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Corinne Hughes reads from POETRY SHOWCASE IX

• December 14, 2022
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Corinne Hughes joins us today with a reading of their poem, “Meadows” from Poetry Showcase IX. If you haven’t purchased your copy yet of the newest Poetry Showcase, it’s just… Read more

Rook Riley reads from POETRY SHOWCASE IX

• December 13, 2022
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Rook Riley joins us today with a reading of their poem, “Strange Geometry” from Poetry Showcase IX. If you haven’t purchased your copy yet of the newest Poetry Showcase, it’s… Read more

Say hi to Tom Joyce, the force behind “Nuts and Bolts”

• December 12, 2022
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Hey, everyone! My name is Tom Joyce, and I’m really excited to be part of the social media team! I’m doing a monthly feature for the HWA blog called “Nuts… Read more

Colleen Anderson reads from POETRY SHOWCASE IX

• December 12, 2022
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Colleen Anderson joins us today with a reading of their poem, “Our Lady of Holy Death” from Poetry Showcase IX. If you haven’t purchased your copy yet of the newest… Read more

MESSAGE FROM THE BRAM STOKER AWARDS® COMMITTEE

• December 2, 2022
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The Bram Stoker Awards® Committee thanks all Horror Writers Association members who engaged in the Awards process for the 2022 season by recommending Works and sharing their Work, as well… Read more

The Seers’ Table December 2022

• December 2, 2022
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Kate Maruyama, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community Linda Addison introduces: Beatrice Winifred Iker (eye-kerr) grew up in the picturesque (and undoubtedly haunted) valley of the Great Smoky Mountains.… Read more

HWA Scholarship from Hell

• December 1, 2022
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The submission window for The Scholarship from Hell is now open! The SFH puts the recipient right into the intensive, hands-on workshop environment of Horror University that takes place during… Read more

Nuts and Bolts Interview with John Gray

• November 26, 2022
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Brooklyn-born John Gray is an award-winning writer-director-producer of films and television, and the creator of the long-running TV series, GHOST WHISPERER. He has written and directed many feature films and… Read more

Veterans of Horror: Interview with William R. D. Wood

• November 24, 2022
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William R.D. Wood traces his love of science fiction and horror back to a childhood filled with Space: 1999 reruns, frequent visits to the Night Gallery, and a worn-out copy… Read more

Veterans in Horror: Interview with Jay Whales

• November 23, 2022
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Jay grew up in small town, southeast Missouri, battling sasquatches, rednecks, witches, booger eating bastards, drinking Spine Likker fresh from the spigot and just having fun.  Jay rode in the… Read more

Veterans in Horror: Interview with Richard Wall

• November 22, 2022
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About Richard Wall: Born in England in 1962, Richard grew up in a small market town in rural Herefordshire before joining the Royal Navy. After 22 years in the submarine… Read more

Veterans in Horror: Interview with Richard Schiver

• November 21, 2022
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Richard is the author of eight novels, three novellas, and a collection of short stories. His most recent work is a paranormal ghost story titled Cursed. He is a member… Read more

Veterans in Horror: Interview with David Rose

• November 20, 2022
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David Rose is the author of Amden Bog, The Scrolls of Sin, and Lovecraft’s Iraq. That last one was included in the 2022 HWA Bram Stoker Award® Reading List. He… Read more

TDOR: Transphobia is a Horror Story, and It Kills

• November 20, 2022
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By Sumiko Saulson CW: hate crimes, murder, transphobia, suicide, child suicide, sexual assault, racism, bullying I had to think long and hard before putting together a series for Transgender Awareness… Read more

Veterans in Horror: Interview with Chris Reichard

• November 19, 2022
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Chris ~Cliff~ Reichard has always been a creator of dark works, but their writing has been stripped raw and refined over and again through hardships experienced in war, activism &… Read more

Sumiko Saulson Reads as a Showcase 8 Alumni

• November 19, 2022
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Sumiko Saulson joins us today with a reading of their poem, “On Darkest Night of Faerie Bright” as a Poetry Showcase Alumni. If you haven’t purchased your copy yet of… Read more

Transgender Awareness Week: “Pronouns” by Pretty Frankenstein

• November 18, 2022
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Catching Up With Grey Star of Pretty Frankenstein

Pretty Frankenstein is a Queer alternative group from the San Francisco Bay Area/East Bay, fronted by trans activist/performer Grey Starr. Over the… Read more

Veterans in Horror: Interview with Weston Ochse

• November 18, 2022
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The American Library Association calls Weston Ochse “one of the major horror authors of the 21st Century.” His work has won the Bram Stoker Award, been nominated for the Pushcart… Read more

Ai Jang reads from POETRY SHOWCASE IX

• November 18, 2022
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Ai Jang joins us today with a reading of her poem, “A Barrening Mother” from Poetry Showcase IX. If you haven’t purchased your copy yet, it’s just one click away.… Read more

Transgender Awareness: My Gender is a Chainsaw by Jef Rouner

• November 18, 2022
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My Gender is a Chainsaw

By Jef Rouner Gender is a construct. You know, like those killer robots in Chopping Mall. And just like them, it has sharp edges. It… Read more