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Member News: January 2023

Posted by hwanewyork on January 25, 2023
Posted in: Chapter News, New Releases. Tagged: Amy Grech, James Chambers. Leave a comment

Keep up with all the latest in HWA-NY member news by following us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook! Dates for upcoming events and chapter meetings are always available at a glance on our site sidebar.


Join the New York Chapter of the Horror Writers Association for our monthly reading series, Galactic Terrors! Presented via YouTube, each Galactic Terrors event will feature live readings by authors of horror, dark fantasy, science fiction, and more!

Galactic Terrors is broadcast on the second Thursday of every month at 8 p.m. Eastern. Watch all the previous episodes of Galactic Terrors on YouTube.

Subscribe to the Galactic Terrors newsletter!


MEMBER NEWS

James Chambers’ essay “The Living Dead–Us Versus Them“ was published in “The H Word” column in the January 2023 issue of Nightmare Magazine.
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Amy Grech serves up a condemnatory ride on the NYC subway, via her poem, “Silent Judgement,” in The Gorko Gazette.

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HWA-NY Members, submit your news and events using the following forms:

Member News (for new publications, interviews, awards, etc.)

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Deadline is 11:59 p.m. EST on the 7th of every month.

Member News: 2022 Roundup

Posted by hwanewyork on December 30, 2022
Posted in: Anthologies, Chapter News, Galactic Terrors, New Releases, Podcasts. Tagged: Abbott, Allan Burd, Alp Beck, Amy Grech, April Grey, Carol Gyzander, Caroline Flarity, CW Briar, Ef Deal, Gordon Linzner, James Chambers, JG Faherty, John P. Collins, Jonathan Lees, Lou Rera, Meghan Arcuri, Oliver Baer, Patrick Freivald, Randee Dawn, Rick Poldark, Robert Masterson, Robert Ottone, Ron Gabriel, Sam Rebelein, Steven Van Patten, Teel James Glenn, Trevor Firetog. Leave a comment

Even though our news section was on medical hiatus (along with its editor), our members were VERY busy in 2022! These are just some of the exciting updates from HWA-NY members this year. Keep up with all the latest in HWA-NY member news by following us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook! Dates for upcoming events and chapter meetings are always available at a glance on our site sidebar.

Congratulations to everyone at HWA-NY for another impressive year–see you in 2023!


Thank you for your continued patience while we perform the proper rituals to summon our news demon from its long, dark slumber…


Multiple HWA-NY chapter members were involved in the recent publication of the new anthology, Even in the Grave, which includes stories by Marc Abbott, Meghan Arcuri, Oliver Baer, Alp Beck, Allan Burd, John P. Collins, Randee Dawn, Trevor Firetog, Caroline Flarity, Patrick Freivald, Teel James Glenn, Amy Grech, April Grey, Jonathan Lees, Gordon Linzner, Robert Masterson, Robert Ottone, Rick Poldark, Lou Rera, and Steven Van Patten. The anthology was edited by HWA-NY co-coordinators Carol Gyzander and James Chambers.

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Jonathan Lees’ story “It Comes in Waves,” was published in the HWA’s latest official anthology, Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology.

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Ef Deal is honored to write the forward for Speculation Publications’ Incubate: A Horror Collection of Feminine Power, a horror anthology of women’s rage, released December 6 and available from Amazon.
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JG Faherty‘s next novel, Ragman, drops on January 10, 2023. This one will especially thrill members because it features an evil mummy bent on revenge and takes place right here in Manhattan!
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Amy Grech’s story, “Dead Eye”, inspired by Stephen King’s “Apt Pupil”, will appear in the Stephen King tribute anthology, Hush, Don’t Wake the Monster, dropping on March 2, 2023.
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Ellen Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen, published in December from Night Shade Books.
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Robert P. Ottone’s novella LAST HORROR HERO will be published by Dark Myth. It is expected to release in early 2023, in ebook format.
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Ef Deal’s short story “From the Bridge” was accepted to Brigid’s Gate for their Dangerous Waters collection. Her novel Esprit de Corpse, Book 1 of the Twins of Bellesfées series, launched at Philcon 2022.
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Robert P. Ottone’s novel, NOCTURNAL CREATURES is out, courtesy of Raven Tale! It tells the story of a family in upstate NY that comes into conflict with a group of hungry, desperate sasquatch. Rob has joined the writing staff of TROMA’s POULTRYGEIST video game!

Sam Rebelein had three new shorts publish this October. His story “7 p.m. Awards Ceremony, Followed by Girl Scout Auction at 8” is in Human Monsters, the new Dark Matter x Night Worms anthology. His weed horror piece “OG Killer Kush” is in Strange Weeds: A Charity Anthology. And look for his story “There is a Man in Edith’s Home” in The Fourth Corona Book of Horror Stories.
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Steven Van Patten shares that if you happened to attend the HWA New York Chapter Summer Dark Oasis Garden Readings on June 28th, 2019, you might remember that member SVP actually sang a country song as part of his “Dead Man Country” reading. Assisted by guitar player Lane Sparber, the song explains how Rusty C. Nail came to be auditioning on an American Idol-type show. Well, after some assistance from members Marc Abbott (directing) and Kirk Johnson behind the scenes and Alp Beck, Teel James Glenn, and Denise Tapscott playing the judges, Steven was able to bring Mr. Nail to life. Look for the film on iTunes, Spotify, and anywhere else you enjoy music.
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Amy Grech recently joined Dark Waters Podcast to discuss the ubiquity of New York City, paranormal encounters, and the wonders of horror poetry. She also shared a sneak preview of her story “Bruised and Battered Nevermore” from the newly released anthology Even in the Grave. Over at The First Two Pages she revealed the origin of her NYC ghost story. Roi Faineant Press has published her story, “Sunken Meadow,” set in a winter wonderland where Mother Nature exacts revenge on a meddlesome boy who causes a commotion on a snow day with dire consequences. Her poem, “Orange Julius,” inspired by the namesake booth at a local suburban mall on Long Island is up at The Five-Two.
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Jonathan Lees’ story “It Comes in Waves,” was published in the HWA’s latest official anthology, Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology.
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Robert P. Ottone guested on the Guilty Pleasures podcast discussing the underrated remake House of Wax. He also did an episode of the Syosset Library’s TURN THE PAGE podcast talking about his YA novel, The Triangle.
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 James Chambers and Carol Gyzander were interviewed by Randee Dawn for her recent article, “25 of the Greatest Ghost Movies of All Time,” published by Today.com.

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Ef Deal is pleased to announce her poem “Elsinboro: The Delaware, 1965,” a series of tableaux that inspired her love of horror, is included in the New Jersey Bards 2022 Anthology released on June 23, 2022. Pre-orders are available. Ef read her work at the anthology’s launch at the Hyatt Place in Mt. Laurel on June 24
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Teel James Glenn contributed a blog post, “Magick and Mayhem,” to HorrorTree.com.

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CW Briar is excited to announce the recent release of Sticks and Stones: Tales of Childhood Horror. This short story collection is about facing dangers in the early, vulnerable years of life. Published by Cemetery Gates Media, Sticks and Stones is available in ebook and paperback.
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Randee Dawn’s new novel, Tune in Tomorrow, was recently reviewed by Publisher’s Weekly, which said: “Dawn balances over-the-top drama and comedy with genuine intrigue to create a fun story with plenty of heart. Fans of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett will want to snatch this up.”
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Carol Gyzander’s story, “Freshest Catch” appears in the premiere issue of Weird House Magazine.
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JG Faherty is excited to announce that he has two short stories in new anthologies this spring: “Beautiful Monster” in Classic Monsters Unleashed (Crystal Lake Publishing) and “Death and Life in a Small Town” in Picnic in the Graveyard: An Anthology of Cemetery Horrors (Cemetery Gates Media).
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Amy Grech’s take on body horror, “Soft Box,” appears in the recently released, epic poetry collection, Under Her Skin, unleashed on Amazon, Indie Bound, and various ebook providers. The Twelfth Omnibus edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned features Amy Grech’s story, “EV 2000,” available on Kindle and also paperback. This story, previously published in Tales from the Canyons of the Damned, Issue 38 was just selected for inclusion in The Lunar Codex printed on nanofiche and sent up to the moon to be included in a time capsule as part of the Omnibus Edition.
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Robert P. Ottone’s young adult cosmic-horror novel The Triangle is available now courtesy of Raven Tale! His article “The Lingering Terror of Silent Hill” is featured in the debut issue of Weird House Magazine. And his  story, “In Which We Discover the 101st Acre,” appears in the recently-released anthology The Call of Poothulhu. Available now courtesy of April Moon Books!

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Oliver Baer has three poems in Punk Noir Magazine this month for their horror issue.
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Ron Gabriel‘s new horror novel, The Pawns, released on May 13, 2022. His second installment in The Bucharest Witches series picks up four years after The Banished, with witch and psychologist Travis Coman in a race with the Devil “literally” when his magic inadvertently exposes an abused boy to a demon.
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Amy Grech is a repeat offender at Punk Noir Magazine. Feast your eyes on “Torn Asunder.” Her bite-sized cannibalism story, “Hungry for More,” has been published by Microverses. Amy also recently appeared on HOUR OF THE WOLF to chat with Jim Freund about her writing, and read an except from her New York City ghost story, “Bruised and Battered Nevermore,” featured in the Even in the Grave anthology from eSpec Books!
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Robert P. Ottone signed a two-book deal to bring his “creature feature” project to life. More details to come! He is also a finalist for the Michael Knost Wings Award, courtesy of Imaginarium. The award honors up-and-coming writers of speculative and dark fiction. The award ceremony will be held July 9th in Louisville, KY.


Join the New York Chapter of the Horror Writers Association for our new monthly reading series, Galactic Terrors! Presented via YouTube, each Galactic Terrors event will feature live readings by authors of horror, dark fantasy, science fiction, and more!

Galactic Terrors is broadcast on the second Thursday of every month at 8 p.m. Eastern. Watch all the previous episodes of Galactic Terrors on YouTube

Subscribe to the Galactic Terrors newsletter!


HWA-NY Members, submit your news and events using the following forms:

Member News (for new publications, interviews, awards, etc.)

Member Events (for book launches, readings, signings, convention appearances, etc.)

Deadline is 11:59 p.m. EST on the 7th of every month.

Announcing Summer Dark 2022

Posted by hwanewyork on June 7, 2022
Posted in: Events, In-Person, Readings, Summer Dark. Tagged: literary events, NYC Events, outdoor events, Readings. Leave a comment

We’re excited to announce that HWA-NY’s popular outdoor reading series, SUMMER DARK, is back for 2022, marking our return to in-person events!

On select Friday nights in June and July, Summer Dark will feature authors of horror and dark fiction reading from their work at the Oasis Community Garden on West 52nd St., between 10th and 11th Avenues, from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.

UPCOMING 2022 DATES
July 15th
July 29th (rain date August 5th)

PAST DATES
June 10th (rain date June 17th)
June 24th (rain date July 1st)

Feel free to bring snacks. No tickets necessary.

Member News: January 2022

Posted by hwanewyork on January 21, 2022
Posted in: Chapter News, Events, New Releases, Podcasts, Readings. Tagged: Amy Grech, Oliver Baer, Robert P. Ottone. Leave a comment

Join the New York Chapter of the Horror Writers Association for our new monthly reading series, Galactic Terrors! Presented via YouTube, each Galactic Terrors event will feature live readings by authors of horror, dark fantasy, science fiction, and more!

Galactic Terrors is broadcast on the second Thursday of every month at 8 p.m. Eastern. Watch all the previous episodes of Galactic Terrors on YouTube.

Subscribe to the Galactic Terrors newsletter!

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Oliver Baer‘s poem, “105,” appears in the Winter 2021-22 issue of Poetrybay.

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Amy Grech’s gritty, NYC noir, “Blossom,” was included on B F Jones’s list of 21 Essential Punk Noir Stories and Poems. Grech chatted with Slay Away about women in horror and her upcoming projects and she was a recent guest on Strong Women Strange Worlds Presents Third Thursday Quick Reads!

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Robert P. Ottone‘s Spooky House Press is proud to announce the publication of Alexis Macaluso’s DEEPLY PERSONAL, a collection of illustrated personal ads that are disturbing, funny, bizarre and at-times touching. Ottone and Macaluso, along with fellow author Michael Jess Alexander, were guests on Paper Cuts Live! Catch the replay here! DEEPLY PERSONAL is available wherever fine (and shady) books are sold! Ottone’s story “For The Gods,” published in UNBURIED, won the Critters.org Critters Annual Readers’ Poll 2021 for Best Horror Story!

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HWA-NY Members, submit your news and events using the following forms:

Member News (for new publications, interviews, awards, etc.)

Member Events (for book launches, readings, signings, convention appearances, etc.)

Deadline is 11:59 p.m. EST on the 7th of every month.

Member News: Fall 2021

Posted by hwanewyork on November 28, 2021
Posted in: Anthologies, Chapter News, Events, Galactic Terrors, New Releases, Podcasts, Readings. Tagged: Amy Grech, Ellen Datlow, N.R. Lambert, Oliver Baer, Robert P. Ottone, Steven Van Patten. Leave a comment

Join the New York Chapter of the Horror Writers Association for our new monthly reading series, Galactic Terrors! Presented via YouTube, each Galactic Terrors event will feature live readings by authors of horror, dark fantasy, science fiction, and more!

Galactic Terrors is broadcast on the second Thursday of every month at 8 p.m. Eastern. Watch all the previous episodes of Galactic Terrors on YouTube.

Subscribe to the Galactic Terrors newsletter!

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The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen, edited by Ellen Datlow, is out from Night Shade. It includes 25 stories and novelettes.

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Oliver Baer has three poems in Octopi from the Sky, an anthology from Dumpster Fire Press; he also wrote an essay about Cthulhu Sex Magazine for Adam McGovern’s Project Objectionable on HiLoBrow.com. Baer’s story “A Match is Lit” as well as his poem “Fire, fire in my mind…” are part of a collaboration with Deena Warner on her Halloween card project.

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Amy Grech discussed how the horror genre has evolved for female authors over the past 20 years, the pros of cons, and share how Jack Ketchum has influenced her writing on Visited by Voices. Grech also participated in a recent group chat at Dark Between Pages with Deep Arya and Mona Kabbani, in which they discussed what inspires them and their writing process. She also appeared on Story Hour, with co-reader Rachel Unger, where Grech read an excerpt from her story, “Cold Comfort” from The One That Got Away Anthology.

Read Grech’s gritty, NYC subway story, “Getting Off”, is on Misery Tourism. Further ahead, Grech’s body horror poem, “Soft Box,” appears in the forthcoming anthology, Under Her Skin, which releases on April 5, 2022. Add it on Goodreads and preorder on IndieBound or through other ebook retailers.

Tune in online on December 5th, 2021 at 8PM EST, when Grech will be reading with Yasmin Angoe, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Glen Erik Hamilton, Eliza Nellums, and Ron Charles at the Noir at the Bar virtual event.

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N.R. Lambert‘s short story, “Shhhh. Shhhh. Shhhh.” is included in Pulse Publishing’s recently released anthology, 99 Tiny Terrors, edited by Jennifer Brozek.

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Robert P. Ottone wrote an article, “Frights For a Good Cause” for the HWA’s Halloween Haunts series! Check it out here!

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This past Halloween season, Steven Van Patten received quite a bit of internet shine. After guest hosting October’s Galactic Terrors in full vampire regalia, and The Only Podcast About Movies, SVP participated in “The Heist” A live roll playing adventure based in the Vampire: The Masquerade mythos. Over 208 people watched the event, which was sponsored by Extra Credit and World of Darkness, and aired via Twitch on October 20th. You can watch this retooling of Christian Brookwater as a Toreador vampire clan Baron, leading a team of misfits as they search for a book that is the key to stopping a vampire war in Seattle on Twitch.


HWA-NY Members, submit your news and events using the following forms:

Member News (for new publications, interviews, awards, etc.)

Member Events (for book launches, readings, signings, convention appearances, etc.)

Deadline is 11:59 p.m. EST on the 7th of every month.

Member News: August 2021

Posted by hwanewyork on August 31, 2021
Posted in: Anthologies, Chapter News, Events, Galactic Terrors, New Releases, Podcasts, Readings. Tagged: Amy Grech, Carol Gyzander, Elizabeth Crowens, Ellen Datlow, James Chambers, Meghan Arcuri, N.R. Lambert, Oliver Baer, Robert P. Ottone. Leave a comment

Join the New York Chapter of the Horror Writers Association for our new monthly reading series, Galactic Terrors! Presented via YouTube, each Galactic Terrors event will feature live readings by authors of horror, dark fantasy, science fiction, and more!

Galactic Terrors will be broadcast monthly on the second Thursday of the month, 8 p.m. EST and episodes will be archived on YouTube for future viewing.

Watch August’s Galactic Terrors, featuring Elizabeth Crowens, Randee Dawn, Trevor Firetog, and Cynthia Pelayo on YouTube.

Our next Galactic Terrors reading will take place on Thursday, September 9th, at 8 p.m. EDT featuring Carol Gyzander, John Edward Lawson, and Sarah Read–with guest-host, Meghan Arcuri! Click here to watch and to set a reminder.

Subscribe to the Galactic Terrors newsletter!

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Meghan Arcuri, James Chambers, and Carol Gyzander were featured guests on a recent episode of H. P. Lovecast Podcast to discuss the new Hippocampus Press anthology, Under Twin Suns.

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Oliver Baer has a poem, “102,” in Paper Teller Diorama, the new collection of poetry and short fiction by great weather for MEDIA.

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Elizabeth Crowens received a grant from the City Artists Corps, under the wing of the New York Foundation of the Arts, to produce a photo-illustrated anthology, New York: Give Me Your Best or Your Worst, inspired on her popular Facebook Caption Contests. Launch date: October 25, 2021.

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To celebrate the publication of the new collection, When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson, editor Ellen Datlow will host an online reading and Q&A on September 21st, at 7:00 p.m. EDT, featuring eight of the anthology’s contributors: Laird Barron, Gemma Files, Elizabeth Hand, Stephen Graham Jones, Cassandra Khaw, John Langan, Josh Malerman, and Seanan McGuire. Watch live on YouTube!

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Amy Grech recently chatted with Steve Talks Books & Stuff about anthologies, dark poetry, the Horror Writers Association, Jack Ketchum, and working with Kandisha Press.

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N.R. Lambert is excited to be teaching two teen writing workshops this fall:
Writing Horror, Weird, & Dark Fantasy Short Fiction (ages 12-19), online, through the Central Coast Writers Conference on September 25th at 10:00 a.m. PDT.
Scream Scenes (ages 12+), in person (in the garden), at Sayville Library, in Sayville, NY on October 1st at 7:00 p.m. EDT.
Lambert’s latest story “Charon Taxi & Limo Corp.,” is included in The Modern Deity’s Guide to Surviving Humanity, out now from Zombies Need Brains.

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Robert P. Ottone did an interview with The Write Start, talking about writing, platform, and more! He also appeared alongside Todd Keisling, John Langan, Laurel Hightower, and Edward Lorn on a recent episode of Nichi Arcane’s Dark Between Pages YouTube show! Check out the replay here!
(Note: Dark Between Pages includes a photo sensitivity warning with this video, for use of a strobe light.)

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HWA-NY Members, submit your news and events using the following forms:

Member News (for new publications, interviews, awards, etc.)

Member Events (for book launches, readings, signings, convention appearances, etc.)

Deadline is 11:59 p.m. EST on the 7th of every month.

Member News: July 2021

Posted by hwanewyork on July 21, 2021
Posted in: Anthologies, Chapter News, Galactic Terrors, New Releases, Podcasts, Readings. Tagged: Amy Grech, Carol Gyzander, Lara Frater, Lou Rera, N.R. Lambert, Oliver Baer, Rick Poldark, Robert P. Ottone. Leave a comment

Join the New York Chapter of the Horror Writers Association for our new monthly reading series, Galactic Terrors! Presented via YouTube, each Galactic Terrors event will feature live readings by authors of horror, dark fantasy, science fiction, and more!

Galactic Terrors will be broadcast monthly on the second Thursday of the month, 8 p.m. EST and episodes will be archived on YouTube for future viewing.

Watch July’s Galactic Terrors, featuring Sara Tantlinger, Rick Poldark, Lara Frater, and Lou Rera on YouTube.

Our next Galactic Terrors reading will take place on Thursday, August 12, at 8 p.m. EDT featuring Elizabeth Crowens, Randee Dawn, Trevor Firetog, and Cynthia Pelayo! Click here to watch and to set a reminder.

Subscribe to the Galactic Terrors newsletter!

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Join several members of HWA-NY at Author Mayhem, presented via Zoom, by the Syosset Public Library on August 12th at 7:30 PM EST. Kristina C. Grifant, Amy Grech, Curtis M. Lawson, Robert P. Ottone, Becky Spratford, and Alisa Stern will face off and chat about their projects while playing Blather Round, which tasks players to describe a pop-culture phenomenon without directly naming it. For more info and the Zoom link, visit the event page.

Author Mayhem!

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Oliver Baer‘s video interpretation of Robert Galinsky’s “Five Fights” was part of a Franklin Furnace event celebrating the poem. His name is used in the play “Scarcity of Illness” by Rachel Leighson, which was part of The Skeleton Rep(resents) Spring Salon Series, and as part of Kurt Komoda’s artwork story on the edges of the cookbook, NecroNomNomNom by Mike Slater.

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Amy Grech’s story “.38 Special,” wherein Russian roulette and allergies coalesce with dire consequences, will be featured in Gorefest, available for preorder now. In Behind The Keyboard with R.F. Blackstone, Grech discusses life in NYC and all things horror, including the different approaches to writing short stories versus novellas. On a recent episode of the Burial Plot Podcast, Grech revealed her secrets for staying so prolific and read an excerpt from her story, “Cold Comfort”, which appears in recently published anthology, The One That Got Away.

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N.R. Lambert‘s new story “Charon Taxi & Limo Corp.,” about a New York City cabbie who transports lost souls, is included in The Modern Deity’s Guide to Surviving Humanity, out now from Zombies Need Brains.

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Robert P. Ottone recently released The Girl in the Floor, a five-part novelette, on the Kindle Vella storytelling platform!

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HWA-NY Members, submit your news and events using the following forms:

Member News (for new publications, interviews, awards, etc.)

Member Events (for book launches, readings, signings, convention appearances, etc.)

Deadline is 11:59 p.m. EST on the 7th of every month.

Member News: June 2021

Posted by hwanewyork on July 6, 2021
Posted in: Anthologies, Chapter News, Galactic Terrors, New Releases, Podcasts, Readings. Tagged: Amy Grech, April Grey, Carol Gyzander, J.G. Faherty, James Chambers, Kathleen Scheiner, Linda D. Addison, Marc Abbott, Meghan Arcuri, N.R. Lambert, Oliver Baer, Patrick Freivald, Robert P. Ottone, Steven Van Patten. Leave a comment

Join the New York Chapter of the Horror Writers Association for our new monthly reading series, Galactic Terrors! Presented via YouTube, each Galactic Terrors event will feature live readings by authors of horror, dark fantasy, science fiction, and more!

Galactic Terrors will be broadcast monthly on the second Thursday of the month, 8 p.m. EST and episodes will be archived on YouTube for future viewing.

Watch June’s Galactic Terrors, featuring Marc L. Abbott, April Grey, Robert Ottone, and Michelle Renee Lane on YouTube.

Our next Galactic Terrors reading will take place on Thursday, July 8, at 8 p.m. EDT featuring Sara Tantlinger, Rick Poldark, Lara Frater, and Lou Rera! Click here for the link and to set a reminder.

Subscribe to the Galactic Terrors newsletter!

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Several members of HWA-NY have stories in the new anthology, Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign, edited by James Chambers, to be published by Hippocampus Press.

Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign is available now and features stories by Marc Abbott, Linda D. Addison, Meghan Arcuri, Greg Chapman, J.G. Faherty, Trevor Firetog, Patrick Freivald, Carol Gyzander, Todd Keisling, John Langan, Curtis Lawson, Adrian Ludens, Lisa Morton, Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Sarah Read,  Kathleen Scheiner, Ann K. Schwader, Darrell Schweitzer, J. Daniel Stone, Steven Van Patten, Tim Waggoner, and Kaaron Warren.

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Oliver Baer introduced a recent episode of the H.P. Lovecast Podcast, which included an interview with fellow HWA-NY member, Amy Grech. He also appeared on the Arm Cast Podcast to discuss the 90s zine scene. Baer’s poems “62. Phantom shapes of change” and “79. An empty room” were published in Punk Noir Magazine. The story Baer read on a recent episode of Galactic Terrors, “Family Fugue”, is available on Audible as part of Goodreads Short Stories 2019.

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Amy Grech’s crime fiction flash, “Blossom”, set in the dank underbelly of New York City, is up at Punk Noir Magazine. Grech also read at June’s Punk Noir at the Bar, available to watch on Crowdcast. On a recent episode of the H. P. Lovecast Podcast, Grech revealed the inspiration behind her story “Cold Comfort”, which appears in recently published anthology, The One That Got Away.

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N.R. Lambert‘s new story, “A Nightmare Stay, I Wish I Could Give This Negative Stars” appears in the latest issue of Vastarien (Volume 4, Issue 1), available now at grimscribepress.com in print and pay-what-you-can digital editions. Registration is closing soon for Lambert’s “Supernatural Summer” online writing workshop for kids (ages 9-12), to be held July 12-15th through The Center For Fiction!

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Robert P. Ottone’s story “For the Gods” is featured in Dark Ink’s new anthology, Unburied: A Collection of Queer Dark Fiction; and his story “A Mourning in Sleepy Hollow” will appear in Red Cape Publishing’s J is For Jack-O’-Lantern anthology, due for release just in time for the Halloween season!

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HWA-NY Members, submit your news and events using the following forms:

Member News (for new publications, interviews, awards, etc.)

Member Events (for book launches, readings, signings, convention appearances, etc.)

Deadline is 11:59 p.m. EST on the 7th of every month.

Member News: April + May 2021

Posted by hwanewyork on May 20, 2021
Posted in: Anthologies, Chapter News, Galactic Terrors, New Releases, Podcasts, Readings. Tagged: Amy Grech, April Grey, Carol Gyzander, J.G. Faherty, James Chambers, Kathleen Scheiner, Linda D. Addison, Marc Abbott, Meghan Arcuri, N.R. Lambert, Patrick Freivald, Robert P. Ottone, Steven Van Patten. Leave a comment

Join the New York Chapter of the Horror Writers Association for our new monthly reading series, Galactic Terrors! Presented via YouTube, each Galactic Terrors event will feature live readings by authors of horror, dark fantasy, science fiction, and more!

Galactic Terrors will be broadcast monthly on the second Thursday of the month, 8 p.m. EST and episodes will be archived on YouTube for future viewing.

Watch May’s Galactic Terrors, featuring Oliver Baer, C.W. Briar, Loretta Campbell, and Hildy Silverman on YouTube.

Our next Galactic Terrors reading will take place on Thursday, May 10, at 8 p.m. EST. Full line-up coming soon! Click here for the link and to set a reminder.

Subscribe to the Galactic Terrors newsletter!

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Several members of HWA-NY will have stories in the forthcoming anthology, Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign, edited by James Chambers, to be published by Hippocampus Press.

Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign is available now for preorder and features stories by Marc Abbott, Linda D. Addison, Meghan Arcuri, Greg Chapman, J.G. Faherty, Trevor Firetog, Patrick Freivald, Carol Gyzander, Todd Keisling, John Langan, Curtis Lawson, Adrian Ludens, Lisa Morton, Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Sarah Read,  Kathleen Scheiner,  Ann K. Schwader, Darrell Schweitzer, J. Daniel Stone, Steven Van Patten, Tim Waggoner, and Kaaron Warren.

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Tune into The Night’s End Podcast, to experience Amy Grech’s ghost story “Rampart”.

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April Grey recently read with K.G. Anderson for Story Hour, the livestream speculative reading series hosted by Daniel Marcus and Laura Blackwell. Check out April’s reading and all of the Story Hour archives!

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Registration is open for N.R. Lambert‘s “Supernatural Summer” online writing workshop for kids (ages 9-12), to be held July 12-15th through The Center For Fiction!

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Robert P. Ottone’s story “For the Gods” is featured in Dark Ink’s Unburied: A Collection of Queer Dark Fiction, releasing June 1st, 2021!

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On Thursday, June 3rd, Summer Scares presents A New York State of Fright online reading in conjunction with Syosset Library, featuring readings from several HWA-NY authors featured in the anthology.

 


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Galactic Terrors x HELIOsphere: Friday, April 9th

Posted by hwanewyork on April 8, 2021
Posted in: Events, Galactic Terrors, Readings. Tagged: Amy Grech, Randee Dawn, Teel James Glenn. Leave a comment

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For April’s installment of Galactic Terrors, HWA-NY is doing a special collaboration with scf-fi and fantasy conventions, HELIOsphere and FilKONtario! Join us online at 8 P.M. EDT for a fantastic program featuring readings from Ryan Aussie Smith, Randee Dawn, Teel James Glenn, and Amy Grech! After the reading, our guests will join up for a group Q&A, where viewers are encouraged to chat and ask questions!

Watch live on the Galactic Terrors YouTube channel at 8 P.M. Friday, April 9th 2021!

Click here to learn more about HELIOsphere and FilKONtario’s 2021 joint programming.

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