Women In Horror Month 2024 : An Interview with Kate Maruyama
What inspired you to start writing?
I was telling stories, and acting out plays with friends before I could write. Then when I could write, my mom started paying me… Read more
Blogs
Holistic Horrors: Poetry & Wellness
This month on Holistic Horrors we take a brief look at the role of poetry in promoting well-being and connectiveness. Numerous studies suggest that this is the case. For example, in their 2018 study examining the value of writing poetry as a “means to help people living with chronic pain to explore and express their narratives in their own unique way”, researchers Hovey, Khayat, and Feig concluded that “to write cathartic poetry means bringing into presence our inner reflective thinking, emotions, and self-empathy to help ourselves and others who suffer alongside us.” Women In Horror Month 2024 : An Introduction by Kathryn Ptacek
The Journey is Never Done. Kind of Like Housework.
Kathryn Ptacek
We’ve come a long way, baby. Well, if you were alive many decades ago, you’d recognize that… Read more
The 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot — CORRECTED
IMPORTANT NOTE—BALLOT CORRECTION
The Bram Stoker Awards Committee must note a correction to the previously announced Final Ballot. It was recognized unfortunately late in the Awards process that CAMP… Read more
The Seers’ Table March 2024
Kate Maruyama, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community
March is blooming with all kinds of marvelous reading! Here’s a delectable array of spooky stories for you to choose from!… Read more
2024 SUMMER SCARES READING LIST
In celebration of National Library Lover’s Day, the Horror Writers Association (HWA), in partnership with United for Libraries, Book Riot, Booklist, and NoveList®, a division of EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO),… Read more
Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview With Errick Nunnally
What inspired you to start writing?
It was a short journey from comic books to science fiction novels. My mother used to read comics to me along with Dr. Seuss… Read more
Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Sylvester Barzey
What inspired you to start writing?
I’ve always been interested in telling stories, be it verbally or through poems, I even wanted to do comic books at one point. I… Read more
Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview With P. Djèlí Clark
What inspired you to start writing?
Reading. I read a lot. And eventually, I started wondering if I could recreate the things I loved so much about reading. My earliest… Read more
Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Ness Brown
What inspired you to start writing?
I started writing as a kid. While there was no single catalyst, I was largely inspired by online writers posting their stories to… Read more
The 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce the Final Ballot for the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA is the premier writers organization in the horror and… Read more
Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview With Lamar Giles
What inspired you to start writing?
It was simply fun. I was young when I first started making up stories, maybe 7 or 8 years old and when I won… Read more
Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Justina Ireland
What inspired you to start writing?
When I was pregnant with my kiddo I was terrified of losing my identity as a person and being reduced to little… Read more
Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview With Johnny Compton
What inspired you to start writing?
I got started in fourth or fifth grade and had some teachers encourage me as I got older, letting me know in one… Read more
Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Eden Royce
What inspired you to start writing?
I’m from a storytelling family and culture. Exchanging stories at family gatherings, as we go about our chores, as we’re spending time together… Read more
Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Jeff Carroll
What inspired you to start writing?
I was inspired to start writing by seeing the 1999 movie The Mummy. I had made two horror movies but, they were low-budget… Read more
NUTS & BOLTS: Interview with JG Faherty, Author and HWA Mentorship Program Manager
By Tom Joyce
Horror authors are fond of setting their stories amid dark, twisty hallways full of potential perils lurking around every corner. Maybe it’s a matter of “write what… Read more
Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview With Kenya Moss-Dyme
What inspired you to start writing?
Probably my love for reading! I’ve always loved books and learned to read at age four. I was one of the kids who read… Read more
Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Tish Jackson
What inspired you to start writing?
—Many many moons ago, I entered a contest in elementary school on why an amusement park should relocate to our town and won! I… Read more
Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Nicole D. Sconiers
What inspired you to start writing?
When I was a kid, I used to sit at the feet of my great-grandmother, Sallie, and listen to her tell stories. She had… Read more
