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HWA MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE RESOURCES

• June 1, 2022
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This listing is non-exhaustible and will be updated regularly so that members have access to the most current materials as we gain access to them. For the purposes of this… Read more

MHI: POWERS OF FIRE by Mary Leoson

• June 1, 2022
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Trigger Warning: This piece addresses mental health The HWA is pleased to launch its Mental Health Initiative, a coordinated roll-out of events, resources, and activities intended to promote positive mental… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Angela Yuriko Smith

• May 31, 2022
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Angela Yuriko Smith is a third-generation Shimanchu-American and an award-winning poet, author, and publisher with 20+ years of experience as a professional writer in nonfiction. Publisher of Space & Time… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Usman T. Malik’s

• May 25, 2022
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Usman T. Malik’s fiction has been published at Al-Jazeera, WIRED, Center for Science and Imagination (Arizona State University), in New Voices of Fantasy and several year’s best anthologies including The… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Doungjai Gam

• May 21, 2022
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doungjai gam is the author of glass slipper dreams, shattered  and watch the whole goddamned thing burn. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in LampLight, Cape Cod Poetry Review,… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with K.P. Kulski

• May 20, 2022
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K.P. Kulski is the author of Fairest Flesh, from Strangehouse Books and House of Pungsu, from Bizarro Pulp Press. Her short fiction has appeared in various publications including Fantasy Magazine,… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Gabriela Lee

• May 19, 2022
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Gabriela Lee teaches creative writing and children’s literature at the Department of English & Comparative Literature at the University of the Philippines. Her fiction has been published in the Philippines… Read more

The HWA Honors Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Horror Writers

• May 18, 2022
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Dear HWA Members and Horror Writing Community, May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the United States. Over the past several weeks, as I have… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Paul Loh

• May 18, 2022
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Paul Loh is a musician/actor/author. He has written around 100 songs. He has also appeared in several movies. He has written two novellas: ‘The Nocent part 2: Advent of the… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Kiyomi Appleton Gaines

• May 17, 2022
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Kiyomi Appleton Gaines is a writer of fairy tales and other fantastical things. She was a 2018 Contributing Editor at Enchanted Conversation, and contributor to Mad Scientist Journal 2019 Spring… Read more

2021 Bram Stoker Awards® Winners

• May 16, 2022
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Denver, Colorado, May 16, 2021 The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the premier organization of writers and publishers of horror and dark fantasy, announces this year’s Bram Stoker Awards® winners at… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Lee Murray

• May 15, 2022
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Lee Murray is an author, editor, screenwriter, and poet from Aotearoa New Zealand. A USA Today Bestselling author, double Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award winner, her work includes military… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Nadia Bulkin

• May 14, 2022
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Nadia Bulkin is the author of the short story collection She Said Destroy (Word Horde, 2017). She has been nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award five times. She grew up… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Grace Chan

• May 14, 2022
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Grace Chan is an Aurealis and Norma K Hemming Award-nominated speculative fiction writer. She can’t seem to stop scribbling about brains, minds, space, technology, and identity. Her short fiction can… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Elaine Cuyegkeng

• May 13, 2022
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Elaine Cuyegkeng is a Chinese Filipino writer. She grew up in Manila where there are many, many creaky old houses with ghosts inside them. She loves eldritch creatures both real… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with J.A.W. McCarthy

• May 11, 2022
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J.A.W. McCarthy is the author of Sometimes We’re Cruel and Other Stories (Cemetery Gates Media, 2021). Her short fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including Vastarien, LampLight, Apparition Lit, Tales… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito

• May 10, 2022
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Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito is a Chinese American writer, judge, and mother based in Portland, Oregon. When she’s not spending time with her family outdoors, she’s crafting short stories in horror,… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Yi Izzy Yu

• May 9, 2022
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In 2011, Yi Izzy Yu left Northern China for the US. Since then, she has taught Chinese and English in high schools and colleges, given birth to the now eight-year-old… Read more

Jewish Heritage in Horror: An Interview with Josh Malerman

• May 9, 2022
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JOSH MALERMAN is the New York Times best selling author of Bird Box and Daphne. He’s also one of two singer/songwriters for the band The High Strung. He lives in… Read more

Asian Heritage in Horror: Interview with Tori Eldridge

• May 8, 2022
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Tori Eldridge is the SCIBA national bestselling author and Anthony, Lefty, and Macavity Awards finalist of the Lily Wong mystery thriller series—THE NINJA DAUGHTER, THE NINJA’S BLADE, and THE NINJA… Read more