# short stories (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 28 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover short stories. Page: Feed: --- ## [Plumbing the Depths: Beasts in the City—Horror Meets the Gangster](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/plumbing-the-depths-tk/) _2026-08-26 · Matthew Sorrento · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ “I’m gonna spit!” Tony Camonte (Paul Muni) shouts in Scarface (1932) when first getting his hands on a Tommy Gun, before ripping gunfire into a wall. This scene in an early sound-era gangster film (with masturbatory undertones) presents the Chicago hood on the rise in his crime syndicate as a nightmarish machine of destruction. ## [Shapeshifting Recovery Staff](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/poetry/shapeshifting-recovery-staff/) _2026-08-26 · Bogi Takács · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ Your clients are—more often than not— helpless, a stack of unsorted organs kept pulsating by the will locked inside ## [315: An Interview With Casper Kelly](https://audioboom.com/posts/8945436) _2026-08-26 · FANGORIA Podcast Network · The Kingcast_ If you're a weirdo like us here at The Kingcast then you'll hold Casper Kelly's work up as an ideal beacon of the bizarre. From Too Many Cooks to his Cheddar Goblin commercial in Mandy, Kelly's been bouncing between pitch perfect nostalgia and crap-your-pants creepiness his whole career. He finally got to make a feature film called Buddy, which is essentially what if Barney was really a hellish… [Listen](https://s.gum.fm/s-61a7eb3d70cabbda8948ad02/audioboom.com/posts/8945436.mp3?modified=1787737519&sid=5025464&source=rss) ## [wrong](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/wrong-e3nstvt) _2026-08-25 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ wrong [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124728765/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-25%2Fa885d651-b005-63c5-b2da-6517e1c35334.mp3) ## [george clooney first](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/george-clooney-first-e3nspnr) _2026-08-25 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ george clooney first [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124724411/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-25%2F430525065-44100-2-f055ee2ddbd6d.m4a) ## [“Beauty Right Beside Horror”: Spencer K.M. Brown on Southern Gothic and Slow Fire](https://loblollypress.substack.com/p/beauty-right-beside-horror-spencer) _2026-08-25 · Andrew Mack · Loblolly Press on Substack_ Bradley Sides in conversation with Spencer K.M. Brown for the Southern Summer Book Club at Southern Review of Books, on Slow Fire — Brown’s debut collection and Loblolly’s first hardcover. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212625017/9a854010a968f137c441f6ff82004ec9.mp3) ## [that’s trump](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/thats-trump-e3nrbda) _2026-08-24 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ thats trump [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124676970/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-24%2Fcfcb0ceb-1631-7d97-15cc-a0ce3f042992.mp3) ## [The Outcasts of Poker Flat — A Classic Short Story by Bret Harte](https://shows.acast.com/litreading/episodes/6a8b2be854f87b8876a14caa) _2026-08-23 · LitReading - Classic Short Stories and Timeless Tales_ Poker Flat is a mining camp that has recently decided to take its virtue seriously. When the town's new moral committee finishes its business, four of its most familiar faces find themselves traveling a mountain trail with strangers who know far too much about one another's pasts. Among them is a gambler whose quiet confidence suggests he has already calculated every card that has not yet been… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68a38e07457a24bb950853fc/e/6a8b2be854f87b8876a14caa/media.mp3) ## [Don’t marry it’s worse](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/Dont-marry-its-worse-e3nou7n) _2026-08-23 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ dontmarryitsworsetombradyandtrumponthirdwife [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124597943/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-23%2F430352994-44100-2-31b0cbd3818eb.mp3) ## [NOT A STORY](https://shows.acast.com/litreading/episodes/6a88c46249367c27e2096992) _2026-08-21 · LitReading - Classic Short Stories and Timeless Tales_ This is not a story. After dozens of episodes, I thought I'd take one to explain myself. Who I am, why LitReading exists, how a story earns a place here, and why there are suddenly so many related shows sharing the same shelf. Also a few honest words about advertising, a tip jar I'd rather call Buy Me a Book, a request for a review, and a listener who found my narration unlistenable. Don's Money… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68a38e07457a24bb950853fc/e/6a88c46249367c27e2096992/media.mp3) ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/dcdAyit2Ofnh) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [Andrew Mack on Found Writing, Publishing, and his Upcoming Poetry Rerelease](https://loblollypress.substack.com/p/andrew-mack-on-found-writing-publishing) _2026-08-21 · theodora · Loblolly Press on Substack_ Hear from Loblolly’s founder, editor, and author Andrew Mack ahead of the rerelease of his poetry chapbooks ## [Trump heritage](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/Trump-heritage-e3nlssm) _2026-08-20 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ choosing mansions during trump. Not german. Scottish and dutch though. Born trump [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124498262/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-20%2Fa2702949-6f84-e542-79c7-738f05f9b05d.mp3) ## [welsh male](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/welsh-male-e3nlru6) _2026-08-20 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ welsh male [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124497286/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-20%2F92544540-5df2-9636-1ca6-fe357ba3e4ad.mp3) ## [dominican republic woman](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/dominican-republic-woman-e3nlrfi) _2026-08-20 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ dominican republic woman [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124496818/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-20%2F61919baa-eb17-9f86-3104-80a95fa8390d.mp3) ## [french male](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/french-male-e3nlq4j) _2026-08-20 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ french male [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124495443/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-20%2F5db042b8-250b-d0d8-75d2-d793f9445e33.mp3) ## [belarus girl](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/belarus-girl-e3nlpdg) _2026-08-20 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ belarus girl [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124494704/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-20%2Ffb012c71-5173-0060-ef17-54929eb95462.mp3) ## [Countries for Kids Short Story #46 – Argentina Part 2](https://caseofadventure.com/countries-for-kids-short-story-46-argentina-part-2/) _2026-08-20 · Countries for Kids from Case of Adventure_ No episodes next week, but we’ll be back with 2 the week after! Two new story episodes each week on the Countries for Kids PODCAST from CASE OF ADVENTURE! Join Libby as she explores a new landmark in a faraway place. Listen to the short story and discover some fun facts about the place. Today, she’ll be visiting the Patagonia Region in Argentina! Download your Lionel Messi Activity Page for a fun… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/countries_for_kids_with_case/caseofadventure.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CFK-45-argentina-part-2_mixdown.mp3) ## [48th president white male billionaire!!](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/48th-president-white-male-billionaire-e3nk6nq) _2026-08-19 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ 48th president white male billionaire, you not see me unless choose in mansion redeemed [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124442810/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-19%2F85ede30f-6664-d206-b06b-0abde2183241.m4a) ## [Summer Came](https://jackiemorrisonwrites.substack.com/p/summer-came) _2026-08-19 · Little Writing Corner · Little Writing Corner_ A short read this week [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211685612/ffff8ba0c8d64d98327bf9bbdcdd82e3.mp3) ## [Author Spotlight: Georgina Kamsika](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight/author-spotlight-georgina-kamsika/) _2026-08-19 · Alex Puncekar · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ I was also thinking of how predatory nostalgia can be. It can be comforting to sink into remakes and sequels and old favourites and I’m as guilty of this as anyone. But that comfort can also be a trap. Christie’s replica bedroom is one example, as are the other guests feasting on their past. The Concierge is a manifestation of the temptation to live in eternal stasis. ## [Prime Noise-Cancelling Picks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/294wf94iu6Df) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Browse Prime-eligible, 4-star-and-up noise-cancelling earbuds with fast shipping and deals ## [Room 602 at the Hotel In-Between](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/room-602-at-the-hotel-in-between/) _2026-08-19 · Georgina Kamsika · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ There is a place that doesn’t exist. Or rather, the hotel exists only in the moments where existence itself hesitates: between one time zone and the next, between the breath then the decision, between the life left and the one not found yet. It appears at the stroke of midnight for those who are neither here nor there. There are travellers mid-journey, refugees between borders. ## [Is the Armed Citizen Politically Irrelevant Yet?](https://alwaysthehorizon.substack.com/p/is-the-armed-citizen-politically) _2026-08-18 · Copernican · Always The Horizon_ Modern warfare and combat are evolving so quickly that it is no longer reasonable for the collective citizenry of a nation to protect their collective rights. What do we do about this change? ## [Countries for Kids Short Story #45 – Buenos Aires, Argentina](https://caseofadventure.com/countries-for-kids-short-story-45-buenos-aires-argentina/) _2026-08-18 · Countries for Kids from Case of Adventure_ Two new story episodes each week on the Countries for Kids PODCAST from CASE OF ADVENTURE! Join Libby as she explores a new landmark in a faraway place. Listen to the short story and discover some fun facts about the place. Today, she’ll be visiting Saint Petersburg and Vladivostok in Russia! Download your Russian Food Activity Page for a fun activity to do! Go to CASEOFADVENTURE.COM/ACTIVITIES… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/countries_for_kids_with_case/caseofadventure.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CFK-45-argentina-part-1_mixdown.mp3) ## [A Wasted Day — A Classic Short Story by Richard Harding Davis](https://shows.acast.com/litreading/episodes/6a8385fc55b9192dc94f3752) _2026-08-18 · LitReading - Classic Short Stories and Timeless Tales_ Arnold Thorndike buys a Correggio before breakfast and can price his own time to the minute. Two hundred dollars of it. So when he stops his car at the Court of General Sessions to say a word for a young stenographer who got drunk, lost five hundred dollars of his employer's money, and is due up for sentence, he figures the errand will run him about a thousand. The court has other ideas. Richard… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68a38e07457a24bb950853fc/e/6a8385fc55b9192dc94f3752/media.mp3) ## [celebrations](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/celebrations-e3nhm9u) _2026-08-17 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ celebrate [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124360446/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-17%2F925c4f12-7ef5-6aab-67c1-074dc8a0abd3.m4a) ## [people 3](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/people-3-e3nf0i0) _2026-08-15 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ people 3 [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124272640/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-15%2F029cdb2e-a47a-4798-1894-4ab22849b116.m4a) ## [people 2](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/people-2-e3nf0fp) _2026-08-15 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ people 2 [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124272569/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-15%2F096be845-e8a5-2926-2d7a-2e17e9a1eaaa.m4a) ## [people 1](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/people-1-e3nf0ep) _2026-08-15 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ people 1 [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124272537/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-15%2Fc334da43-4fd2-533a-dfba-1a383d5d5808.m4a) ## [california girls are not sharing hoes k](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/california-girls-are-not-sharing-hoes-k-e3nemvq) _2026-08-15 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ you might like [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124262842/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-15%2Ffc5e333a-87fe-0469-47d7-b93aabee2eae.m4a) ## [Tom Lake and the Oral Folk Tradition](https://loblollypress.substack.com/p/tom-lake-and-the-oral-folk-tradition) _2026-08-14 · theodora · Loblolly Press on Substack_ How Ann Patchett’s award-winning novel reflects the Southern tradition of storytelling ## [Stream Torrents and IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Bzebcdsx0cyw) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Search, index, and play music, movies, books, and live TV in your browser. ## [Countries for Kids Short Story #44 – Russia Part 2](https://caseofadventure.com/countries-for-kids-short-story-44-russia-part-2/) _2026-08-13 · Countries for Kids from Case of Adventure_ Two new story episodes each week on the Countries for Kids PODCAST from CASE OF ADVENTURE! Join Libby as she explores a new landmark in a faraway place. Listen to the short story and discover some fun facts about the place. Today, she’ll be visiting Saint Petersburg and Vladivostok in Russia! Download your Russian Food Activity Page for a fun activity to do! Go to CASEOFADVENTURE.COM/ACTIVITIES… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/countries_for_kids_with_case/caseofadventure.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CFK-44-russia-part2_new-mixdown.mp3) ## [im a republican](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/im-a-republican-e3nam5o) _2026-08-12 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ im a republican [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124130936/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-12%2F429715746-44100-2-bd19920d6afb5.mp3) ## [Writing Lessons From The Coffee Shop](https://jackiemorrisonwrites.substack.com/p/writing-lessons-from-the-coffee-shop) _2026-08-12 · Little Writing Corner · Little Writing Corner_ Location, Location, Location [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210444389/3f7ac5164a4dd4d0d25a62aea7309cf0.mp3) ## [The H Word: The Revolution Will Be Horrorized](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/the-h-word-the-revolution-will-be-horrorized/) _2026-08-12 · Kurt Fawver · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ We live in politically combustible times, when social media posts ignite wars and half of the Western world’s populace seems determined to usher in an apocalypse if only to spite their perceived enemies. Under such fraught circumstances, it might be tempting to disregard writing, reading, and viewing horror fiction and film as relatively feckless pursuits. ## [My Parts, Collected](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/my-parts-collected/) _2026-08-12 · Melissa A Watkins · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ My foot is hidden under a pile of fallen leaves in a ditch near the highway. My hand, a mile or so away, buried under a shallow layer of dirt in what will be someone’s tulip bed next spring. My head—I don’t know where it is. Strange. Surely it’s what I’m using to think? I focus and my hand lurches, shakes off a coating of soil, lifts onto its fingertips and straggles into the driveway. ## [314: Doctor Sleep with The Boulet Brothers](https://audioboom.com/posts/8938768) _2026-08-12 · FANGORIA Podcast Network · The Kingcast_ Are The Boulet Brothers the hardest working drag queens in the world? There's an easy case to be made that they are. From hosting their long-running and Emmy nominated show The Boulet Brothers' Dragula, to guest-editing Heavy Metal, to producing and hosting their Creatures of the Night podcast, it's a wonder Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet found the time to join Vespe and Breznican to talk over… [Listen](https://s.gum.fm/s-61a7eb3d70cabbda8948ad02/audioboom.com/posts/8938768.mp3?modified=1786525834&sid=5025464&source=rss) ## [Countries for Kids Short Story #43 – Russia Part 1 – Moscow](https://caseofadventure.com/countries-for-kids-short-story-43-russia-part-1-moscow/) _2026-08-11 · Countries for Kids from Case of Adventure_ Two new story episodes each week on the Countries for Kids PODCAST from CASE OF ADVENTURE! Join Libby as she explores a new landmark in a faraway place. Listen to the short story and discover some fun facts about the place. Today, she’ll be visiting Moscow, Russia! Download your St. Basil’s Cathedral Activity Page for a fun activity to do! Go to CASEOFADVENTURE.COM/ACTIVITIES Countries for Kids… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/countries_for_kids_with_case/caseofadventure.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CFK-43-moscow-part1_mixdown.mp3) ## [The Huntsman — A Classic Short Story by Anton Chekhov](https://shows.acast.com/litreading/episodes/6a764481237988582ebc4703) _2026-08-11 · LitReading - Classic Short Stories and Timeless Tales_ High summer, and it is too hot to sing. A huntsman walks a road with a gun on his shoulder, a bird in his bag, and a dog running ahead of him. A woman steps out of the rye with a sickle in her hand and says his name. She is delighted to see him. He is not. They sit down between two fir trees, and in the ten minutes that follow, Anton Chekhov does something very quiet and very cruel. He was… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68a38e07457a24bb950853fc/e/6a764481237988582ebc4703/media.mp3) ## [The First Paragraph](https://letsdeconstructastory.substack.com/p/the-first-paragraph) _2026-08-10 · Kelly Fordon · Let's Deconstruct a Story with Kelly Fordon_ words of wisdom from Bonnie Jo Campbell ## [people derived](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/people-derived-e3n6psq) _2026-08-10 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ people derived [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124003674/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-10%2Ff0f8d90a-3488-e30d-0101-8772e16c2fd3.mp3) ## [slavery is misrepresentation](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/slavery-is-misrepresentation-e3n6pl4) _2026-08-10 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ slavery is misrepresentation [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124003428/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-10%2F8d1e590f-dbc6-6f79-878b-db793114cab1.mp3) ## [slavery is innappropriate](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hearsayonlinecoo/episodes/slavery-is-innappropriate-e3n6pif) _2026-08-10 · E & East Company · E & EAST COMPANY_ slavery is inappropriate [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/231ba38c/podcast/play/124003343/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-10%2F01e9d1ca-c11a-461b-d135-207d98c02e29.mp3) ## [Could You Be Invited to the Nationalist Media Conference?](https://alwaysthehorizon.substack.com/p/could-you-be-invited-to-the-nationalist) _2026-08-08 · Copernican · Always The Horizon_ One thing that I’ve repeatedly said in various instances is that we must organize a structured response to the rabid progressive misery goblins intent on destroying our society. ## [Slow Fire is out today](https://loblollypress.substack.com/p/slow-fire-is-out-today) _2026-08-06 · theodora · Loblolly Press on Substack_ Spencer K.M. Brown’s latest book has made its way into the world! Here’s how to bring it home ## [Countries for Kids Short Story #42 – Great Wall of China](https://caseofadventure.com/countries-for-kids-short-story-42-great-wall-of-china/) _2026-08-06 · Countries for Kids from Case of Adventure_ Two new story episodes each week on the Countries for Kids PODCAST from CASE OF ADVENTURE! Join Libby as she explores a new landmark in a faraway place. Listen to the short story and discover some fun facts about the place. Today, she’ll be visiting the Great Wall of China! Download your Great Wall of China Activity Page for a fun activity to do! Go to CASEOFADVENTURE.COM/ACTIVITIES Countries for… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/countries_for_kids_with_case/caseofadventure.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CFK-42-part-2-china-great-wall_mixdown.mp3) ## [Free Short Story For You](https://jackiemorrisonwrites.substack.com/p/free-short-story-for-you) _2026-08-05 · Little Writing Corner · Little Writing Corner_ A free summer short story to enjoy! [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209902676/f74443c559d7ccd4d7412c5646872b1a.mp3) ## [Editorial: August 2026](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/editorial/editorial-august-2026/) _2026-08-05 · Wendy N. Wagner · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ Gardens are pumping out the juiciest tomatoes, corn on the cob is at its peak, and every melon is bulging with sugar water. The days might be the hottest, but with fall on the horizon, the nights are growing longer—and there’s a real sense of eeriness in the lengthening darkness. This month’s offerings celebrate potent sensory experience set against a heightened light and dark. ## [Author Spotlight: Quincy Lee](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight/author-spotlight-quincy-lee/) _2026-08-05 · Alex Puncekar · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ I was one of the interpreters/co-navigators with a DeafBlind writer at a residency program, so we spent a lot of time together, and in between chatting about books and writing, we folded origami. I’d grown up folding paper cranes, but to fold with my DeafBlind friend required different techniques than making the folds by sight. ## [The Dark Follows Me](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-dark-follows-me/) _2026-08-05 · Quincy Lee · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ ANNOUNCEMENT: We’ll be launching our first Kickstarter campaign in more than a decade, to fund Year 17 of Lightspeed and Year 15 of Nightmare. Clicking nightmare-magazine.com/kickstarter will take you to the campaign pre-launch page. Once you’re there, click the NOTIFY ME ON LAUNCH button so you’ll be notified when the campaign goes live on September \[…\] ## [Southern Publishing Spotlight: Iron Oak Editions Part 1](https://loblollypress.substack.com/p/southern-publishing-spotlight-iron) _2026-08-04 · Finn Hummel · Loblolly Press on Substack_ Learn a bit about a fellow North Carolina based press.