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“Who Says They Can Ban Halloween? By David B. Riley

• October 10, 2017
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They say you never really believe in ghosts until you’ve encountered one. Two Halloweens ago I was working in Vail, Colorado at a hotel. I worked graveyard shift. October tended… Read more

“The Time Halloween Almost Didn’t Come” By Charie D. La Marr

• October 9, 2017
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As news of Hurricane Sandy grew in the days leading up to Halloween, 2012, those of us who love Halloween were torn. More and more, it seemed like New York… Read more

“Horror for Tweens” By Kristina Stancil

• October 8, 2017
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Traditional or normal are words that I would not use in descriptions of my family.  Examples of when we are not normal include a certain family member who will watch… Read more

“How to Make Witch Books” By Annie Neugebauer

• October 7, 2017
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  Halloween is the best season for crafts! It’s also the best season for horror. AND the best season for books. So what better than making your own spooky book… Read more

“One Cool Way to Get Yourself Out There” By Tom Leveen

• October 6, 2017
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“The day Joe Pipkin was born all the Orange Crush and Nehi soda bottles in the world fizzed over…”~ Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree This is one of those sentences… Read more

“Kids Can be Monsters” By Dave Jeffery

• October 5, 2017
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Kids can be monsters. It’s an adage we hear all too often, the cry of desperate, sleep-deprived parents run ragged by their ‘little darlings’.  As observers, we tend to sit… Read more

“This Small Window of Acceptance” By Joseph VanBuren

• October 4, 2017
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The Halloween season is the time of the year when the rest of the world accepts us. I mean that in two different ways. Growing up, my mom was not… Read more

“A Little Halloween Chat” By Lisa Morton and Ellen Datlow

• October 3, 2017
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HWA’s next anthology, the Halloween-themed Haunted Nights, debuts on October 3rd. Including sixteen brand new stories about every horror writer’s favorite holiday, the anthology – published by Anchor Books and… Read more

BAD GIRLS, BAD GIRLS, WHAT YOU GONNA DO?

• October 2, 2017
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An Intimate interview with Marge Simon, Mary Turzillo and Weasel Press about their new book Satan’s Sweethearts. by David E. Cowen. Author of The Madness of Empty Spaces (Weasel Press… Read more

“The Hearse” By Robert Stava

• October 2, 2017
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Halloween, of course, evokes all sorts of childhood memories, including – in my case – my very first haunted house at the age of six, which was in an abandoned… Read more

“Welcome to Halloween Haunts 2017” By Michele Brittany

• October 1, 2017
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The leaves are beginning to turn golden oranges, yellows, and reds, and there is a subtle change to cooler weather as I write, sitting here in Southern California. Appearing in… Read more

HWA’s HAUNTED NIGHTS released October 3rd!

• September 12, 2017
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ABOUT HAUNTED NIGHTS Sixteen never-before-published chilling tales that explore every aspect of our darkest holiday, Halloween, co-edited by Ellen Datlow, one of the most successful and respected genre editors, and… Read more

The Seers’ Table – September 2017

• September 2, 2017
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Linda Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community September is Self-Improvement Month, why not add new creative work to your life by exploring the following authors! Janet Holden recommends:… Read more

An Interview with Poet/Author Peter Adam Salomon

• September 1, 2017
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An Interview with Poet/Author Peter Adam Salomon by David E. Cowen, Author of The Madness of Empty Rooms and The Seven Yards of Sorrow By the graces of the HWA… Read more

Halloween Pumpkin Recipe Contest!

• August 17, 2017
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The Seers Table August 2017

• August 11, 2017
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The Seers Table

Janet Holden, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community We’re heading for the dog days of summer! Time to relax with a good book. Here are our… Read more

An Interview with Angela Yuriko Smith

• July 30, 2017
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A former news journalist, Angela Yuriko Smith retired to write fiction. Her prose and poetry have been widely published in both print and online publications. She has nearly 20 books… Read more

The Seers’ Table July 2017

• July 1, 2017
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The Seers Table!

Linda Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community July is National Anti-Boredom month. How better to add excitement than to check out work by the following… Read more

HWA Mentors

• June 25, 2017
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A Letter about the HWA Mentor Program Starting out as a writer can be difficult. You may feel that you’re alone, that no one understands the issues you are going… Read more

2017 HWA Poetry Showcase Featured Poems

• June 24, 2017
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The Horror Writers Association is pleased to present the three featured poems from the 2017 HWA Poetry Showcase. After four years, the HWA Poetry Showcase has become a vibrant, global… Read more