Jamal Hodge reads as a Showcase 8 Alumni

Jamal Hodge joins us today with a reading of his poem, "The Silence of God" as a Poetry Showcase Alumni. If you haven't purchased your copy yet of the newest Poetry Showcase, it's just one click away. Better yet, collect the whole series! Reviews and shares are always welcome. https://youtu.be/j-GbMgeLxHU JAMAL HODGE is a multi-award-winning filmmaker and writer from Queens NYC who has won over 70 awards with screenings at Tribecca Film Festival, Sundance, and the Cannes Short Film Corner. He has directed the first season of Investigation Discovery Channel's Primal Instinct' and has come on as a Producer on…
Transgender Awareness Week: Catching Up with Allison Church

Transgender Awareness Week: Catching Up with Allison Church

Catching Up With Allison Church Allison Church (a.k.a. DONALD ALLEN KIRCH) is a Transgender Author who lives in the Midwest of the United States. She is an avid lover of horror, science fiction, and fantasy and will challenge ANYONE on her knowledge of TV “pop” culture. A die-hard fan of “Star Trek,” “Babylon 5,” and “Doctor Who,” she does not believe in the “NO Win” scenario! She LOVES everything about the Paranormal! What is the latest in your world as a writer? Do you have any new writing news, upcoming projects, or other exciting professional news you'd like to share…

Veterans in Horror: Interview with Brandon Ketchum

Brandon Ketchum is a speculative fiction writer from Pittsburgh, PA who enjoys putting a weird spin or strange vibe into every story, dark or light. He is a member of SFWA and the Horror Writers Association, and his work has been published with Air & Nothingness Press, Perihelion, Mad Scientist Journal, and many other publications, including the short story collection Legio Damnati. Tell us a bit about your military service. Years? Branch? Specialty? I was officially in the military from December of 1994 through July of 2002. I signed up for the Army Reserves initially, went to Fort Lost in…

Monica S. Kuebler reads from POETRY SHOWCASE IX

Monica S. Kuebler joins us today with a reading of her poem, "Blowtorch" from Poetry Showcase IX. If you haven't purchased your copy yet, it's just one click away. Better yet, collect the whole series! Reviews and shares are always welcome. https://youtu.be/UMO6Ar3GLMY Monica S. Kuebler is co-coordinator of the Ontario Chapter of the Horror Writers Association and has spent the last two decades wearing a variety of editorial hats at Rue Morgue magazine, for whom she penned Rue Morgue Library #3: Weird Stats and Morbid Facts. She also writes poetry and monster stories; her young adult vampire serial ‒ which…
It’s Always Been Our Stories That Saved Us: An Introduction to Transgender Awareness Week by Emily Flummox

It’s Always Been Our Stories That Saved Us: An Introduction to Transgender Awareness Week by Emily Flummox

It’s Always Been Our Stories That Saved Us An Introduction to Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance  by Emily Flummox Twenty-four years later, we still do not know who it was who made Rita Hester an ancestor (other than the cops who took an hour to get her to the hospital, despite her back door being open) and thus made November a good month for trans horror.  A small group of Rita’s friends organized a vigil to remember her, to yell her name and her pronouns loud enough that hopefully the name the news used to kill her…

Veterans in Horror: Interview with Verona Jones

V.L. Jones is a paranormal enthusiast and a horror writer. She grew up in a haunted house in Washington state, which fueled her passion for the supernatural and monsters. Verona now lives in Casa Grande, Arizona, which she uses as her home base to explore haunted sites with a history. Verona enlisted in the Navy out of high school, and her first duty station was in the highlands of Scotland. Talk about hitting paydirt. Scotland and England abound with urban legends and ghostly hauntings. Fascinated by the history of these places, she often writes about her spooky findings. Her explorations…

Stephanie Ellis reads from POETRY SHOWCASE IX

Stephanie Ellis joins us today with a reading of her poem, "Revenant - The Ministrations of Lilith (an extract)" from Poetry Showcase IX. If you haven't purchased your copy yet, it's just one click away. Better yet, collect the whole series! Reviews and shares are always welcome. https://youtu.be/XUfERhOym6E Stephanie Ellis writes dark speculative prose and poetry and has been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies. Her longer work includes the novel, The Five Turns of the Wheel and the novellas, Bottled and Paused. Her novels, Reborn and The Woodcutter, are due for release via Brigids Gate Press in…

Veterans in Horror: Interview with LP Hernandez

LP Hernandez is an author of horror and speculative fiction. His stories have been featured in anthologies from Dark Matter Magazine, Cemetery Gates Media, and Sinister Smile Press among others. He is a regular contributor to The NoSleep Podcast and has released two short story collections. His novella, Stargazers, was published under the My Dark Library banner with Cemetery Gates Media. When not writing, LP serves as a medical administrator in the U.S. Air Force. He is a husband, father, and a dedicated metalhead. You can find links to LP’s work at his website: www.lphernandez.com He is most active on…

Dan B. Fierce reads from POETRY SHOWCASE IX

Dan B. Fierce joins us today with a reading of his poem, "Strike A Match" from Poetry Showcase IX. If you haven't purchased your copy yet, it's just one click away. Better yet, collect the whole series! Reviews and shares are always welcome. https://youtu.be/sixYkBJlKiE Dan B. Fierce loves humor and horror alike, and many things in between. A long-time fan of authors like Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Edgar Alan Poe, he lets his darker side come out in the macabre “Revenge” demonstrates the tension caused by the corona virus with “Mistaken” and gives the reader a taste of dark…

Veterans in Horror: Interview with Bryn Grover

I grew up in an age when the Soviet Union and communism were generally conceived to be the enemy. "Bomb" drills were generally held as we ducked and hid under desks and learned to count 'flash to bang' times. Culturally, this was accented by B Movies of monsters resulting from 'atomic' problems and nuclear explosions. I grew to love those movies whether it was Gamera, Godzilla, & Mothra or giant Gila monsters, spiders, and other mutants. Combine that with a love of the work of such authors as H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Clark Ashton Smith, Lord Dunsany, T.E.D. Klein and…

Timothy P. Flynn reads from POETRY SHOWCASE IX

Timothy P. Flynn joins us today with a reading of his poem, "A Darker Dawn" from Poetry Showcase IX. If you haven't purchased your copy yet, it's just one click away. Better yet, collect the whole series! Reviews and shares are always welcome. https://youtu.be/FPa6lLDNOgo Timothy P. Flynn is a dark poet from Massachusetts. His previous poetry resides in Space and Time magazine, Anthocon’s book collections: Anthology Years 1-3, Wicked Tales, Wicked Creatures, Scifaikuest, haikuniverse, Haiku Journal and the HWA Poetry Showcase Vol 5 & Vol 6 His most recent work will appear in Wicked Sick in April 2023, and in…

Veterans of Horror: Interview with Owl Goingback

Owl Goingback has been writing professionally for over thirty years, and is the author of numerous novels, children’s book, screenplays, magazine articles, short stories, and comics. He is a recipient of the HWA Lifetime Achievement Award, and has won the Bram Stoker Award for novel and first novel. He is also a Nebula Award Nominee, and a Storytelling World Awards Honor Recipient. His books include Crota, Darker Than Night, Evil Whispers, Breed, Shaman Moon, Coyote Rage, Eagle Feathers, The Gift, and Tribal Screams. In addition to writing under his own name, he has ghostwritten for Hollywood celebrities. Tell us a…

Victoria Nations reads from POETRY SHOWCASE IX

Victoria Nations joins us today with a reading of her poem, "Reasons Why You Can’t Go Out to Play Alone" from Poetry Showcase IX. If you haven't purchased your copy yet, it's just one click away. Better yet, collect the whole series! Reviews and shares are always welcome. https://youtu.be/1gpE0n5GU6A Victoria Nations writes horror stories and poetry about creatures with emotional baggage. Her most recent work appears in IN SOMNIO: A Collection of Modern Gothic Horror, A Quaint and Curious Volume of Gothic Tales, the Magpie Messenger literary magazine, and the upcoming Mother: Tales of Love and Terror. Victoria is a…

The Seers’ Table November 2022

October 30, 2022 by HWAWeb 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 selection menu item “Our Blogs / Diverse Works.” Tish Booker recommends: A.P. Thayer is a master of the short form of writing. He is a queer Mexican-American writer out of Los Angeles who dabbles in different genres and is adept at all of them. Speculative fiction, magical realism, and outright horror are all genres attached to his writing and all can apply since he…

Veterans in Horror: Interview with Jonathan Gensler

Jonathan Gensler writes dark slipstream and speculative fiction inspired by his decades of wildly varied life experiences as a combat veteran and clean tech entrepreneur.  After growing up in a haunted house in WV and living in several corners of the world, he now resides in Nashville with his wife and three children. You can find him on Twitter @jgensler. He may have stopped writing long enough to get his website working at jonathangensler.com, but maybe not. Tell us a bit about your military service. Years? Branch? Specialty? I graduated from West Point in 2000 and served as an Army…

Veterans in Horror: Interview with Chance Fortune

Chance Fortune is an American Dark Fantasy and Horror author based out of Eugene, Oregon. Chance graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in writing and a minor in media communication. He is the author of "In the Web of the Spider Queen" now available on Amazon and KDP. Chance served ten years with the Minnesota Army National Guard and is a veteran of the global war on terror. Chance is currently querying agents for his second novel. Tell us a bit about your military service. Years? Branch? Specialty? I've spent the past ten years in the Army…

Naomi Simone Borwein reads from POETRY SHOWCASE XI

Naomi Simone Borwein joins us today with a reading of her poem, "The Koiy Factory" from Poetry Showcase IX. If you haven't purchased your copy yet, it's just one click away. Better yet, collect the whole series! Reviews and shares are always welcome. https://youtu.be/aDsnx-_wps4 Naomi Simone Borwein holds a PhD in English literature from the University of Newcastle. She is a research associate at Western University and teaches at the University of Windsor. Naomi has published numerous chapters and articles on elements of h/Horror in literature, film, and culture. Her poetry appears or is forthcoming across a spectrum of presses:…

Veterans in Horror: Interview with Solomon Forse

Solomon Forse is the founder of HOWL Society, the most active online horror book club on the web. He also plays guitar in the Lovecraftian metal band Crafteon and teaches high school English on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. Check out his latest fiction appearing in the Howls From Hell anthology, MYTHIC Issue 20, Boneyard Soup Magazine Vol. 1, Issue 4., and Into the Crypt of Rays: A Black Metal Horror Anthology. Follow him on Twitter @SolomonForse. Tell us a bit about your military service. Years? Branch? Specialty? I served as an infantryman for the US Army from 2007-2010. I was stationed in Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and completed one…

Sumiko Saulson Reads as a Showcase 7 Alumni

Sumiko Saulson joins us today with a reading of their poem, "Shades of Domesticity" as a Poetry Showcase Alumni. If you haven't purchased your copy yet of the newest Poetry Showcase, it's just one click away. Better yet, collect the whole series! Reviews and shares are always welcome. Sumiko Saulson is an award-winning author of Afrosurrealist and multicultural sci-fi and horror whose latest novel Happiness and Other Diseases is available on Mocha Memoirs Press. Winner of the HWA Scholarship from Hell (2016) BCC Voice "Reframing the Other" contest (2017), Mixy Award (2017), Afrosurrealist Writer Award (2018), HWA Diversity Grant (2020),…

Veterans in Horror: Interview with David Curfiss

David Curfiss is a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He served onboard the USS Kinkaid as a Gunners Mate before transferring to the Naval Special Warfare community as an armorer where he had the privilege to work with the elite Navy Seals and SWCC Operators. After eight years of honorable service, David transitioned to civilian life. Prior to his naval service, David had a passion for apocalyptic themed stories and adventures. He spent his youth living in fictional worlds, battling zombies, vampire nuns, hostile aliens from far-away planets, and other creatures of death. It was while he was in seventh…