HWA Books
SINCE 1990, HWA HAS PRODUCED A SERIES OF “HWA PRESENTS” ANTHOLOGIES edited by a few of our more prestigious members and published in hardcover, mass-market or trade paperback by various publishers. Most have also had signed, limited hardcover editions.
These anthologies present new stories by the members of the Horror Writers Association — only members may submit stories. However, our newest, rawest, and youngest members compete for space on an equal basis with our established stars — and sometimes win, as we’ve had first sales in most of the volumes so far.
In addition, in 1997 HWA produced a volume of essays on the craft of horror writing, On Writing Horror: A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association, edited by Mort Castle, with contributions from dozens of well-known HWA members. In 2006, an updated and revised version was issued.
Please note that HWA does not sell these books directly — we’re a writers’ organization, not a publisher. Ask for them at bookstores, or look for them on your favorite book dealer’s Website.
We’re proud of these books, and would like to tell you a little about them.
Freak Show
 The Horror Writers Association presents one of the most unusual horror anthologies you’ll ever read! Follow a fiendish carnival as it travels America in this anthology of interwoven short stories by eighteen of fiction’s darkest stars. Available for the first time in e-book.
Print Length: 384 pages Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited Publisher: Horror Writers Association (June 18, 2014) Publication Date: June 18, 2014 Price: $4.99 (Kindle) Edited by F. Paul Wilson Copyright 1992 by HWA Ebook available for purchase. A unique shared-world anthology — almost a collaborative novel |
Contents:
- Winter Quarters by F. Paul Wilson
- Okefenokee Swamp, GA by Brad Strickland
- Athens, GA by Gregory Nicoll
- Sikeston, MO by Rex Miller
- Leesville, LA by Nancy Kilpatrick
- Bois D’Arc, TX by Scott Cupp
- Palomita, NM by Kathryn Ptacek
- Venice, CA by Douglas Borton
- LaCanada, CA by Morgan Fields
- Seattle, WA by Richard Lee Byers
- Elm Haven, IL by Dan Simmons
- Chicago, IL by Yvonne Navarro
- Battle Creek, MI by Steven Spruill
- Drood Hollow, WV by Lee Moler
- Bird-in-Hand, PA by Chet Williamson
- Rochester, NY by Craig Shaw Gardner
- Quarry, MA by R. Patrick Gates
- Oyster Bay, NY by Thomas F. Monteleone
- The Pine Barrensby F. Paul Wilson
Blood Lite 3: Aftertaste
 Edited by Kevin J. Anderson
Available in Kindle and Paperback versions. Sink your teeth into a smorgasbord of macabre morsels laced with horrific humor in this all-new Blood Lite collection! Whether you shriek with laughter or scream in fear . . . well, that’s simply a matter of taste. |
Jim Butcher’s wizardly PI Harry Dresden pranks some high-tech monster seekers—and attempts to save a friend’s son whose life-energy is slowly being drained by an unknown adversary in “I Was a Teenage Bigfoot.” The Author from Hell has dropped dead, but a stressed-out editor is harassed by her emails from beyond the grave in Sherrilyn Kenyon’s “A Day in the Life.” The flesh is weak— and possibly even rotting—as a teenage virgin werewolf discovers on a visit to a brothel in Kelley Armstrong’s “V Plates.” Murder comes alive in “Mannequin,” by Heather Graham, as two thrill-seeking couples “axe” for trouble at a B&B with a bloody history.
Plus twenty-six other tales to tempt and terrorize you. . . .
Blood Lite 2: Overbite
 Kindle and paperback versions available. From the Horror Writers Association comes a brand-new collection of darkly humorous tales! |
The Big Questions of Life (and Death)
Can a killer’s basement blood-feast be a tax write-off (under Entertainment)? Not if Vlad the IRS agent nails him first in Heather Graham’s “Death and Taxes.”
What does a pack of hungry she-wolves do to solve their man troubles? Ladies Night Out takes a wicked turn in “Dog Tired (of the Drama!)” by L. A. Banks.
How far will an elite call girl go to beat a murder rap? Stuck with a dead client in a luxury L.A. hotel room, she might strike a costly bargain with a woman of unearthly powers in Allison Brennan’s “Her Lucky Day.”
Who actually writes those tabloid stories about Bigfoot? Meet a journalist of the unexplained (she’s 50 percent demon) and her boyfriend (he’s 100 percent thief), as they heat up a museum exhibition that’s also a soul-snatching battleground in “Lucifer’s Daughter” by Kelley Armstrong.
Plus tales from
- KEVIN J. ANDERSON & JANIS IAN • SAM W. ANDERSON • MIKE BARON
EDWARD BRYANT • AMY STERLING CASIL • DEREK CLENDENING DON D’AMMASSA
BRIAN J. HATCHER • NINA KIRIKI HOFFMAN NANCY KIRKPATRICK • J. A. KONRATH
JOHN R. LITTLE • SHARYN MCCRUMB
SCOTT NICHOLSON • MARK ONSPAUGH • AARON POLSON • DANIEL PYLE
MIKE RESNICK & LEZLI ROBYN • JEFF RYAN • D. L. SNELL • LUCIEN SOULBAN
ERIC JAMES STONE • JEFF STRAND • JORDAN SUMMERS
JOEL A. SUTHERLAND • STEVE RASNIC TEM • CHRISTOPHER WELCH
Blood Lite: An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories
  Warning: This anthology contains works of fiction that are gruesome. Disturbing. Horrifying. And drop-dead hilarious![/caption]Edited by Kevin J. Anderson Available in Kindle and paperback formats.
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- The Ungrateful Dead by Kelley Armstrong
- Mr. Bear by Joe Lansdale
- Hell in a Handbasket by Lucien Soulban
- The Eldritch Pastiche from Beyond the Shadow of Horror by Christopher Welch
- Elvis Presley and the Bloodsucker Blues by Matt Venne
- No Problem by Don D’Ammassa
- Old School by Mark Onspaugh
- The Sound of Blunder by J.A. Konrath and F. Paul Wilson
- An Evening with Al Gore by Charlaine Harris
- Dear Prudence by Steven Savile
- A Good Psycho is Hard to Find by Will Ludwigsen
- High Kicks and Misdemeanors by Janet Berliner
- P.R. Problems by Eric James Stone
- Where Angels Fear to Tread by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- A Very Special Girl by Mike Resnick
- Loveseat Solitaire by D.L. Snell
- I Know Who You Ate Last Summer by Nancy Holder
- Bitches of the Night by Nancy Kilpatrick
- The Bell . . . FROM HELL!!! by Jeff Strand
- Dead Hand by Sharyn McCrumb
- Day Off by Jim Butcher
On Writing Horror: A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association
 Edited by Mort Castle Copyright 2006 by HWA Recently updated and revised, available in trade paperback from Writers Digest Books. |
A volume of essays on the craft of horror writing, edited by Mort Castle, with contributions from dozens of well-known HWA members. An invaluable addition to any writer’s library.
Contents:
Foreword: The Horror Writers Association: A Shockingly Brief and Informal History of the HWA by Stanley Wiater
Editor’s Introduction by Mort Castle
Part One: Horror, Literature, and Horror Literature
- The Madness of Art by Joyce Carol Oates
- Acceptance Speech: The 2003 National Book Award for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters by Stephen King
- Why We Write Horror by Michael McCarty
Part Two: An Education in Horror
- What You Are Meant to Know: 21 Horror Classics by Robert Weinberg
- Avoiding What’s Been Done to Death by Ramsey Campbell
- Workshops of Horror (and Seminars and Conferences) by Tom Monteleone
- Degrees of Dread by Michael A. Arnzen
Part Three: Developing Horror Concepts
- A World of Dark and Disturbing Ideas by J.N. Williamson
- Mirror, Mirror by Wayne Allen Sallee
- Going There: Strategies for the Things That Scare You by Michael Marano
- Honest Lies and Darker Truths: History and Horror Fiction by Richard Gilliam
Part Four: Horror Crafting
- Such Horrible People by Tina Jens
- A Hand on the Shoulder by Joe R. Lansdale
- Eerie Events and Horrible Happenings: Plotting Short Horror Fiction by Nicholas Kaufmann
- Reality and the Waking Nightmare: Setting and Character in Horror Fiction by Mort Castle
“He Said?” She Asked: Some Thoughts About Dialogue by David Morrell - Keep It Moving, Maniacs: Writing Action Scenes in Horror Fiction by Jay R. Bonansinga
- The Dark Enchantment of Style by Bruce Holland Rogers
Part Five: Horror, Art, Innovation, Excellence
- Innovation in Horror by Jeanne Cavelos
- Depth of Field: Horror and Literary Fiction by Nick Mamatas
- Splat Goes the Hero: Visceral Horror by Jack Ketchum
- Darkness Absolute: The Standards of Excellence in Horror Fiction by Douglas E. Winter
- On Horror: A Conversation With Harlan Ellison and Richard Gilliam
Part Six: Tradition and Modern Times
- No More Silver Mirrors: The Monster in Our Times by Karen E. Taylor
- Fresh Blood From Old Wounds: The Alchemist Meets the Biochemist by Joseph Curtin
- More Simply Human by Tracy Knight
- The Possibility of the Impossible by Tom Piccirilli
- Take a Scalpel to Those Tropes by W.D. Gagliani
- That Spectred Isle: Tradition, Sensibility, and Delivery or Ghosts? What Ghosts? by Steven Savile
- New Horrors: A Roundtable Discussion of Horror Today and Tomorrow by Joe Nassise
Part Seven: Genre and Subgenre
- Archetypes and Fearful Allure: Writing Erotic Horror by Nancy Kilpatrick
- Writing for the New Pulps: Horror Theme Anthologies by John Maclay
- Freaks and Fiddles, Banjos and Beasts: Writing Redneck Horror by Weston Ochse
- Youth Gone Wild by Lee Thomas
- Writing Horror Comic Books And Graphic Novels by David Campiti
- Acts of Madness: Writing Horror for the Stage by Lisa Morton
- Fear Spins Off: The Tie-In Novel Comes Into Its Own by Yvonne Navarro
- The Play’s the Thing on the Doorstep: Writing Video and Roleplaying Games by Richard E. Dansky
- Now Fear This: Writing Horror for Audio Theater by Scott Hickey and Robert Madia
- Good Characters and Cool Kills: Writing the Horror Screenplay by Brendan Deneen
Part Eight: Horror Business: Selling, Marketing, Promoting
- Dark Fluidity: Online Research and Marketing Resources by Judi Rohrig
- The Small Press: Filling Shelves with Rare Books by John Everson
- Sharing the Creeps: Marketing Short Horror Fiction, version 2.0 by Edo van Belkom
- For Love or Money: Six Marketing Myths by Bev Vincent
- One Reader at a Tine: Promoting Your Horror Novel by Scott Nicholson
Afterword: Quiet Lies the Locust Tells by Harlan Ellison
Poetry Showcase Volume 2
 Available in Kindle and Epub. |
HWA’s second annual Poetry Showcase volume features dark verse from some of the world’s most acclaimed poets, as well as memorable new voices. In addition to startling and original work by featured poets Tausha Johnson, Michelle Scalise, Vincent Miskell, and Mark Fuller Dillon, this volume also includes poems by Bruce Boston, Marge Simon, Stephanie M. Wytovich, and dozens more. As an extra added feature, Volume II includes tributes to Rocky Wood and Tom Piccirilli by some of the biggest names in horror and poetry.
Poetry Showcase Volume 1
 Available in Kindle and Epub. |
The inaugural volume in HWA’s Poetry Showcase includes poems by some of the horror genre’s darkest and most lyrical stars.
HWA PRESENTS: The Series to Date
- Dark Arts, edited by John Pelan – CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT
- Museum of Horrors, edited by Dennis Etchison – CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT
- Bell, Book & Beyond, edited by P.D. Cacek – CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT
- Whitley Strieber’s Aliens, edited by Whitley Strieber – CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT
- Robert Bloch’s Psychos, edited by Robert Bloch – CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT
- Peter Straub’s Ghosts, edited by Peter Straub – CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT
- Deathport, edited by Ramsey Campbell – CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT
- Freak Show, edited by F. Paul Wilson – CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT
- Under the Fang, edited by Robert R. McCammon – CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT
Dark Arts (This title is not currently available.)
Edited by John Pelan Copyright 2006 by Cemetery Dance Publications ISBN: 1-58767-124-7 Available in trade hardcover from Cemetery Dance and all major |
From the grimmest of the Greek tragedies to contemporary death
metal horror has held a fascination with artists of all
disciplines. From Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and
Edith Nesbit’s “Man Made in Marble” to the recent works like Secret
Window and Skin the muses of creativity and the furies of terror
have been closely linked. In this anthology, award-winning editor
John Pelan invites his colleagues in the Horror Writers Association
to contribute their darkest thoughts on the creative processes.
Step into the gallery and view twenty-two of the most disturbing
visions that can be conjured by these dark artists…
Contents:
- The Disease Artist by Steve Rasnic Tem
- The Shape of the Empty Heart by Gerard Houarner
- For Art’s Sake by John Pelan
- With Acknowledgements to Sun Tzu by Brian Hodge
- Hurdy Gurdy by Peadar Ó Guilín
- The Art of Madness by Edo van Belkom
- The Power of Preserving Pictures by Leah Cutter
- The Death Technique by John B. Rosenman
- Body by Tim Lebbon
- The Final Staging of Ascent by Tom Piccirilli
- I Hear You Quietly Singing by Lucy Taylor
- Learning to Leave the Flesh by Jeff VanderMeer
- The Hoplite by Paul Finch
- Chained Melody by Patricia Macomber
- Works of Art by J.F.Gonzalez
- The Disinterment of Ophelia by Michelle Scalise
- If You Were Glass… by David Niall Wilson
- A Splash of Color by Michael Oliveri
- The Mist Machine by Charlee Jacob
- Scratching the Surface by Michael Kelly
- Kodachrome by Lorelei Shannon
- Nightmares, Imported And Domestic by Mark McLaughlin and Matt Cardin
Museum of Horrors (This title is not currently available.)
Edited by Dennis Etchison Copyright 2001 by Leisure Books/ Dorchester Publishing Price: $6.99 Available in paperback from Leisure Books. Eighteen stories of madmen and monsters, the bizarre and the |
Contents:
- The Museum of Dr. Moses by Joyce Carol
Oates - Worse than Bones by Ramsey Campbell
- King of Outer Space by Peter Atkins
- Piano Bar Blues by Melanie
Tem - Those Vanished I Recognize by Tom Piccirilli
- Inland, Shoreline by Darren O. Godfrey
- The Window by Joel Lane
- Author, Author by Gordon Linzner
- Hammerhead by Richard
Laymon - Imbroglio by Conrad Williams
- Transorbital Love Probe by Th. Metzger
- The Impressionists in Winter by Susan Fry
- Whose Ghosts These Are by Charles L. Grant
- Perdido: A Fragment from a Work in Progress by Peter Straub
- In Real Life by William F. Nolan
- Pound Rots in Fragrant Harbour by Lisa Morton
- Apologia by Robert Devereaux
- The Bird Catcher by S.P. Somtow
Bell, Book & Beyond (This title is not currently available.)
Edited by P.D. Cacek Copyright 2000 by The Design Image Group, Inc. Available in trade paperback from Design Image Group. |
Contents:
- The Child’s Tale by Carole Nomarhas
- The Power Lunch by Janet L. Hetherington
- Six Guns & Six Spells by Paul Victor Wargelin
- A Dichotomy of Belief by Michael Oliveri
- Spiders Grace All of Me by Michelle Scalise
- As Promised by Walt Jarvis
- Madly, Deeply by Greg Kishbaugh
- Le Bête Est Morte by Nicholas Kaufmann
- That Old Black Magic by John R. Platt
- Stadium Square by Eric Gregg
- Elena by David A. DeFalco
- Hattie’s Head by Kelli Campbell
- Her Place by Joel Ross
- Endemoniada by William O’Donnell
- The Nice House by L.H. Maynard & M.P.N. Sims
- Heavy Sybil by Bob Beideman
- Harm None by Dean H. Wild
- The Island by Whitt Pond
- Trailertrash Annie by Peter N. Dudar
- The Power Doctor by Ward Parker
- Celia by R. Michael Burns
Whitley Strieber’s Aliens (This title is not currently available.)
Edited by Whitley Strieber Copyright 1998 by HWA Available in paperback from Pocket Books. |
Contents:
- In Hollow Houses by Gary
Braunbeck - Radiance by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
- Jolene’s Motel by Esther Friesner
- A Last, Longing Look by James Robert Smith
- Even Saints and Angels by John B. Rosenman
- A Light in the Sky by Christie Golden
- Alien and Fugue by Lois Tilton
- The Flicker Man by Edward Bryant and Trey R. Barker
- Guessing at the Unknown by Cynthia Geddes
- Scripture Girl by Edward Lee
- The Threshold of Beyond by Stephen Mark Rainey
- The Glassy Apes by Tracy Knight
- Nothing As It Seems by David Silva
- Fuel by Adam-Troy Castro
- A World Hushed by Snow by Juleen Brantingham
- After Welles by Michael Scott Bricker
- Jerusalem Syndrome by Janet Berliner
- The End of the Dream Time by Catherine Mintz
- Realizations by Don D’Ammassa
- A Rustle of Owl’s Wings by Thomas Smith
- Fireflies by P.D. Cacek
Robert Bloch’s Psychos (This title is not currently available.)
Edited by Robert Bloch Copyright 1997 by HWA Available in paperback from Pocket Books. A limited edition was Nineteen tales of the madmen among us. Mr. Bloch died before the |
Contents:
- The Lesser of Two Evils by Denise M. Bruchman
- Point of Intersection by Dominick Cancilla
- Echoes by Cindie Geddes
- So You Wanna Be A Hitman by Gary Jonas
- Interview with A Psycho by Billie Sue Mosiman
- Lifeline by Yvonne Navarro
- Knacker Man by Richard Parks
- Deep Down There by Clark Perry
- Lighting the Corpses by Del Stone, Jr.
- Grandpa’s Head by Lawrence Watt-Evans
- Blameless by David Niall Wilson
- A Southern Night by Jane Yolen
- Lonelyhearts by Esther Friesner
- The Rug by Edo van Belkom
- Cage of Night by Daniel Ransom
- Doctor, Lawyer, Kansas City Chief by Brent Monahan
- Please Help Me by Richard Christian Matheson
- Haunted by Charles L. Grant
- Icewall by William Gagliani
- Safe by Gary A. Braunbeck
- The Forgiven by Steven Mark Rainey
- Autopsy Room Four by Stephen King
Peter Straub’s Ghosts (This title is not currently available.)
Edited by Peter Straub Copyright 1995 by HWA Available in paperback from Pocket Books and in a signed, slip-cased hardcover edition from Borderlands Press limited to 750 copies. Fifteen superb stories of ghosts and hauntings. |
Contents:
- Hunger An Introduction by Peter Straub
- Dark
- Styx by Norman Partridge
- Jubilee by Kathe Koja
- Not Far from Here by Tim Smith
- The Kids
- Mamma Ghost by Alan Rodgers
- Daddy’s Girl by Gordon R. Ross
- Coventry Carol by Chet Williamson
- Mom and Dad
- And He Who Mourns by David B. Silva
- His Mother’s Hands by Clark Perry
- Cold
- Bill Smith’s Sleigh Ride by Tyson Blue
- Sotto Voce by Lawrence Greenberg
- A Real Babe by Brad Linaweaver
- Our Work
- Looking for Mr. Flip by Thomas F. Monteleone
- Present in Spirit by Don D’Ammassa
- The Wedding Party by Paul M. Sammon
Deathport (This title is not currently available.)
Edited by Ramsey Campbell Copyright 1993 by HWA Price: $4.99 Available in paperback from Pocket Books. A shared-world anthology of twenty-eight(!) stories about Dry |
Contents:
- Introduction by Ramsey Campbell
- Echoes by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
- Jet Lag by Ron Dee and P.D. Cacek
- Cleansing Agent by Don D’Ammassa
- Thank You for Your Patience by Matthew J. Costello
- The Man in the Mirror by Les Daniels
- 55-Gallon Drums Along the Mohawk by Gregory Nicoll
- To Feed the Sun by David Niall Wilson
- Tire Fire by Nancy Holder
- War Cry by Edo van Belkom
- When Prayers Are Answered by Roberta Lannes
- Consent by Nancy Baker
- The Man in the Moon by Michael A. Arnzen
- Bruja by Kathryn Ptacek
- Beneath the Tarmac by Lawrence Watt-Evans
- In Country by Peter Crowther
- Just A Few Drops of Blood by Dawn Dunn
- The Smoking Mirror by Dan Perez
- Sacred Wheel by Patricia Ross
- Buzzkiller by Clark Perry
- Sacrament by Brian Hodge
- Passing Through by Steve Rasnic Tem
- The Telltale Head by Adam-Troy Castro
- Piranha by Stephen M. Rainey
- Soul Catcher by Wendy Webb
- I Am No Longer by Nancy Kilpatrick
- Plane Scared by Douglas D. Hawk
- Scalps by Chet Williamson
- In the Still, Small Hours by Charles L. Grant
Under the Fang (This title is not currently available.)
Edited by Robert R. McCammon Copyright 1991 by HWA Available in paperback from Pocket Books and in a signed, slipcased A shared-world anthology of seventeen stories set in a near |
Contents:
- Introduction by Robert R. McCammon
- The Miracle Mile by Robert R. McCammon
- Dancing Nitely by Nancy Collins
- Stoker’s Mistress by Clint Collins
- Does the Blood Line Run On Time? by Sidney Williams & Robert Petitt
- Red Eve by Al Sarrantonio
- We Are Dead Together by Charles de Lint
- Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage by Chet Williamson
- Advocates by Suzy McKee Charnas and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
- Special by Richard Laymon
- Herrenrasse by J.N. Williamson
- Duty by Ed Gorman
- Midnight Sun by Brian Hodge
- A Bloodsucker by David N. Meyer III
- Prodigal Sun by Thomas F. Monteleone
- There Are No Nightclubs in East Palo Alto by Clifford V. Brooks
- Juice by Lisa W. Cantrell
- Behind Enemy Lines by Dan Perez
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