Kids can be monsters. It’s an adage we hear all too often, the cry of desperate, sleep-deprived parents run ragged by their ‘little darlings’. As observers, we tend to sit… Read more
The Halloween season is the time of the year when the rest of the world accepts us. I mean that in two different ways.
Growing up, my mom was not… Read more
HWA’s next anthology, the Halloween-themed Haunted Nights, debuts on October 3rd. Including sixteen brand new stories about every horror writer’s favorite holiday, the anthology – published by Anchor Books and… Read more
Halloween, of course, evokes all sorts of childhood memories, including – in my case – my very first haunted house at the age of six, which was in an abandoned… Read more
The leaves are beginning to turn golden oranges, yellows, and reds, and there is a subtle change to cooler weather as I write, sitting here in Southern California. Appearing in… Read more
ABOUT HAUNTED NIGHTS
Sixteen never-before-published chilling tales that explore every aspect of our darkest holiday, Halloween, co-edited by Ellen Datlow, one of the most successful and respected genre editors, and… Read more
Linda Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community
September is Self-Improvement Month, why not add new creative work to your life by exploring the following authors!
Janet Holden recommends:… Read more
Janet Holden, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community
We’re heading for the dog days of summer! Time to relax with a good book. Here are our… Read more
Linda Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community
July is National Anti-Boredom month. How better to add excitement than to check out work by the following… Read more
A Letter about the HWA Mentor Program
Starting out as a writer can be difficult. You may feel that you’re alone, that no one understands the issues you are going… Read more
The HWA was formed in the 1980’s with the help of Joe and Karen Lansdale and saw a period of professionalization and growth under the leadership of some of the… Read more
by Rocky Wood
(Rocky Wood is HWA’s fifteenth President. He took office in 2010. He passed away in office in 2014.)
The last few years have been a particularly challenging… Read more
by Lisa Morton
(Lisa Morton took the mantle of President in 2014. She also served over a decade as HWA’s Treasurer through October 2011, and then Vice President until 2014.)… Read more
by Kelly Laymon
(Richard Laymon served as HWA’s tenth President, from 2000 to 2001. He tragically passed away during his term. His daughter, Kelly, kindly provided this piece.)
Unfortunately, I… Read more
(Lawrence Watt-Evans, HWA’s sixth President, served from 1994 to 1996)
I don’t know what effect I had on HWA, in the long run. It had fallen into a somewhat disorganized… Read more
by Craig Shaw Gardner, HWA’s fourth President, served from 1990 to 1992
I spent two years each as president of HWA and president of the HWA board of trustees. Twenty-plus… Read more
The following articles appeared in ’25: Celebrating A Quarter-Century Of HWA’, edited by Lisa Morton published upon the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of HWA’s incorporation and the Bram Stoker… Read more
By Stanley Wiater
As with most great ideas, the concept for a horror writers association originated in the fevered imagination of one individual — in this instance, one Robert R.… Read more
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