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Indie Horror Literary Magazine

NOVELS & NIGHTMARES

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A home for the strange, the uncanny, and the dark. We publish fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction in print, and curate a directory of indie horror books worth losing sleep over.

What We Publish

THE MAGAZINE

FICTION

Short stories and flash that play with form, voice, and dread.

POETRY

Dark verse with room to experiment.

NONFICTION

Creative nonfiction and found-form essays on the uncanny.

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INDIE HORROR, CURATED

Beyond the magazine, we keep a living directory of indie horror books worth losing sleep over. Browse by subgenre, trope, and scare level or add your own title to the shelves.

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PAST SUBMISSION CALL

OCTOBER ISSUE: VOL. 1

We are now reading fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art for the first issue of Novels & Nightmares. Send your work straight to the editors.

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