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 GalacticTerrors 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.
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.
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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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AmyGrech’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.
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 GalacticTerrors 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.
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.
AmyGrech’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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
From Marc L. Abbott and Steven Van Patten, news on the release of the second book in the Raise Some Hell series, HELL AT BROOKLYN TEA: Marc Abbott and Steven Van Patten have done it again! And this time, they brought their fellow Beef, Wine & Shenanigans podcast mate (and sword and sorcery maven), Kirk Johnson, into hell with them. HELL AT BROOKLYN TEA, the sequel to the double African-American Literary Award winner, HELL AT THE WAY STATION, has finally been released. Taking place shortly after the events of the last book, Marc and Steven confront demons, make with the snark, and tell great side-stories in a literal barrage of versatility. But even with Kirk’s help, one of our heroes may very well find himself consumed by the very darkness the trio is fighting against…
In addition, both Abbott and Van Patten have stories featured in the new anthology, HELL’S MALL. [For more on HELL’S MALL and SVP, keep reading…]
Dan Bianchi announces that in its 18th year, his critically acclaimed Radiotheater has released eight audio collections of live performances from Radiotheater’s New York City stage adaptations, including: The Edgar Allan Poe Festival, Volumes 1 & 2; Lovecraft Festival, Volumes 1 & 2; The Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Playhouse; Fright Night!; Children Of The Night, and Ghosts Of Christmas Past. These collections feature hours of classic tales of terror, complete with great casts, original orchestral music, and award winning sound design. Just bring your imagination! “Phantasmic.” –The New York Times
Find all the available recordings at https://www.radiotheatrenyc.com!
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Oliver Baer read some poems for a New Year’s Day marathon reading and has become the subject of the song, “That Dude” by singer-songwriter Phoebe Kreutz, which appears on her new album, Leaky Canoe. “Shattered Mirror World,” a song based on one of Baer’s poems by the band Psych-O-Positive has made it to another Spotify playlist. Oliver Baer was also interviewed for the show, Books and Entertainment Tales From the Pages, on Blog Talk Radio. Baer’s poem, “#103,” and a piece of flash fiction, “Aulden’s Ancient Books,” appear in the new anthology, HELL’S MALL, edited by April Grey. [For more on HELL’S MALL, keep reading…]
Randee Dawn is delighted to have a new novelette, “Rough Beast, Slouching” featured in DIM SHORES PRESENTS VOLUME 2 anthology. The story is a mix of rock-and-roll and a particularly deadly hanger-on. The collection can be purchased at the link. For more, visit www.randeedawn.com.
FLASHES OF HOPE, which includes Amy’s story, “Perishables”, is available on Amazon. Proceeds from this charity anthology, curated by Theresa Derwin, will raise funds for food banks and people adversely affected by COVID-19 during lockdown.
HELL’S MALL, which contains Amy Grech’s poem, “Orange Julius”, is now available at Amazon and Smashwords. [For more on HELL’S MALL, keep reading…]
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April Grey is delighted to release the 7th anthology of the Hell’s series, HELL’S MALL, which features stories from more than a dozen excellent writers, including many members of HWA-NY: Marc L. Abbott, Oliver Baer, AJ Bartholomew, Alp Beck, Loretta H. Campbell, V Peter Collins, Teel James Glenn, Amy Grech, April Grey, Carol Gyzander, Rayne Hall, Pia Manning, Carole Ann Moleti, Nicolas C. Rossis, Phillip T. Stephens, Nikki Tait, Steven Van Patten and Jake TS Wryte. HELL’S MALL is available at Amazon and Smashwords.
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N.R. Lambert’s new story, “Charon Taxi & Limo Corp.” will be published in the forthcoming anthology, THE MODERN DEITY’S GUIDE TO SURVIVING HUMANITY. Preorder the Kickstarter edition today, or the trade paperback wherever books are sold. Earlier this year, Cast of Wonders selected Lambert’s story, “The Half-Life of a Broken Heart,” as a 2020 Staff Pick—listen at Cast of Wonders or on your preferred podcast app. Lambert is also delighted to be teaching a new slate of online workshops for young writers (ages 9-12) at The Center for Fiction, beginning April 2021.
HWA-NY is pleased to announce the appointment of Carol Gyzander to the role of Chapter Co-Coordinator, joining James Chambers in leading the New York Chapter. Since Carol joined the Horror Writers Association in 2017 she has gone above and beyond to help with organizing and running our readings, convention appearances, and many of the HWA-NY’s most celebrated reading series, including Women in Horror Month, Night Terrors, and the recently launched online reading series, Galactic Terrors. Our chapter wouldn’t be the same without her, and we’re excited for her to receive this well-deserved recognition.
When Galactic Terrors was in the planning stages, Carol took the lead in investigating the technical details of various streaming platforms to find the best fit for the chapter’s needs. She’s also responsible for pulling together much of the information required for each episode and even learned how to make video clips to introduce each reader, but reports she is quite relieved that Lou Rera has taken over this task and immensely improved it. Carol also co-hosts Galactic Terrors with James Chambers on the second Thursday of each month, streaming new episodes live via YouTube and Facebook.
Earlier in 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic made in-person chapter meetings impossible, Carol reacted swiftly, researching online meeting platforms for safety and accessibility before pivoting the group to an online venue. She also added a series of mid-month check-ins to ensure that HWA-NY members felt supported and connected during those first brutal months of lockdown.
Carol is also a gifted author and editor. Her stories appear in a dozen anthologies including Stories We Tell After Midnight from Crone Girls Press; Across the Universe: Tales of Alternate Beatles from Fantastic Books (amidst stories by Cat Rambo, Spider Robinson and David Gerrold); Cat Ladies of the Apocalypse from Camden Park Press; and The Devil’s Due: Nothing is Ever as it Seems from Valhalla Books (payment is due for deals you make!). She also has stories in Hell’s Highways: Terrifying Tales of Tormented Travels and Hell’s Mall: Sinister Shops, Cursed Items and Maddening Crowds from Lafcadia Press.
As editor and co-founder of Writerpunk Press, she’s edited four anthologies of punk stories inspired by classic tales including Merely This and Nothing More: Edgar Allan Poe Goes Punk and Hideous Progeny: Classic Horror Goes Punk. She and James Chambers are also co-editing the forthcoming charity anthology, Even in the Grave, which will raise funds for the HWA-NY Chapter to support events and help cover expenses for their reading series and other activities.
“The HWA community, and HWA-NY in particular, has been so friendly and welcoming,” Carol said. “I’m delighted to be able to help serve and promote such a supportive group, and to work with Jim who is a tireless resource and advocate for our Chapter and HWA overall. I’ve been particularly excited about the way our new online platforms help reach members who are a bit farther away in our chapter, and I look forward to seeing those continue in some way in the future.”
With deep appreciation for her many contributions to the New York chapter, as well as the larger horror writing community, please join us in congratulating Carol Gyzander and welcoming her in her new role as HWA-NY Chapter Co-Coordinator.
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 January’s Galactic Terrors, featuring Patrick Freivald, Kathleen Scheiner, Steven Van Patten, and Lee Murray on YouTube!
Our next GalacticTerrors reading will take place on Thursday, February 11, at 8 p.m. EST. featuring Meghan Arcuri, Nicole Givens Kurtz, N.R. Lambert, and Kaaron Warren! Click here for the link and to set a reminder.
Oliver Baer’s poem “#94” appeared in DM (Danse Macabre) du Jour on December 17th and his poem “#98” was chosen for the collection Goodreads Best Poems 2020. Baer’s poems also served as inspiration for the band, Lucky Witch and the Righteous Ghost, who based four of the five songs on their new EP, Dreams in the Witch House, on Baer’s work.
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Tune into Cursed Morsels to hear what Amy Grech has to say about horror, noir, Ray Bradbury, and the perils of technology! Then, check out Scare You To Sleep to experience a chilling rendition of Grech’s post-apocalyptic cannibalism story, “Fallout.” Finally, head over to Girl Meets Monster for an interview with Grech, as she chats about all things horror, and to read her flash fiction piece, “Midnight Munchies.”
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.
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 December’s Galactic Terrors, featuring Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Carol Gyzander, Rick Poldark, and Jeff Strand on YouTube.
James Chambers‘ story, “The Ever Green,” appears in Dark Regions Press’ new anthology, CHRISTMAS HORROR, Volume 3, alongside stories by Richard Chizmar, Lisa Morton, Norman Partridge, John Palisano, Jeff Strand, Simon Stranzas, Stephanie M. Wytovich, and many other wonderful authors.
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Teel James Glenn‘s new film, Stuporhero, is now available to watch on Amazon Prime!
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.
Our next GalacticTerrors reading will take place on Thursday, December 10, at 8 p.m. EST, featuring Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Carol Gyzander, Rick Poldark, and Jeff Strand! Click here for the link and to set a reminder.
Oliver Baer appeared in the trailer and premier episode of the new HBO show, How to with John Wilson. Baer’s poetry and music show, A Conclave of Baer, had its first virtual manifestation on Facebook, featuring performances by Lucky Witch & The Righteous Ghost, Kenny Young (of The Eggplants) and Jay Ackley. Baer notes that though only his voice can be heard, the performers other-dimensional sounds can be accessed through the links provided in the comments section on Facebook.
Robert Masterson‘s short story has been published in two parts in consecutive issues of The World of Myth webzine. Look under “Stories” in each issue to read this ghost story set during the Spanish conquest of Meso-America.
Van Patten was also nominated for another African-American Literary Award, and wrote another episode of YouTube’s Extra Credits, this one focused on the Harlem Renaissance. And he still found time to produce his weekly podcast, Beef, Wine & Shenanigans, with Marc Abbott and Kirk Johnson, and publish a how-to-grow medicinal marijuana book, written by master West Coast breeders Ray Munns and Jacob Pasino. Growth: The Basics Of Our Gardens debuted at #1 in Amazon’s New Releases the week of November 7th and has recently peaked in the #4 overall slot in the Amazon category of Urban Gardening. It’s safe to say the Laughing Black Vampire is branching out and making bloody lemonade out of the COVID lemons.
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.
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.
Our third GalacticTerrors reading will take place on Thursday, November 12, at 8 p.m. EST, featuring Randee Dawn, Chris Marrs, Lou Rera, and Craig DiLouie! Click here for the link and to set a reminder.
Songs based on Oliver Baer‘s poems are available on on bandcamp, thanks to local band, Psych-O-Positive. Listen to “Night Comes” and “Fire,” both performed live during Psych-O-Positive’s debut on Baer’s poetry and music show, A Conclave of Baer, as well as Psych-O-Positive’s new recording, “Shattered Mirror World,” also based on Baer’s poetry. For more music inspired by Baer’s work, check out the A Conclave of Baer page on bandcamp!
Teel James Glenn has signed a contract for The Skullmask Chronicles with Bold Venture Press for release in 2021. In October, Glenn also published two stories in the annual Sherlock Holmes Issue of Mystery Weekly Magazine, and his story, “Edge of Time,” appeared in Mystery Men & Women Vol. 6 from Airship27.
Galactic Terrors
Join us at 8 p.m. EDT on September 14 for the inaugural installment of Galactic Terrors, featuring live readings and Q&A with Marc Abbott, Teel James Glenn, Amy Grech, and Lisa Morton! Presented via YouTube by the Horror Writers Association New York Chapter, Galactic Terrors features live readings by authors of horror, dark fantasy, science fiction, and more. Following our specially scheduled premiere episode, Galactic Terrors will be broadcast monthly on the second Thursday of the month, starting on October 8, with episodes archived on YouTube for future viewing.
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“Page 11” is a song based on a poem in Oliver Baer‘s book of poetry and photographs, Baer Soul. It is on Jay Ackley’s new album Songs My Friends Wrote, Vol. 2, the cover of which also includes an artistic rendition of Baer. Baer, with his true face on, read his H. P. Lovecraft-inspired poems as part of his Facebook Live reading around Lovecraft’s birthday in August.
Before an emergency appendectomy interrupted his usual flow, NY chapter’s Steven Van Patten‘s short horror story, “Pink Lake,” landed in the Nightlight Podcast, curated by horror maven Tonia Thompson. Additionally, “The Retiree,” a SVP short about an elderly monster killer having one final go at it, will be included in Nicole Givens Kurtz’s much-anticipated anthology Slay: Stories Of The Vampire Noire, which releases on October 13th. And SVP’s latest animated piece, this one about the famous Harlem Hellfighters of World War I, is set to premier to Extra Credits‘ 2.42 million subscribers on YouTube on September 10th. (As for the appendectomy, we hear he is recovering just fine, but will happily accept red wine and dark chocolate as get well gifts.)
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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.
Ample Hills Rooftop Reading Series
Aug 17, 6:45 p.m. EDT
@ Ample Hills – Gowanus
Randee Dawn, Steven Van Patten, Rob Cameron, & Nicholas Kaufmann
Fantastic Fiction at KGB Aug 18, 7:00 p.m. EDT ONLINE (subscribe to the newsletter for more info: http://www.kgbfantasticfiction.org)
A.C. Wise & David Leo Rice
Fantastic Fiction at KGB Sept 15, 7:00 p.m. EDT ONLINE (subscribe to the newsletter for more info: http://www.kgbfantasticfiction.org)
Mari Ness & Ellen Klages
