Welcome to our collection of free online horror, dark fantasy, and monster magazines. These contain mostly fiction novellas and short stories, with a few magazines leaning more toward reviews or discussions of films. All eras over the past century are represented.
Also see our magazine collections for fantasy, science fiction, and horror and monster films. Links are at the bottom of the page.
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Horror, Weird, and Dark Fantasy Magazines
Dive into historical and modern horror fiction with these free horror magazines. This group shows the development of the genre over the past 100 years.
Arkham Tales: A Magazine of Weird Fiction 2008-2009
Deathrealm: The Land Where Horror Dwells 1987-2006
The Horror Show: An Adventure in Terror 1988-1989
Midnight Graffiti: Dark Fantasy 1988-1990
On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic 1989-2008
Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone 1981-1989
Startling Mystery Stories 1966-1971
Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror 1931-1933
Witchcraft & Sorcery 1971-1973
Miscellaneous Pulp Horror Magazines 1919-2011
Supernatural Magazines Collection
Horror and Dark Fantasy Audiobooks and Audio Stories
These audiobook links lead to public domain recordings from LibriVox at Internet Archive. The books recorded by Librivox volunteers were nearly all published before 1930. Recordings include English language horror and dark fantasy such as Frankenstein, Sorcery, Supernatural and more works of fantasy.
All Librivox audiobooks are free and can be streamed online or downloaded for offline listening. See our page on Librivox Audiobooks for useful information and tips.
Works of Some Horror and Dark Fantasy Authors
Explore More Free Online Resources
See our Century Past directories for hundreds of webpages of Books; Magazines; Articles, maps, & photos; and Newspapers. You’ll find the same directories on the top Menu. Here are a few suggested pages: