Birth of the Nightmare

The second of a series of short fiction pieces based on my Mad Mummy comic and characters. These stories will tie directly into the comic series as a kind of expansion to the overall universe. I'm still deciding whether future stories will be free to read or purchasable. Maybe I'll collect them all into an anthology for sale.

This is an origin story for Lenard Nacht, the terrifying Nightmare. He will be an early addition in the Mad Mummy's story, so I'm not at all concerned about spoiling him.

I just don't get horror fiction. I can read a horror piece and not be scared. I think it's a result of my visual imagination (or lack thereof?). I can try writing horror, but I can't experience the fear in the writing. Guess I share that with Lenard.

Lenard Nacht and all affiliated characters are a part of The Mad Mummy comic, which is my own property. Nocnitsa is a mythical figure of Polish/Slavic folklore.