As I write this there are lots of exciting happenings in speculative poetry. The Preliminary Ballot for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Poetry has just been announced.… Read more
Weird. Most dictionaries will include in its definitions of this word the phrase “suggesting something supernatural; uncanny.” H.P. Lovecraft, an imperfect human who strove to perfect his craft, referred to… Read more
Finding Your Inner Chupacabra
An Interview with Juan Manuel Perez, the Texas Chupacabra Poet
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David E. Cowen. Author of The Madness of Empty Spaces (Weasel Press 2014) and The… Read more
An Intimate interview with Marge Simon, Mary Turzillo and Weasel Press about their new book Satan’s Sweethearts.
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David E. Cowen. Author of The Madness of Empty Spaces (Weasel Press… Read more
An Interview with Poet/Author Peter Adam Salomon
by David E. Cowen, Author of The Madness of Empty Rooms and The Seven Yards of Sorrow
By the graces of the HWA… Read more
A former news journalist, Angela Yuriko Smith retired to write fiction. Her prose and poetry have been widely published in both print and online publications. She has nearly 20 books… Read more
The Horror Writers Association is pleased to present the three featured poems from the 2017 HWA Poetry Showcase.
After four years, the HWA Poetry Showcase has become a vibrant, global… Read more
Congratulations to everyone nominated for the 2016 Bram Stoker Awards®!
Most especially, congratulations to the five nominated poetry collections for the 2016 Bram Stoker Awards®!!!!
Superior Achievement in a Poetry… Read more
Congratulations to everyone on the 2016 Bram Stoker Awards® Preliminary Ballot!
Most especially, congratulations to the poets on the 2016 Bram Stoker Awards® Preliminary Ballot!!!
Superior Achievement in a Poetry… Read more
From Detroit, Michigan, Vincenzo Bilof has been called “The Metallica of Poetry” and “The Shakespeare of Gore.” With a body of work that includes gritty, apocalyptic horror (The Zombie Ascension… Read more
This year has seen a number of excellent poetry collections released by HWA members. To help those wondering what to buy for gift giving, the HWA Poetry Page is please… Read more
Cynthia (Cina) Pelayo is an International Latino Book Award winner. She is the author of Loteria, Santa Muerte, and The Missing and holds a Master of Fine Arts from The… Read more
Matt Betts is a pop culture junkie-sometimes to levels that are considered unhealthy by the Surgeon General. He grew up on a steady diet of giant monsters, comic books, robots… Read more
At 9:59 AM on February 11, 2014 I wrote an email to Rocky Wood (then President of the Horror Writers Association), Lisa Morton (then Vice-President), and Board Member Marge Simon.… Read more
Bram Stoker Award® Winning Author Alessandro Manzetti’s work has been published extensively in Italian, including novels, short and long fiction, poetry, essays, and collections. English publications include his collections ‘The… Read more
For the first time the HWA Horror Poetry Showcase was reserved strictly for members. Despite some nervousness that a more limited field would yield limited results, there was a tremendous… Read more
For National Poetry Month 2016, the HWA Poetry Page features an article by David E. Cowen, one of the judges for the Third Annual HWA Poetry Showcase and the Editor… Read more
David E. Cowen is the author of “The Madness of Empty Spaces,” (Weasel Press, November 2014), which was on the 2014 Bram Stoker Award Preliminary Ballot and was nominated for… Read more