we have a book review from Adam-Troy Castro, and of course, author spotlights with our authors.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. Welcome to issue eighty-nine of NIGHTMARE! Who would have thought reading survey results could be so terrifying? Of course Adam-Troy Castro finds a way--you'll have to check out his latest original short ("Today's Question of the Day in Waverly, Ohio") to find out just how he does it. If you're a parent, 'Pemi Aguda's new short ("Things Boys Do"), will tap into some of your most uncomfortable, late night feelings. And don't worry: if you're not a parent, you'll still be creeped out! We also have reprints by Eden Royce ("Sweetgrass Blood") and Orrin Grey ("No Exit"). Writer Nino Cipri talks about hauntings and their connection to trauma in the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word." Plus we have author spotlights with our authors and a feature interview with Nicole Cushing.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. Welcome to issue eighty-six of NIGHTMARE! This month, we have a new story by Adam-Troy Castro ("Dollhouse") that redefines the words "dysfunctional family." Gwendolyn Kiste gives voice to Dracula's most famous victim in her original short story "The Eight People Who Murdered Me (Excerpt from Lucy Westenra's Diary)". We also have reprints by Seanan McGuire ("With Graveyard Weeds and Wolfbane Seeds") and Suyi Davies Okungbowa ("The Secret Life of the Unclaimed"). In the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," Mica Dean Hicks talks about the role of cruelty in horror fiction... and life. We also have author spotlights with our authors and a feature interview with Lois H. Gresh.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. Welcome to issue eighty-seven of NIGHTMARE! It's turning into winter now, so we're really excited about "Methods of Ascension," a new short story from Dan Stintzi that will take you out in the snow and make you wish you were just freezing to death. In our second original short,"Dead Worms, Dangling," Joanna Parypinski takes us someplace a bit warmer: the local fishing hole. But don't expect your ordinary fishing story--this is Nightmare Magazine, after all. Our reprints this month are from Siobhan Carroll ("Nesters") and Kurt Fawver ("The Myth of You"). In the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," author Stephen Graham Jones talks about how endings work in this genre. Terence Taylor has reviewed some new fiction for us, and of course, we have author spotlights with our authors.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. NIGHTMARE is an online 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. Welcome to issue ninety-one of NIGHTMARE. It's always risky, writing a story about vampires--but Ben Peek spins us a novel take on the monster in his new short "See You on a Dark Night." Millie Ho's new story, "A Moonlit Savagery," uses two different kinds of monster to span the gap between Bangkok and the Toronto suburbs. We also have reprints by Dan Stintzi ("Surrogate") and A.C. Wise ("And the Carnival Leaves Town"). In the "The H Word," Evan Peterson talks about some of the stigmas against mental illness that exist within our genre. Plus we have author spotlights with our authors, and a media review from Adam-Troy Castro.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. Welcome to issue ninety-four of NIGHTMARE! This month, Carlie St. George spins us a new story of ghosts, trauma, and life in California: "Spider Season, Fire Season." Adam R. Shannon's story "We Came Home from Hunting Mushrooms" uses an extremely strange phenomenon to talk about how our minds cope with loss. We also have reprints by Joe R. Lansdale ("The Folding Man") and Ama Patterson ("Hussy Strutt"). On the nonfiction side of things, Brian Evenson has written the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word." Our staff brings us author spotlights with our authors, and we have a book review from Adam-Troy Castro. Plus our ebook readers are being treated to an excerpt of Keith Rosson's new novel, ROAD SEVEN.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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.   Welcome to issue ninety-three of NIGHTMARE! If the movie MIDSOMMAR piqued your interest in folk horror, you'll be delighted by this new story from G.V. Anderson: "We, the Folk." Find yourself transported to post-World War I Britain, where tea time and cottages stop being cozy and start being very, very creepy. If you enjoy mushrooms in your meals, Ashley Deng's new short "Degustation" may make you rethink your dinner. We also hope to unsettle you with reprints by Laird Barron ("Girls Without Their Faces On") and Robert Shearman ("That Tiny Flutter of the Heart I Used to Call Love"). In "The H Word," Ian McDowell wonders about what kind of childhoods your favorite horror writers had. Plus we have our usual author spotlight mini-interviews, and Terence Taylor digs into some new dark fiction.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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. Welcome to issue ninety-five of NIGHTMARE! This month, Claire Wrenwood brings us "Dead Girls Have No Names," a deeply unhappy story of a mother's vengeance sewn into flesh. We've got a new short by Vajra Chandrasekera: "Redder," a story of blood and pain written across generations. We also have reprints by Adam-Troy Castro ("The Hour in Between") and Livia Llewellyn ("Yours Is the Right to Begin"). In "The H Word," our column on horror, author Tim Waggoner talks about the irrational and its role in the genre. Plus our staff brings us author spotlights with our authors, and we have a feature interview with author (and former Nightmare reprints editor!) John Langan.

NIGHTMARE is a digital 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.   Welcome to issue 110 of NIGHTMARE! This month, we have original short fiction from Adam-Troy Castro ("Glimpses in Amber") and Julianna Baggott ("Inkmorphia"). Our Horror Lab originals include a poem ("Crossroads") from Tiffany Morris and a flash story ("Murder Tongue") from Jayaprakash Satyamurthy. 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 horror scholars Lisa Kroger and Melanie Anderson.

NIGHTMARE is an online 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.   Welcome to issue ninety-nine of NIGHTMARE! This month, our original shorts circle around the theme of sisters. Our first piece is a spooky little story of truly missing people-"The Book of Drowned Sisters," from Caspian Gray. Angela Slatter gives us a dark tale of family and revenge in "The Wrong Girl." We also have reprints by Stephen Graham Jones ("The Ones Who Got Away") and Nicholas Royle ("The Obscure Bird"). The latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," features an unsettling essay from J.B. Toner that explores what it's like to write about demons. We also have author spotlights with our authors, and some movie reviews from Adam-Troy Castro.

NIGHTMARE is a digital 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.   Welcome to issue one hundred and nine of NIGHTMARE! This month we have original short fiction from WC Dunlap ("Caw") and Jon Padgett ("Flight 389"). Our Horror Lab originals include a poem ("Every Night and All") from Sonya Taaffe and a flash story ("I Summon You") from Dale Bailey. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," plus author spotlights with our authors, and a book review from Terence Taylor. It's another great issue, so be sure to check it out. And while you're at it, tell a friend about NIGHTMARE.