Nightmare Magazine, Issue 146 (November 2024)

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 #146 of NIGHTMARE! Love is always a powerful motif in fairy tales and fantasy stories. That's why both of our short stories this month focus on love-and its dark side. We kick things off with Raven Jakubowski's "She Sheds Her Skin," the story of a woman in love with a shapeshifter. If you're expecting something heartwarming, you haven't read enough selkie stories. When one person requires a skin to shift their shape, nothing good can ever happen. Later in the issue, Caroline Hung's story "Moon Rabbit Song" traps us in a time loop with two very problematic lovers. Our Horror Lab originals include a poem ("Sumbisori") from Jess Cho and a flash story ("A Guide for Your Journey to the Green Hills") from R.K. Duncan. They're not focused on love, but they both crackle with potent dark magic. Sofia Ajram joins us for a "The H Word" essay about liminal spaces, and we have an in-depth interview with author Nino Cipri. Of course, our spotlight interviewers sat down to talk with our fiction writers, too.