House Jhereg, Dragaera's organized crime syndicate, is still hunting Vlad Taltos. There's a big price on his head in Draegara City. Then he hears disturbing news. Aliera--longtime friend, sometime ally--has been arrested by the Empire on a charge of practicing elder sorcery, a capital crime, and there appears to be no one that can help her except Vlad.

War brews on both sides of the Veil between the worlds as Gair returns to the mainland with only one thing on his mind -- vengeance -- and old friends and old foes converge in a battle of wills to stem the tide of the Nimrothi clans as they charge south to reclaim the lands lost in the Founding Wars.

It was a dark and stormy knight, and nine dark defenders embarked upon a most perilous quest…. They're the ultimate defenders of humanity-modern day knights who do dark deeds for all the right reasons. In this all-star collection, nine of today's hottest paranormal authors bring us thrilling, all-new stories of supernatural knights that are brimming with magic mystery and mayhem. John Marcone sets aside his plans to kill Harry Dresden to go head-to-head...

As if dealing with the members of her werewolf boyfriend Tom's pack--who are trying to break them up--is not enough, Kate Reilly finds herself targeted by a serial killer who plans to make her his next victim, accused of a series of murders she did not commit, and pursued by the parasitic Thrall vampires, who want her to investigate the killings of their young.

"It is the dawn of a new century in San Francisco and Delia Martin is a wealthy young woman whose life appears ideal. But a dark secret colors her life, for Delia's most loyal companions are ghosts, as she has been gifted (or some would say cursed) with an ability to peer across to the other side. Since the great quake rocked her city in 1906, Delia has been haunted by an avalanche of the dead clamoring for her help. Delia flees to the other side...

Sarah Beauhall has more on her plate than most twenty-somethings: day job as a blacksmith, night job as a props manager for low-budget movies, and her free time is spent fighting in a medieval re-enactment group.

The world might not be ready for Mother Earth's slightly murderous champion. Too bad because she's about to fertilize gardens the old-fashioned way - with the blood of her enemies.

A long-ago curse left Daphne trapped inside a tree for centuries. When she's finally freed, she's eager to resume her duty as Earth's paladin, the Mother's champion, a stave against all who commit evil. There are those who have trespassed against nature, and it's

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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 #138 of NIGHTMARE! We have original short fiction from Keith Rosson ("Second Deaths") and Fatima Taqvi ("Our Very Best Selves!"). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story ("A Guide to Camping in the Forest") from Oyedotun Damilola...

What's one lifetime, when he's been fighting to save her since the beginning of time? They imprisoned his soul. She was the promise he needed to be set free. He loved her through the time that separated them. Every new incarnation of her life brings her back to him, until her life is taken again in hopes of trapping him in an eternity of suffering. If it takes his very last breath, Gabriel will fight to keep her safe, keep her free, keep her alive....

Roommates rent an apartment with peculiar neighbors that were more than they bargained for, jeopardizing their sanity.