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Halloween Haunts Rises Again!

• August 17, 2023
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From October 1 through October 31, the Horror Writers Association will host an online event to celebrate the month of Halloween and help horror readers and horror writers connect at… Read more

World of Horror: Interview with Steve Stred

• August 17, 2023
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A two-time Splatterpunk-nominated author, Steve Stred lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with his wife, son and their Staffy, Cocoa. His work has been described as haunting, bleak and is frequently… Read more

World of Horror: Interview with Eric Nash

• August 16, 2023
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Eric Nash (he/him) lives with ghosts in Southwest England. His dark tales have been published in numerous venues, including Bleed Error magazine, Coffin Bell Journal, Demain’s Short Sharp Shocks! series,… Read more

NUTS & BOLTS: INTERVIEW WITH LINDA GOULD, CREATOR OF KAIDANKAI PODCAST

• August 15, 2023
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By Tom Joyce Linda Gould’s Kaidankai podcast, which she started as a project during the pandemic, is still going strong with 60,000 downloads. In this month’s edition of Nuts &… Read more

World of Horror: Interview with Neil D’Silva

• August 15, 2023
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  Neil D’Silva is an Indian author known for his books such as Maya’s New Husband, Yakshini, and Playthings among others, all of which have hit the #1 spot on… Read more

We are looking for authors to interview for the 2023 HWA Latinx Heritage in Horror interview series

• August 14, 2023
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Dear HWA Members, . We are interested in interviewing people who have not been interviewed in our past two annual series. Here is a list of the people who have… Read more

World of Horror: Interview with J. Ashley Smith

• August 14, 2023
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J. Ashley Smith is a British-Australian author of dark fiction and co-host of the Let The Cat In podcast. His first book, The Attic Tragedy, won the Shirley Jackson Award.… Read more

World of Horror: Interview with Santiago Eximeno

• August 13, 2023
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Santiago Eximeno (Madrid, Spain, 1973) is a Spanish-genre writer who has published several novellas and collections, mainly horror literature. His work has been translated to English, Japanese, French and Bulgarian.… Read more

World of Horror: Interview with Austrian Spencer

• August 12, 2023
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Austrian Spencer lives with his family in Austria, nestled under a mountain, and is slowly hoarding gold in an attempt to lure his own dragon. Until such a time, he… Read more

World of Horror: Interview with Flavius Ardelean-Bachmann

• August 11, 2023
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Flavius Ardelean-Bachmann is a Romanian award-winning writer of dark fiction, the author of nine novels and three short story collections for adults and children. His work has been translated into… Read more

World of Horror: Interview with Daria Pietrzak

• August 10, 2023
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Daria Pietrzak is a writer of Polish origin, and has been settled in Spain since childhood. She has studied artistic photography with the intention of going into the world of… Read more

World of Horror: Interview with Rosemary Thorne

• August 9, 2023
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Rosemary Thorne (she/her) is a bilingual Spanish writer, researcher, and translator living in Madrid, Spain. Born in 1968, she became an HWA member in 2019, choosing English as the most… Read more

World of Horror: Interview with Kyla Lee Ward

• August 8, 2023
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Kyla Lee Ward is a Sydney-based creative whose work has garnered Australian Shadows and Aurealis awards. She has placed in the Rhyslings and received multiple Stoker and Ditmar nominations. Reviewers… Read more

World of Horror: Interview with Somto Ihezue

• August 7, 2023
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  Somto Ihezue is a Nigerian-Igbo editor, writer and filmmaker. He was awarded the 2021 African Youth Network Movement Fiction Prize. A British Science Fiction Award, Nommo Award and 2022… Read more

World of Horror: Interview with Erica Couto-Ferreira

• August 6, 2023
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Erica Couto-Ferreira is a historian, writer, and translator. She is the author of the horror novelette Hemetia (Arima, 2022) and a bunch of horror and fantasy short stories that have… Read more

World of Horror: Interview with Kaaron Warren

• August 5, 2023
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Shirley Jackson award-winner Kaaron Warren has published five novels and seven short story collections. She’s sold over 200 short stories to publications big and small around the world and has… Read more

World of Horror: Interview with Ross Jeffery

• August 4, 2023
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Ross Jeffery Ross Jeffery is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated and 3x Splatterpunk Award-nominated author of The Juniper Trilogy, The Devil’s Pocketbook, I Died Too, But They Haven’t Buried Me Yet,… Read more

World of Horror: Interview with Greg Chapman

• August 3, 2023
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  Bram Stoker Award® nominee and multiple Australian Shadows Award nominee Greg Chapman is a horror author and artist based in Queensland, Australia.  Greg is the author of several novels,… Read more

World of Horror: Interview with Alan Baxter

• August 2, 2023
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Alan Baxter is a multi-award-winning author of horror, supernatural thrillers, and dark fantasy liberally mixed with crime, mystery, and noir. He’s also a martial artist, a whisky-soaked swear monkey, and… Read more

HOLISTIC HORRORS PANEL REPORT: SENSE AND SENSITIVITY & ESSAY: PORTRAYALS OF DEMENTIA IN HORROR

• August 1, 2023
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(Trigger Warning: Articles in this column discuss mental health/illness)

HOLISTIC HORRORS PANEL REPORT: SENSE AND SENSITIVITY & ESSAY: PORTRAYALS OF DEMENTIA IN HORROR By Lee Murray

In this column, I’m… Read more