About NightTide

NightTide Magazine is an independent, woman-of-colour-led horror publication publishing criticism and long-form cultural writing. We approach horror as a cultural form shaped by history, power, identity, and lived experience, rather than as a cycle of releases, trends, or reactive commentary.

NightTide publishes work on horror film, literature, folklore, and related media, with an emphasis on writing that is reflective, research-informed, and not driven by immediacy. We are interested in work that remains useful beyond the moment of publication and that treats horror as a site of analysis, memory, and meaning.

A core part of the magazine is Monthly Macabre, an open-call section publishing multiple writers each month. Through this section, NightTide has supported both new and established writers, with several contributors going on to be shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Awards.

NightTide is edited by Mo Moshaty, a writer, editor, producer, and lecturer whose work engages with horror, trauma, and cultural memory. The magazine operates independently and without institutional funding, and is run with an emphasis on editorial care, transparency, and clearly defined boundaries around labour and capacity.

NightTide is a digital publication whose work has been read, shared, and taught across academic, festival, and industry contexts. We support writers working at the margins of horror criticism and cultural commentary, and whose work resists narrow or prescriptive ideas of what horror culture should be.

Founded in 2022, NightTide remains committed to open access through its submission model while maintaining a selective editorial process. The magazine exists for readers who value depth over noise, and for writers interested in horror as a cultural language rather than a surface aesthetic.

NightTide is not concerned with chasing the next release or amplifying the loudest voices. We prioritise close reading, considered analysis, and the long afterlife of horror stories once the credits roll.

Our work centres voices that have historically been overlooked within genre discourse, including women, Creators of Colour, LGBTQIA+ writers, disabled and neurodivergent contributors, and those whose work does not conform to narrow expectations of horror criticism.

“NightTide isn’t about performing horror, it’s about understanding it. We love the aesthetics that make the genre vibrant, but we also know horror’s legacy runs deeper than décor. It lives in its questions, its history, and the voices still fighting to be heard.
We’re here to expand what horror looks like, and who gets to define it. Horror deserves legacy, and that legacy should be written by many hands: across ethnicities, genders, sexualities, and experiences. NightTide exists to make that possible, a space for reflection, not repetition.“
– Mo Moshaty, NightTide Magazine Founder/Editor-in-Chief