2024-09-02 08:10:58NOTABLE WORKS REVIEW: Welcome to the Black Parade Song/Poem by My Chemical Romance (musical group) Reviewed by Kevin Kennel Trigger Warning: This review addresses mental illness and trauma. “Welcome to the Black Parade” is about death, memory, and transcendence…
2024-09-02 06:21:15Disclaimer: An author and editor, I am not a mental health professional. Trigger warning: Addiction, grief, loss, animal death. Holistic Horrors: EV Knight’s “The Flannigan Cure” from American Cannibal by L. E. Daniels Just before the COVID-19 pandemic, alcohol-related…
2024-08-31 03:42:03 From October 1 through October 31, the Horror Writers Association will host an online event to celebrate the month of Halloween and help horror readers and horror writers connect at the eeriest time of the year. All…
2024-08-26 05:04:50Pete Kelly is a poet and one time voice of the band Gothamistic. He has been a horror fan since birth, so he says. He works as a shipwright when not puddle watching. A Pushcart nominee for his poem…
2024-08-22 00:47:57Dear HWA Members and Horror Fans, Because we didn’t get as many suggestions as we would have liked for the 2024 Latinx Heritage interview series, we would like to extend our reach beyond nominations by HWA Members (who we…
2024-08-15 08:00:14 By Tom Joyce Nobody becomes a writer because they had childhood dreams of negotiating contracts. Like it or not, according to author Todd Keisling, it’s part of the job for authors without an agent. In this month’s…
2024-08-11 04:19:07 By Tom Joyce The great thinkers of the Renaissance get plenty of credit for their indelible mark on art, science, and architecture. But maybe they don’t get enough credit for another field to which they made an…
2024-07-30 00:51:14 2024 Horror Writers Association Elections for Officers and Trustees The HWA’s annual elections will soon be upon us. Up this year are three Trustee positions, as well as the offices of President and Secretary. Please read the statements of the following candidates…
2024-07-22 20:30:28The HWA Member Handbook describes the benefits of membership and provides useful information for new members. Download your copy here. Many of the links in the handbook can only be used if you are a member of the HWA.…
2024-07-13 16:09:25By Lee Murray Trigger Warning: This article addresses issues mental illness. Trauma. Anxiety. Depression. Psychosis—the Venn diagram where horror and mental illness meet at times seems a perfect circle. This panel will examine the role that horror can play,…