Dead Letter Press has unleashed a new volume of its critically acclaimed horror magazine.

Nightmare Abbey features all-new terror tales by award-winning writers.

The latest issue of the magazine that celebrates horror fiction with love and a bit of nostalgia, Nightmare Abbey Volume 4 features new stories of haunted places, tormented souls, and the creeping unknown. The large, profusely illustrated magazine-book hybrid also includes the first installment of a new, ongoing series discussing the history of American horror comics; an interview with author and scriptwriter Paul Finch, editor of the Terror Tales anthologies; and much more.

“I wanted to publish the kind of fiction I loved reading late nights, suspenseful and atmospheric stories that gave me the creeps, and a slowly mounting feeling of dread,” Nightmare Abbey editor Tom English told Monster Complex when the first issue came out. “There are so many slightly obscure stories I want to reprint. So many great contemporary writers I want to host in the pages of these mags. And because I do love old SF and Horror movies and TV, articles I want to feature. The sky really is the limit.”

About the latest collection

Nightmare Abbey Volume 4—the fourth gigantic volume of this critically-acclaimed horror magazine/book—includes…

• 10 terrifying tales by today’s top writers: New stories of haunted places, tormented souls, and the creeping unknown, by Steve Rasnic Tem, Ray Cluley, Steve Duffy, David Surface, Ian Rogers, Helen Grant, Rhys Hughes, John Llewellyn Probert, and Gregory L. Norris

• New Ian Rogers’ Black Lands novella

• Interviewed: Paul Finch, the editor of the Terror Tales series; interviewed by Matt Cowan

• The History of American Horror Comics (part 1) by John M. Navroth

• Retro movie review: Val Lewton’s 1945 movie The Body Snatchers with Boris Karloff

• Heavily illustrated with photos and art by Allen Koszowski

Find Nightmare Abbey Volume 4 on Amazon. It can also be ordered from your local brick-and-mortar bookstore.

Also available:

• Volume 1

• Volume 2

• Volume 3

Review of the magazine: “Nightmare Abbey isn’t just an illustrated magazine, it’s a showcase for essays on the horror genre and ‘chilling tales of terror,’ both old and new.”—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post

Nightmare Abbey editor English told us that the magazine is a work of love. “I’m having fun, and I plan to continue playing in this sandbox. There are so many slightly obscure stories I want to reprint. So many great contemporary writers I want to host in the pages of these mags. And because I do love old SF and Horror movies and TV, articles I want to feature. The sky really is the limit.”

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