Reviewed by Twilight Sage Moon Released: October 9, 2025 Content Warnings: Sexual assault, suicidal ideation, self-harm, physical and emotional abuse, homicide. The use of bugs in horror has been used as a gross-out factor for so long, but more authors…
HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: An Excerpt from the Novel Servant by Patrick R. Field Gladys greets me in her usual loud, delightful soprano shrill, “Hello, Mitch! Happy Samhain!” “What is Sahween?” I ask. “Samhain is the original name for October thirty-first…
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we are posting previously published interviews and articles with members throughout the community. This interview with Ananda Lima was originally published on September 22nd, 2024. What inspired you to start writing? I am…
October 2026Kari J. Wolfe, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Committee The sole purpose of The Seers’ Table monthly column is to introduce HWA members to the work of underrepresented demographic writers and editors whose work might not otherwise be viewed, using the…
HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: There Was a Hand in the Darkness by Sharon Wagner “There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.” ~ Neil Gaiman My hand grazed the doorframe, sliding over the smooth stubble of…
Ends on Sun, Nov 1, 2026 11:59 PM OPEN TO HWA MEMBERS AT ALL LEVELS Winter can be dark, lonely, and consuming. In some places, frost sets in, cloaking the land in ghostly white. Trees drop their leaves, branches and…
HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: How to Kill a Hip-Thrusting Frankenstein by Suzanne Mattaboni I realize that pitchforks and torches are the traditional method for ousting the Frankenstein monster. Not at my house. We’ve always been a Halloween family. When my kids…
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we are posting previously published interviews and articles with members throughout the community. This interview with Juan Manuel Pérez was originally published on September 30th, 2022. Juan Manuel Pérez, a Mexican-American poet of…
HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: Coming of Age in Costume by R. Ruhl The autumn season is a time for reflecting on change and the connections between the past and present. I can trace a distinct narrative thread through my own life…
HALLOWEEN HAUNTS: Punk Rock Cemetery by Dean Cade When I was a wayward teenager in 1986, my best friend, Sean, and I discovered a cemetery. I was traversing two worlds at the time, suburbia and the streets. We’d become…