Nightmare Magazine, Issue 163 (April 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 163 of NIGHTMARE! We have original short fiction from A.C. Wise ("e;The Final Girl Trap"e;) and Avi Burton ("e;We Are All in the Same Boat"e;). Our Horror Lab originals include flash fiction ("e;The Spiders You Swallow in Your Sleep"e;) from Wendy Nikel and a poem ("e;graveyard of butterflies"e;) from Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, "e;The H Word,"e; plus author spotlights with our authors, and a feature interview with Dan Coxon.