Edited by Wendy N. Wagner, NIGHTMARE is a critically-acclaimed digital magazine of horror and dark f
It felt a little like fucking. Reminded Magdalene of the first time she’d ever let a boy get a hand
When the sun plunged beneath the horizon, the striations of red clouds looked like gashes raked acro
When he tells me to feed her, I do. And I do despite her cries, and despite the rattle of her chains
Kachi stroked the yellow python-eye hidden between the cheeks of his buttocks with a distracted fing
I wouldn’t describe it as waking up. If you’ve been in a car accident, you know the violence. One mo
When you get to the body, it’s still warm. Maybe because you’re exhausted, because your joints are f
Centuries of war, conquest, and foreign invasion have drawn and redrawn the map of Argia countless t
The drums sound at first light but you are already awake. Today is the day you will finally meet the
The call comes when Kaitlyn is at Little Star—the cafe on the corner of Third and Main—picking up lu
Jeffrey, chin glazed in grease, leans his head over my cubicle wall and asks me what I’m working on.
The Rampart Hotel towered into the sky. It was hard to believe the building was once considered the
Be honest, now. What did you think you would find? You have ventured all the way to this cellar, mea
The day after the picture of your boobs gets sent around the school, a mosquito lands on your tongue
Mom and Dad all but forced the games on me. It’s hard to believe now. All you hear about these days
One could, if necessary, hide between the studs in your wall. Shoulders, narrower than the gap. Back
Cinda begins the worst afternoon of her life by hiding in a closet. It’s spring break of her senior
I hold the crayon to the mirror, ready to swipe it across my reflection’s neck just as my husband, T
She comes early, forcing you to reschedule meetings from the car as Alan drives, white-knuckled. You
The day her mother brought Mr. Nelson home, Martha faded into the wallpaper. It seemed the safest th
The base of my skull buzzes as I pick up some bleach and a new scouring pad from the market. I’ve be
