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It was a great honor to be chosen by the keeper of the burnings. It was also a terrible responsibility. If the keeper failed, the whole tribe could come to a bloody end at the claws of the creatures. Amka had only been an apprentice for a few days, but soon she would have more to deal with than an apprentice should ever face. Can Amka survive the first days of her apprenticeship? Or will the whole village die with her? Find out how Amka faces the...

1963 Detroit is a hotbed of gambling, and the weekly baggage auctions keep a busy trade. Charlie Stewart and Joey Third are skilled in the art of successful bidding, but when Joey lands a mysterious suitcase, the thrill of winning turns to terror once they realize they've opened something sinister. Inside the suitcase is an antique gramophone, and the music it plays is unlike anything they've heard before. A chanting voice speaks to them in strange...

Joshua Fahlstrom, thaumaturge, liked his job. Recently, he spent his days closing rifts around the city. Portals that led to deadly dimensions and alternative timelines that needed closing. He thought he was doing the right thing, until he got invaded. Now Josh has to deal with the fact that he will never be alone again. Join Josh on his first adventure as he meets Shade in this edge-of-your-seat urban fantasy adventure.

You can't escape the cold these days, not after the Freeze. Rookie cop Irene Kelnotch and ex-bounty hunter Eric Homens aren't just on the bottom rung of law enforcement, they're on a completely different ladder. Tasked with patrolling the frozen wasteland outside of the walled city of Snowvault, their job's as boring as they come. That all changes the morning Irene's sixth sense leads them to an astonishing discovery: Syfael, a child of the avials,...

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 one hundred and six of NIGHTMARE! We have original short fiction from Benjamin Peek ("At the Periphery") and Gordon B. White ("Gordon B. White is Creating Haunting Weird Horror"). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story ("Sometimes...

Con una inteligente sagacidad, el autor nos transporta a los tiempos míticos de la creación. En ese mundo acabado de crear, hombres y animales conversan y dan fe de la existencia de ciudades y monstruos, lugares y seres inimaginables que asombran y maravillan, y son referencias de la cercanía del paraíso. Unos buscan, otros testimonian, todos hablan del Sitio en que Adán y Eva fueron puestos por el Creador. Su nostalgia, el deseo de encontrarlo,...

Murder. Marriage. Forgiveness. The kingdom of Allsveil is the chessboard, and the royals are the pieces. Two noble families meet in a whirlwind of battle, conquest, hate, and passion. When a neighboring army conquers her home, Princess Alexia is forced to marry her father's murderer, Darrin, the new king's young prince. While Alexia grapples with revenge and flirtation, finding her own strength in the process, the new king, Goththor, seeks forgiveness...

Baltimore isn't safe. Not even for the predatory meat that stalks its nights. Searching for victims who won't be missed, meat doesn't feel regret or pain-only thirst. But, the meat remembers something more...doesn't it? Is there more to eternal life than finding another drink?

"Be careful who you pretend to be."They created a deadly drug to make the perfect soldier.Turn man into something more. Something stronger and faster.That's all I wanted. To be someone different.So I snuck a secret drug from my father's lab.I only wanted to try it for a night.One night to escape my parent's abuse.One night to feel strong. Powerful.But something went wrong.The drug released an inner demon.It whispered of being free. Of never feeling...