Edited by Wendy N. Wagner, NIGHTMARE is a critically-acclaimed digital magazine of horror and dark f
When the American saw me sitting on a stone in the river, his mouth opened and closed, a brown trout
This poem began as flash fiction, and was then whittled even smaller—perhaps ironic, given its subje
I like car journeys in the passenger’s seat. They give me time to think and rethink things beyond th
Before we left camp, we were informed about the dos and donts for living in our respective communiti
Chuck was wire-sick again, so he hobbled up onto Jerome’s porch one sunny afternoon, need curling hi
John Joseph Adams here, publisher of NIGHTMARE. I recently had the honor and great pleasure of colla
curses take root from root to root / is what they said / when they came for the tree /the tree that
Her fingers, then, had folded around the clay, her mind entranced. Her fingers traced the soft wetne
I wouldn't survive a slasher film. When the killer comes to town and starts popping off fresh-faced
As Annie slips into the club, she grins at Robert, all trepidation and excitement. She hardly distur
I was inspired by my body, and bodies in general. What it means for a body to exist in spaces that f
I work in a tall brick room with peaked cathedral ceilings. At one end of the room there is a brick-
My little brother once chased me through the house with an ax. He was joking, mostly. But it certain
Pregnancy is an infestation. A hidden invasion. An invisible operative sneaks inside you, planting a
Western texts date the discovery of vagina dentata to 1800 BCE, to the Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus,
Tuesday, June 7, 2022 14:02 GMT. There is movement on the pathway for the first time in 113 days, si
Even before my son was born, my village had made of me a black sheep. When I was young, I would slit
Once upon a time, there was you and there was Jonah. “Jonah!” you would call out. “Jonah, it’s me! L
Dear Andy: The day I was arrested, someone bought the winning Powerball lottery ticket that was wort
You know the one about the Gun. The Gun goes where it wants to. On Thursday morning just after reces
