Nightmare Magazine, Issue 167 (August 2026)

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 167 of NIGHTMARE! We have original short fiction from Quincy Lee ("The Dark Follows Me") and Georgina Kamsika ("Room 602 at the Hotel In-Between"). Our Horror Lab originals include a poem ("Shapeshifting Recovery Staff") from Bogi Takacs and a flash piece ("My Parts, Collected") from Melissa A. Watkins. Our nonfiction includes a new H Word essay from Kurt Fawver and a Plumbing the Depths's book list about gangster horror.