Seers’ Table

Kari J. Wolfe, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Committee The sole purpose of The Seers' Table monthly column is to introduce HWA members to the work of underrepresented demographic writers and editors whose work might not otherwise be viewed, using the broadest definition of the word underrepresented to include, but not limited to, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabled and neurodiverse. You can see any of The Seers' Table posts since inception (March 2016) by going to the HWA main page and selecting the menu item "HWA Publications / Blogs / Seers' Table". Kari J. Wolfe recommends: Allison Church…

January 2026 Kate Maruyama, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion CommunityThe sole purpose of the The Seers Table monthly column is to introduce HWA members to the work of underrepresented demographic writers and editors whose work might not otherwise be viewed, using the broadest definition of the word underrepresented to include, but not limited to, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabled and neurodiverse. You can see any of The Seers' Table posts since inception (March 2016) by going to the HWA main page and selecting the menu item "HWA Publications / Blogs / Seers' Table". Geneve Flynn recommends: Elizabeth S. Devecchi…

The Seer’s Table, NOVEMBER 2025   Linda D. Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Committee You can see any of The Seers' Table posts since inception (March 2016) by going to the HWA main page and selecting the menu item “HWA Publications / Blogs / Seers’ Table”. Geneve Flynn recommends: Joanne Anderton is an Australian author of speculative fiction, creative nonfiction, and children’s books. Her speculative fiction includes Pixerina, a haunted house novella set in the Australian suburbs (coming in 2026 from Bad Hand Books), the novels in the Veiled Worlds series – Debris, Suited and Guardian – and the short story collections The Art of Broken Things, Inanimates:…

The Seers’ Table, August 2025   Kari J. Wolfe, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Committee You can see any of The Seers' Table posts since inception (March 2016) by going to the HWA main page and selecting the menu item “HWA Publications / Blogs / Seers’ Table”. Nicole D. Sconiers recommends: Lucy Rose is an author and award-winning writer/director with an interest in the gothic, girlhood, and horror. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in Dread Central, Mslexia, and other publications. Rose’s films have visited BAFTA- and Oscar-qualifying film festivals internationally. She is also a Forbes 30 Under…

Linda D. Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community   You can see any of The Seers' Table posts since inception (March 2016) by going to the HWA main page and selecting the menu item “HWA Publications / Blogs / Seers’ Table”.   Kate Maruyama recommends:   Catherine Kuo is an Asian American writer who lived and worked in Taiwan and Japan for several years before returning to the United States. She graduated from the University of California, Davis, where she was selected as one of the winners of the university’s 2010-2011 “Prized Writing” competition. She is an HWA member…

May Seers’ Table, Kate Maruyama, Diverse Works Inclusion Committee   Geneve Flynn recommends:   Pauline Yates is the creative force behind the multi-award-winning science fiction novel, Memories Don’t Lie, recognized in awards including the 2024 BookFest Awards winner in three categories (YA – Science Fiction; Sci-fi Action Adventure; Sci-fi – Genetic Engineering), 2024 American Legacy Book Awards – Finalist (Science Fiction); 2023 Indies Today Awards – Semi-Finalist, among others. She’s also the author of the short horror read, Dream Job, the sci-fi/horror novella, Shattered, and the horror short story collection, The Connections We Keep. Her award-nominated short stories include “Blood Born”, Midnight Echo 18 (Aurealis Awards Best…

Kate Maruyama Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Committee Linda Addison Recommends: Pedro Iniguez is a horror and science-fiction writer from Los Angeles, California. He is a Rhysling Award finalist and a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee. His fiction and poetry has appeared in Nightmare Magazine, Never Wake: An Anthology of Dream Horror, Shadows Over Main Street Volume 3, Qualia Nous Vol. 2, A Night of Screams: Latino Horror Stories, Speculative Fiction for Dreamers, Worlds of Possibility, Infinite Constellations, Tiny Nightmares, Shortwave Magazine, Star*Line, Eye to the Telescope, Space and Time Magazine, and Savage Realms Monthly, among…

Linda D. Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community   You can see any of The Seers’ Table posts since inception (March 2016) by going to the HWA main page and selecting the menu item “HWA Publications/Blogs/Seers’ Table.”   Geneve Flynn recommends: Author photo credit: Ayida Shonibar Ayida Shonibar (she/they) is an Indian-Bengali immigrant who grew up in Europe and currently works in North America. They write dark and wistful speculative fiction about misfits, monsters, mischief-makers. Spanning genres and age categories, Shonibar’s short stories, essays, and poetry have appeared in various publications. Their writing has been supported by a…

  Kate Maruyama, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Committee.   We have some rich reading in time to buy gifts for friends, dig in! You can see any of “The Seers’ Table” posts since inception (March 2016) by going to the HWA main page and selecting the menu item “HWA Publications / Blogs / Seers’ Table.” Linda D. Addison recommends: Ao-Hui Lin enjoys finding terror in the day-to-day of domestic life, particularly in motherhood, which is why she doesn’t want her children reading her fiction. The truth was frightening enough. When she’s not at her day job, writing AI…

Kate Maruyama, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community Spooky season is here with a wonderful variety of flavors of horror! Dig into stirring poetry, creep through some short stories, sample some body horror of a debut novelist, and enter a slow burn of a thriller horror just as it gets hot.   Linda Addison recommends: Screenshot Corey Niles was born and raised in the Rust Belt. His debut novel, Blood & Dirt, was released in August 2022. His poetry and short fiction have appeared in over twenty publications, including Nightmare Magazine, Ghost Orchid Press, and Lycan Valley Press. He…