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Halloween Haunts: Evans City Cemetery by Katherine Kerestman

• October 2, 2023
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Halloween Haunts: Evans City Cemetery by Katherine Kerestman   For this cat, The Night of the Living Dead is an essential component of the Halloween season, having its place of… Read more

Latinx Heritage in Horror: Interview with Leticia Urieta

• October 2, 2023
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Leticia Urieta (she/her/hers) is a Tejana writer from Austin, TX. She is a teaching artist in the greater Austin community and the Program Director of Austin Bat Cave, a literary… Read more

Latinx Heritage in Horror: Interview with Pedro Iniguez

• October 1, 2023
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Pedro Iniguez is a Mexican-American horror and science-fiction writer from Los Angeles, California. He is a Rhysling Award finalist and has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best… Read more

Halloween Haunts: The Amazing True Story of the Witch Who Wouldn’t Go Home by Nicole Willson

• October 1, 2023
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Halloween Haunts: The Amazing True Story of the Witch Who Wouldn’t Go Home by Nicole Willson I was nine years old on the night the witch came to our house… Read more

Latinx Heritage in Horror: Interview with Michael Paul Gonzalez

• September 30, 2023
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Michael Paul Gonzalez is the author of the novels BENEATH THE SALTON SEA, ANGEL FALLS, and MISS MASSACRE’S GUIDE TO MURDER AND VENGEANCE and creator of the serial horror audio… Read more

HWA Election Results 2023

• September 29, 2023
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HWA Election Results 2023 Los Angeles CA September 29, 2023 The Horror Writers Association (HWA) held its annual election in September. We had a number of amazing candidates for the… Read more

Latinx Heritage in Horror: Interview with Fernanda Castro

• September 29, 2023
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Fernanda Castro is a Brazilian writer from Recife, also a freelance translator and copyeditor. Her work has appeared before in Strange Horizons and The Dark Magazine. You can find her… Read more

VETERANS IN HORROR SPOTLIGHT: THIS NOVEMBER

• September 28, 2023
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The time has come again. The HWA is going to be running the month-long Veterans in Horror Spotlight this November, coordinated by David Rose and Chance Fortune. We’re talking books… Read more

Latinx Heritage in Horror: Interview with Carlos E. Rivera

• September 28, 2023
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Carlos E. Rivera is a Costa Rican queer writer and former English teacher. His debut novel The Local Truth: White Harbor Book 1, peaked at #4 in Amazon’s new releases… Read more

Latinx Heritage in Horror: Interview with Lisa M. Bradley

• September 27, 2023
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  Originally from South Texas, Lisa M. Bradley now lives in Iowa, the traditional homeland of the Iowa, Meskwaki, and Sauk Nations, among others. Her work has been featured on… Read more

Latinx Heritage in Horror: Interview with John C. Mannone

• September 26, 2023
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John C. Mannone has poems in Windhover, North Dakota Quarterly, Poetry South, Baltimore Review, and others. He won the SFPA Dwarf Stars Award (2020), was awarded an HWA Scholarship (2017)… Read more

Latinx Heritage in Horror: Interview with Luisa Colón

• September 25, 2023
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Born and raised in New York City, Luisa began her career as a journalist in the late 90s; her work has appeared in numerous print and online publications such as… Read more

Latinx Heritage in Horror: Interview with Javier Loustaunau

• September 24, 2023
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  Javier Loustaunau (1979, Los Mochis, Mexico) is an author and game designer whose work has been featured in several anthologies and programs, most notably The Nosleep Podcast which is… Read more

Latinx Heritage in Horror: Richard Z. Santos

• September 23, 2023
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Richard Z. Santos’ debut novel, Trust Me, was a finalist for the Writer’s League of Texas Book Awards and was named one of the best debuts of the year by… Read more

Latinx Heritage in Horror: Interview with Jonathan Reddoch

• September 22, 2023
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Jonathan Reddoch is co-owner of Collective Tales Publishing. He is a father, writer, editor, and publisher. He writes sci-fi, fantasy, romance, and especially horror. He has been working on his… Read more

Latinx Heritage in Horror: Interview with Samaire Wynne

• September 21, 2023
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  Samaire Wynne is a Puerto Rican author of over 20 novels in various genres, including horror and urban fantasy. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Black Raven Books. A longtime… Read more

Latinx Heritage in Horror: Interview with Luis Paredes

• September 20, 2023
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Luis Paredes is the author of the horror / urban fantasy novella, Out On a Limb. Other work includes the mob-inspired short story, Forgive Us Our Debts in Tangled Web’s… Read more

Nuts & Bolts: Interview With Indie Horror Director Chris LaMartina

• September 19, 2023
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By Tom Joyce True to the throwback aesthetic of his 2013 indie film, WNUF Halloween Special, writer, director, and producer Chris LaMartina took a low-tech approach to promoting it. He… Read more

Latinx Heritage in Horror: Interview with Vincent Tirado

• September 19, 2023
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Vincent Tirado is a non-binary Afro-Latine Bronx native. They ventured out to Pennsylvania and Ohio to get their Bachelor’s degree in biology and Master’s degree in bioethics. Their first novel,… Read more

Latinx Heritage in Horror: Interview with Henry Bedwell

• September 18, 2023
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  Henry Bedwell is a well-known director, writer, and producer in Mexico, who has dedicated most of his work to Horror and Fantasy movies and novels.  He started his career… Read more