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Dark Poetry Scholarship Rules

• November 18, 2014
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Rules – The Dark Poetry Scholarship. Authority – the Dark Poetry Scholarship is established by the authority of the Horror Writers Association Board. Only Horror Writers Association (HWA) members in… Read more

Dark Poetry Scholarship

• November 16, 2014
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The Horror Writers Association is proud to announce The Dark Poetry Scholarship to supplement its Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Horror Writers Association Scholarships. The first Dark Poetry Scholarship was be… Read more

Horror Writers Association Says “Thanks for the Nightmares”

• November 10, 2014
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the premier organization of writers and publishers of horror and dark fantasy and home of the iconic Bram Stoker Awards®, today announced the next theme,… Read more

A Note from Rocky!

• November 9, 2014
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Hello and good news! HWA paid membership hit 1297 (a record) as of October 31! Members come from 27 countries including Norway and the Philippines (new this month). Five and… Read more

HWA now on Pinterest!

• November 9, 2014
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The HWA has established an exciting new vibrant presence on Pinterest (http://www.pinterest.com/horrorwriters/) with initial ‘boards’ for Halloween, the Bram Stoker Awards® and Horror Selfies, with more to come. We thank… Read more

New Horror Anthology for Teens from HWA

• November 6, 2014
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It’s scary out there. Especially if you’re a teen. It’s a frightening world, and we live in troubling times. Globally, locally, even in the safety of our own bedrooms. It’s… Read more

Halloween Haunts: The Masque of the Red Horde by Gene O’Neill

• October 31, 2014
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Dim light spilling through a red-stained Gothic window cast a ghastly pall over a heavily shadowed long hall. At the center of the room, bathed in the bloody illumination, a… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Halloween Night by Keith Deininger

• October 31, 2014
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I grew up in a relatively safe neighborhood in Colorado Springs, which was why, when I went trick-or-treating in fourth grade, I was allowed to go with a small group… Read more

Halloween Haunts: The Phases of Halloween by Peter Adam Salomon

• October 30, 2014
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‘Baby’s First Halloween’ This entails adorable costumes, miniaturized, and usually pumpkin shaped. While there’s no need for candy, there’s an intense desire on the part of parents to show their… Read more

Halloween Haunts: I’m Old Now and Halloween was Better Once… Really by John F.D. Taff

• October 29, 2014
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Ok, you know, it’s true what they say about growing old. Yes, about the aches and pains.  OK, yes, about the fossilfication of your music choices.  And, sigh, yes, also… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Tamlane and Alison Gross: Halloween Ballads by Lisa Morton

• October 28, 2014
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Although magazines and books like to tell us that Halloween is an ancient festival with pagan roots, the truth is the holiday as we know it is really only a… Read more

In November: “Michelle Scalise and The Manufacturer of Sorrow”

• October 28, 2014
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☢ Michelle Scalise’s poetry has appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines. She was nominated for the 2010 Spectrum Award which honors outstanding works of fantasy and horror that include positive… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Halloween in Rockhampton by Greg Chapman

• October 27, 2014
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Halloween is spreading like the branches of an ancient bay tree across my hometown of Rockhampton, Australia. Last year was the first time I decided to put up a Halloween… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Trick-or-Treating of the Dead, A True Account by T. Fox Dunham

• October 26, 2014
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Few of you know that I am a real zombie. It’s true. I hide it. Now, I don’t eat brains or human flesh though. I generally dress well, though my… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Halloween – Derivations and Diversions by David Sakmyster

• October 26, 2014
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I have fond memories of my formative years playing Dungeons and Dragons and romping through some spooky forest only to come across that dreaded Will-o’-the-wisp—whatever that was. The Dungeon Master… Read more

Halloween Haunts: It Takes A Writer: The Legacy of CJ Henderson by Patrick Thomas

• October 25, 2014
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Halloween is a holiday steeped in tradition. The HWA is an organization with many traditions of its own. Arguably one of the most important is that writers should help other… Read more

Halloween Haunts: The Betamax Horror by Tom Calen

• October 25, 2014
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I got my first real taste of fear when I was four or five years old. It was the early 1980s in Brooklyn, New York, and the night, quite fittingly,… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Homemade Halloween By Doug Murano

• October 24, 2014
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I always feel a mix of giddy excitement and sadness when grocery stores and department stores switch over their wares for the Halloween season. Rows of rubbery fright masks. Aisles… Read more

Halloween Haunts: Blood and Coffee by Alp Beck

• October 23, 2014
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The dimness of the cave made it hard for the old man to see the thing’s details.  The small gelatinous mass was of indeterminate color and shape.  He squinted and… Read more

Halloween Haunts: What Your Costume Choices Say About You by Jennifer Brinkmeyer

• October 22, 2014
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I don’t know how many adults have a costume chest, but I have two. When spring cleaning rolls around, no clothes leave my house that have the potential to make… Read more