THE LAMPLIGHTERS by HWA Member Frazer Lee

Author: Frazer Lee Life on Meditrine Island is luxurious but brief. Marla Neuborn has found the best post-grad job in the world, as a 'lamplighter' working on Meditrine Island, an exclusive idyllic paradise owned and operated by a consortium of billionaires. All lamplighters have to do is tend to the mansions, cook and clean, and turn on lights to make it appear the owners are home. But the job comes with conditions. Marla will not know the exact location of the island, and she will have no contact with the outside world for the duration of her stay. Once on…

DEAD OF WINTER by HWA Member Brian Moreland

Author: Brian Moreland A predator stalks the frozen woods. At a fort deep in the Ontario wilderness in 1870, a ghastly predator is attacking colonists and spreading a gruesome plague his victims turn into ravenous cannibals with an unending hunger for human flesh. Inspector Tom Hatcher has faced a madman before, when he tracked down Montreal's infamous Cannery Cannibal. But can even he stop the slaughter this time? In Montreal, exorcist Father Xavier visits an asylum where the Cannery Cannibal is imprisoned. But the killer who murdered thirteen women is more than just a madman who craves human meat. He…

SCAVENGERS by HWA Members Christopher Fulbright & Angeline Hawkes

Author: Christopher Fulbright & Angeline Hawkes Amidst a zombie-ravaged city exposed to a toxic terrorist attack, Dejah Corliss discovers she has regenerative powers. Fast on the heels of her revelation, she fights her way across the ravaged city only to be captured by religious zealots. When a former Marine defies death to help her escape, they join forces on a desperate mission to rescue her young daughter, a miracle healer, who has been enslaved to create feasts of flesh in a zombie camp. In a terrifying race to save the girl, they must win the ultimate battle or fall prey…

Interview with HWA Member Christopher Golden

Interview by Ron Breznay Christopher Golden is a prolific author in several genres and formats: horror, suspense, thriller, urban fantasy, young adult, novels, novellas, media tie-in, graphic novels. He has edited many anthologies and has collaborated with other well-known and well-regarded writers. He has written such stand-alone novels as Wildwood Road, The Boys Are Back in Town, and Straight On 'Til Morning. Among his series are The Shadow Saga, The Veil, and The Hidden Cities (with Tim Lebbon). His best-known YA series is Body of Evidence, some of which were written with Rick Hautala. Chris edited or co-edited such anthologies…

KAREN LANSDALE to Receive The Richard Laymon President’s Award from Horror Writers Association

The Richard Laymon President's Award for Service was instituted in 2000 and is named in honor of Richard Laymon, who died in 2001 while serving as the Horror Writers Association President. The award is given by the HWA sitting President to a volunteer who has served HWA in an especially exemplary manner and has shown extraordinary dedication to the organization. HWA President Rocky Wood has chosen Karen Lansdale to receive the 2011 Richard Laymon Award. Karen is recognized as one of the Founders of the HWA; in fact, the award is for her dedication and hard work at that time.…

TWISTED IN DREAM by HWA Member Ann K. Schwader

Author: Ann K. Schwader During the past decade or more, Ann K. Schwader has become the most critically acclaimed living author of weird and fantastic poetry. Following the distinguished tradition of Clark Ashton Smith, H. P. Lovecraft, Frank Belknap Long, and others, Schwader has written scores of finely chiseled and powerfully evocative verse that packs all the intensity of a short story within the space of a sonnet or quatrain. The present volume gathers for the first time her collected weird poetry, including the complete contents of the landmark volume The Worms Remember (2001) and the sonnet cycle In the…

RAGE AGAINST THE NIGHT — Benefit Anthology for HWA President Rocky Wood

Edited by HWA Member Shane Jiraiya Cummings Under the onslaught of supernatural evil, the acts of good people can seem insignificant, but a courageous few stand apart. These brave men and women stand up to the darkness, stare it right in the eye, and give it the finger. These are the stories of those who rage against the night, stories of triumph, sacrifice, and bravery in the face of overwhelming evil. Rage Against the Night features the megastars of dark fantasy and horror, including Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, Peter Straub, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, F. Paul Wilson, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Nicholson,…

The Annotated Sandman, Vol. 1 Edited by HWA Member Leslie S. Klinger

Editor: Leslie S. Klinger Edited by and with an introduction and notes by Leslie S. Klinger, the expert researcher and editor behind the Edgar®-winning New Annotated Sherlock Holmes and the critically acclaimed New Annotated Dracula, The Annotated Sandman is a panel-by-panel journey through every issue of The Sandman. Beginning with issues #1-#20, this volume provides commentary, historical and contemporary references, hidden meanings and more, presented side-by-side with the series art and text. Using scripts and hours of conversation with Gaiman, Klinger reveals fascinating details of The Sandman's hundreds of unforgettable characters and its place in literary history. Publisher: Vertigo (DC…

Theatre of Curious Acts by HWA Member Cate Gardner

Author: Cate Gardner Daniel Cole wants the world to end. Returned home from the Great War, his parents and brother in their graves, Daniel walks a ghost world. When players in a theatre show lure Daniel and his friends, fellow soldiers, into a surreal otherworld they find themselves trapped on an apocalyptic path. A pirate ship, helmed by Death, waits to ferry some of them to the end of the world. Already broken by war, these men are now the world's only hope in the greatest battle of all. "Gardner (Strange Men in Pinstripe Suits), a rising purveyor of high…

TED’S SCORE by HWA Member Daniel P. Coughlin

Author: Daniel P. Coughlin When beautiful Jules Benton, a seventeen year old senior, goes missing after the spring formal dance in the small town of Watertown, Wisconsin, her father, Richard Benton, becomes suspicious of Jules’ boyfriend, David Miller and his involvement with her disappearance. When Richard confirms his suspicions, the brutality of his capability consumes him and soon David will find out what that means. Unbeknownst to David or Richard, a serial killer by the name of Ted Olson has more to do with Jules’ disappearance than anyone might suspect. As Jules’ whereabouts unfold, the truth begins to bleed from…

“The Fields” by HWA Member Ty Schwamberger

Author: Ty Schwamberger Billy Fletcher learned to farm the family’s tobacco fields – and beat slaves – by the hands of his father. Now, his father is dead, the slaves have long since been freed, and the once-lush fields are dying. Salvation by the name of Abraham knocks on the farmhouse door, bringing wild ideas. He can help Billy save the plantation and return the fields to their former glory…by raising his father’s slaves from the dead. Can the resurrected slaves breathe life back into the Fletcher farm? Having brought the slaves back from graves that his father sent them,…

Watcher: Book I of The Chosen by HWA Member Roh Morgon

Author: Roh Morgon Predator. Killer. Monster. The words echo in Sunny Martin s head each time she looks in the mirror. Since the night she was torn from her car and drained of her blood, Sunny s fear of the hungry beast within her is rivaled only by the fear of exposure. Her lonely struggle to survive on the edge of the human world leads Sunny to the mountain peaks of Colorado where she meets Nicolas, the enigmatic leader of a hidden society. Their passion, tainted by betrayal, violence, and murder, reveals a shocking truth behind Sunny's savage nature and…

Black Mercy Falls by HWA Members Christopher Fulbright & Angeline Hawkes

Authors: Christopher Fulbright & Angeline Hawkes The small Colorado town of Black Mercy Falls has a ghastly past. The massive waterfall above the town runs thick with black iron oxide, but there are hushed suggestions that something evil is responsible for the dark waters. Whispers of the locals connect a list of missing children with a diabolical tale of the town's founding father. Is the waterfall haunted? Or is the town cursed by something that stalks its children by night? Now the waterfall and the land it's on are bequeathed to Lance Evans by his estranged uncle. But when Lance…

“The Noctuary” by HWA Member Greg Chapman

Author: Greg Chapman Struggling writer Simon Ryan’s life has gone to Hell. Shadows are pouring into his reality and his words are not his own anymore. He has been chosen to become a scribe for some of the worst creatures of the Underworld–the ones whose sole purpose is to torment human souls–The Dark Muses. As Simon writes he falls deeper into the abyss and before long he has no sense of what is real. With the help of another scribe, old and mutilated, Simon comes to discover that his writing can mould people and places–that he can write things out…

“Dark Doorways: The Best of Post Mortem Press 2012” by HWA Member Jack Ketchum, Jonathan Maberry, F Paul Wilson, et al.

Author: Jack Ketchum, Jonathan Maberry, F Paul Wilson, et al. Exclusive to Post Mortem Press, an excerpt of Jack Ketchum & Lucky McKee's The Woman - Novel AND Screenplay. Jonathan Maberry's rare urban fantasy, "Like Part of the Family". F. Paul Wilson's genre-defining classic, "Soft." With nearly two dozen books in print during its first year, Post Mortem Press grew from a distraction against the worries of a corporate career gone awry to a successful independent publishing concern. We apparently did something unusual; we combined business acumen with a love of the written word and respect for the authors who…

THE WINSLOW INCIDENT by HWA Member Elizabeth Voss

Author: Elizabeth Voss Welcome to Winslow, where all anyone expects is another ordinary summer: tourists taking the ghost town tour, locals cooling off in Ruby Creek, the carnival in Prospect Park. Nothing unusual. That’s because residents here have always done well at keeping order, keeping secrets and keeping the past buried. Until now. First, the animals go strange. Then townsfolk begin losing their minds. And that’s when the ghosts come out to haunt. After the mysterious plague of madness strikes, young Hazel Winslow is stunned when the people she has known all her life become sudden strangers. Her brainsick father,…

Interview with New HWA Member Steve Alten … by Ron Breznay

Steve Alten is well-known for his bestseller MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror, several follow-up MEG books, and other novels of “natural” horror. He is the founder of Adopt-an-Author, a program designed to interest teenagers in reading. Steve grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and now calls southern Florida home. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education from Penn State, a Master’s degree in Sports Medicine from the University of Delaware, and a Doctorate of Education from Temple University. While struggling to support his family of five, Steve decided to write MEG, the idea for which had been circling around…

HELP! WANTED TALES OF ON-THE-JOB TERROR Edited by HWA Member Peter Giglio

Editor: Peter Giglio Wake up! You don’t want to be late. Shower and shave, you want to look your best. Drink coffee, scramble eggs, you’ll need your energy. Today’s a big day…even if you don’t know why. Within these pages reside 25 terrifying visions from the finest talents in dark fiction. From a call center floor to and undertaker’s slab, a chain bookstore to a dark Christmas with border patrol agents, HELP! WANTED: Tales of On-the-Job Terror removes the veils that protect your psyche, beckoning you into nightmare worlds that will leave your screaming…for more! TABLE OF CONTENTS “The Chapel…

OUTER DARKNESS by HWA Member Bart Brevik

Author: Bart Brevik What would you do if your family was targeted for destruction by a violent Satanic cult? That’s the position that Jim DiMario finds himself in – but has he found out too late? Jim feels the comfortable predictability of his day-to-day routine begin to unravel when he investigates a series of bizarre animal mutilations that have recently occurred in his normally quiet, upscale community. Seemingly by chance, he meets two strangers in his quest for the truth – a sheriff’s deputy, and a TV news reporter, each of whom have their own reasons to investigate the grisly…

THE ARMAGEDDON CHORD by HWA Member JEREMY WAGNER

Author: Jeremy Wagner “The music was to be a battle cry heard around the world and throughout Heaven and Hell. It would summon and release Sethis and call out his dark legions to destroy all those who had light in their hearts…” Deep beneath the Egyptian sands, an ancient and evil song written in hieroglyphics is discovered in the long lost and buried pyramid of the demonic pharaoh, Aknaseth. It is written, that if this song is performed for the world to hear, it will unleash the Apocalypse upon the world of man…Satan will reign and grant immortality to the…