Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Nicole D. Sconiers
What inspired you to start writing?
When I was a kid, I used to sit at the feet of my great-grandmother, Sallie, and listen to her tell stories. She had… Read more
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Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Kai Leakes
What inspired you to start writing?
My inspiration to write came from just growing up and aching to see myself reflected in the stories that I loved. I used to… Read more
Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Introduction by Dr. Lisa Wood
by Dr. Lisa Wood
I’m often asked about being an African American writer in the horror genre. The question is fair; I am an African American writer who has been… Read more
Horror Writers Association Releases the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® Preliminary Ballot
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce the Preliminary Ballot for the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA is the premier writers organization in the horror and dark fiction genre, with more than 2,000 members. We have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories since 1987. Works on this ballot are not referred to as “nominees” or “finalists.” Only works appearing on the Final Ballot may be referred to as “nominated works” and their authors as “finalists.” The HWA Board and the Bram Stoker Awards® Committee congratulate all those appearing on the Preliminary Ballot. NUTS & BOLTS: Interview with Nebula-Winner J.H. Williams III
In this month’s edition of Nuts & Bolts, J.H. Williams III shares insights for HWA members on topics including how to successfully collaborate with other creators, and creating works for an existing franchise. J.H. Williams III’s beautifully detailed art has won him multiple awards, including a Nebula, and graced the stories of antiheroes (Jonah Hex), mainstream heroes (Batwoman), and decidedly non-mainstream heroes (Alan Moore’s Promethea.) Over a long career, he’s created significant works for DC Comics, Image Comics, Amazon, and Marvel. He’s also illustrated album covers for The Sword and Blondie. His current project, the mind-bending, multi-genre adventure Echolands, is drawing critical acclaim. HWA Winter 2024 Horror University Online Session
The Horror Writers Association is pleased to announce our Winter 2024 Horror University Online session!
From January 22 to April 8, 2024, Horror University will present ten live workshops and a special presentation for horror writers everywhere interested in refining their writing, learning new skills and techniques, exploring new writing formats, or better understanding the genre. Full descriptions and registration information are available in the Horror University School on Teachable.
REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW! NUTS & BOLTS: Interview With Bitter Karella, Creator of The Midnight Pals
In this month’s edition of Nuts & Bolts, Bitter Karella discusses topics including personal branding, dialogue as a story-telling technique, and using humor to address serious issues.
The Midnight Pals microfiction series started as a simple but inspired running gag on Twitter. Storytellers gather around a campfire a la Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark?, except they’re real-life horror authors past and present — Stephen King, Clive Barker, Mary Shelley, etc.
Its author, Bitter Karella, has managed to find surprising depths in that premise, delivered almost entirely in dialogue. Midnight Pals features complex, interweaving storylines, recurring characters, and trenchant social commentary, all while remaining consistently hilarious.
Since 2019, Midnight Pals has picked up nearly 50,000 followers on various social media platforms, attracting fans including Brian Keene, Nick Mamatas, and Neil Gaiman. Bitter Karella has picked up two Hugo Award nominations, and successfully crowd-funded three collections of the series, which is being adapted as an audio podcast. Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: William R. D. Wood
William R.D. Wood traces his love of science fiction and horror back to a childhood filled with Space: 1999 reruns, frequent visits to the Night Gallery, and a worn-out copy of Dune. A good writing day finds him at any of several overlooks on Virginia's Blue Ridge Parkway deeply immersed in new works of cosmic horror. His work has appeared in Nature, Daily Science Fiction, and Cosmic Horror Monthly. Will lives in Virginia's beautiful Shenandoah Valley with his wife, children, and assorted scientific enigmas in an old farmhouse turned backward to the road. Indigenous Heritage in Horror Month: Interview with Colin Medicine Horse
Colin Medicine Horse grew up In and around the Topeka and Lawrence, Kansas areas. He has worked at Haskell Indian Nations University as a food service worker for 18 years. The title of his collection of poetry is Broken Bones, published in 2017. Indigenous Heritage in Horror Month: Interview with Nick Medina
Born in Chicago, Illinois, and a member of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, Nick Medina appreciates local and Native folklore, which, along with research into the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) epidemic, inspired his debut novel, Sisters of the Lost Nation. Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: Jay Whales
Jay Whales Biography
Jay Whales is a US Army Veteran with 25 years of active duty and nine years as a Department of Defense contractor. Jay was a Military Policeman,… Read more
Indigenous Heritage in Horror Month: Interview with Mathilda Zeller
Mathilda Zeller is a horror and fantasy writer of Inuit descent. She has inhabited 2 continents, 3 countries, 11 of the United States, and 18 towns. Don’t ask her where… Read more
Indigenous Heritage in Horror Month: Interview with Richard Van Camp
A recipient of the Order of the Northwest Territories, Richard Van Camp is a proud Tłı̨chǫ Dene from Fort Smith, NWT. He is the author of 28 books in 28… Read more
NUTS & BOLTS: INTERVIEW WITH JOEL HODGSON, CREATOR OF MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000
By Tom Joyce
Like his friend Jerry Seinfeld, Joel Hodgson was a rising comedy star in the 1980s, with appearances on Saturday Night Live and Late Night with David Letterman.… Read more
Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: James Pack
James Pack Biography
James Pack served in the Arizona Army National Guard. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association and has published several collections of poetry and short… Read more
Indigenous Heritage in Horror Month: Interview with Tiffany Morris
Tiffany Morris is an L’nu’skw (Mi’kmaw) writer from Nova Scotia. She is the author of the swampcore horror novella Green Fuse Burning (Stelliform Books, 2023) and the Elgin Award-winning horror… Read more
Indigenous Heritage in Horror Month: Interview with Alicia Elliott
Alicia Elliott is an award-winning Mohawk writer and editor living in Brantford, Ontario. Her bestselling first book, A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, was nominated for the Hilary Weston… Read more
Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: Lori R. Lopez
Lori R. Lopez Biography
Author-Illustrator-Poet Lori R. Lopez haunted graveyards as a child. Entering the U.S. Navy to serve as a Journalist, Lori was nominated for the American Spirit Honor… Read more
Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: Brandon Ketchum
Brandon Ketchum Biography
Brandon Ketchum is a speculative fiction writer from Pittsburgh, PA who enjoys putting a weird spin or strange vibe into every story, dark or light. He is… Read more
Veterans in Horror Spotlight 2023: Del Howison
Del Howison Biography
Del Howison is an author, journalist, actor (see IMDB), and the Bram Stoker Award-winning editor of the anthology Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre… Read more
