Nightmare Magazine 60: September 2017

NIGHTMARE is an online 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.
This month, we have original fiction from Silvia Moreno-Garcia ("Jade, Blood") and Ashok K. Banker ("No One Prays to the Goddess"), along with reprints by Chesya Burke ("He Who Takes Away the Pain") and John Skipp ("Art is the Devil"). In the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," we have S.P. Miskowski discussing a classic topic in the genre: ghosts. Plus we have author spotlights with our authors and a fresh new review from Adam-Troy Castro.
"Yellowed bones tangle with jade necklaces and gold bracelets in the depths of the cenote, where blind fish and crayfish swim. She stands near the edge of the waterhole, observing its beautiful depths, her hands clutching her long skirt. At her feet there is a burlap sack. A pig squirms and squeals inside. She ignores its protests. She is a novice at a convent near a small town baked by the harsh sun, a town south of Mérida; a town where all buildings are painted yellow and white. The convent was built on top a pyramid, an attempt to vanquish the old traditions, but many Mayan ruins remain around the peninsula. And so do the cenotes."