Member News: February 2020

Here’s the latest from HWA-NY members…

Oliver Baer and The Skeleton Rep invite one and all to celebrate the release of Baer’s new book, Letters to the Editor of Cthulhu Sex Magazine, on February 25, 2020 at Otto’s Shrunken Head! From Baer’s invitation for this book launch event:

Letters to the Editor of Cthulhu Sex Magazine (Macabre Ink) is a Lovecraftian tale about the sacrifices needed to create and maintain a cult following. You can try to stave off the madness by buying drinks (we recommend at least one). There will also be books to buy, a performance of excerpts and possibly a visit from Cthulhu itself. Step up, go through the curtain into the back and join the cult.

RSVP and share on Facebook!

Additionally, Baer’s poem “Untitled #x” was recently published in the February 2020 issue of The Brooklyn Rail. Also, after accepting Baer’s story “To Chael” for Hell’s Highway: Terrifying Tales of Tormented Travels, editor April Grey picked his brain as to how the shoggoths have guided his writing. Read the full interview here!

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Check out Amy Grech‘s new essay celebrating Women in Horror Month, “Watch Out for the Quiet Ones,” on Horror Tree.

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N.R. Lambert‘s new story, “Do Not Write to Wrong,” will be included in Atthis Arts’ forthcoming anthology, Community of Magic Pens, available for preorder now.

 

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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: January 2020

Happy 2020! Here’s the latest from HWA-NY members…

Oliver Baer‘s story “Family Fugue” was published in the anthology, Goodreads: Best Short Stories 2019. Baer notes, “It’s a dark, sexy cyberpunk story with a different sort of tentacle. It can be read in the 21st century manner by getting the book on Amazon.”

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Amy Grech is the featured author on the latest edition of Monique Snyman’s new author interview series, Wrong Answers Only. Read the full interview here!

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N.R. Lambert‘s story, “The Words I Starved For,” recently published in Fireside Quarterly’s Winter 2020 issue. There’s still time to subscribe and get your copy of the print edition! (Also available in ebook format!)

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Coming in February…Save the Date!

HWA-NY Presents: Women in Horror Month Reading
February 11, 2020 • 7:00 p.m. • KGB Bar
In celebration of Women in Horror Month, join us for an evening of great horror readings from some of the HWA-NY chapter’s fantastic women writers.
Additional details coming soon!

*Free admission, two drink minimum (including soda). No tickets necessary, but feel free to RSVP and share on Facebook.

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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: November + December 2019

The latest from HWA-NY members…

Oliver Baer‘s new book, Letters to the Editor of Cthulhu Sex Magazine, was released by Crossroad Press at the beginning of October. Baer notes it is available on Amazon and all those other places that one buys books in this virtual realm.

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James Chambers has several new books out (or forthcoming), including
On the Night Border from Raw Dog Screaming Press (September 2019), which Booklist called, “…a haunting exploration of the space where the real world and nightmares collide.”

Also, don’t miss Chambers’s Corpse Fauna series, published by eSpec Books, beginning with The Dead Bear Witness (Corpse Fauna, Volume 1), available now, and Tears of Blood (Corpse Fauna, Volume 2), which will release on January 2, 2020.

“James Chambers breathes new life into the zombie genre with the riveting THE DEAD BEAR WITNESS! Weird, heartbreaking, funny, and exciting! Two decaying thumbs up!” – Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Patient Zero and Rot & Ruin

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Randee Dawn and Michael A. Ventrella are the co-editors of Across the Universe, a new speculative fiction anthology published by Fantastic Books in early December 2019. The book tells SF/F and horror stories that ask the question, “What if The Beatles had been …?” and features 25 stories from authors including Jody Lynn Nye, Spider Robinson, Cat Rambo, Pat Cadigan, David Gerrold, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Gregory Frost, Carol Gyzander, and Gregory Benford, and features an introduction by Nancy Holder.

Early reviews have been fab, with The Bangles guitarist Vicki Peterson calling it, “A Magical Mystery Tour through alternate universes where the familiar narrative of The Beatles is turned on its head. Or ear. Or ass. It’s funny, irreverent, sexy, and twisted – just like the Fab Four!”

Learn more at RandeeDawn.com.

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Amy Grech‘s short story, “Winter Wonderland,” will appear in the forthcoming anthology, Hell’s Highway, from Lafcadio Press.

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Lafcadio Press is proud to release its sixth Hell’s anthology, Hell’s Highway: Terrifying Tales of Tormented Travel edited by April Grey. Would you stop for a hitchhiking clown? Go to a diner where the coffee is literally endless? Sled with Mother Nature? Then you’re in for a wild ride with these sixteen terrifying tales of travel from: Oliver Baer, AJ Bartholomew, Edward P. Cardillo, Mark Cassell, V Peter Collins, Tom Connair, Teel James Glenn, Amy Grech, Carol Gyzander, Rayne Hall, Joe R. Kennedy, Phillip T. Stephens, Pamela Turner, Steven Van Patten, and Jake T.S. Wryte.

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The first horror novel from award-winning author HP Newquist, Behemoth, has just been published by Bloodshot Books (November 2019). Newquist’s previous nonfiction books (This Will Kill You, Here There Be Monsters, The Book Of Blood) have explored the reality underlying the things that scare us.

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

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

 

 

 

 

Member News: October 2019

The latest from HWA-NY members…

Randee Dawn is delighted to announce that her new story, “Cat Person,” will be included in the forthcoming Horror for the Throne: One-Sitting Reads, edited by Tom Easton and Judith K. Dial. Randee will also be appearing at Philcon in November, and Arisia in January 2020.

Teel James Glenn’s Holmes pastiche, ”The Case of the Final Interview,” appears in the October 2019 Sherlock Holmes Double Issue of Mystery Weekly. Glenn also has several other exciting publications coming soon: “Pursuit of the Moor” will be in Issue #33 of Pulp Adventures Magazine; “Thumbin’ it,” has been accepted for the forthcoming anthology, Hell’s Highways, from Lafcadio Press; “Incident at the Gold Coast Bridge” will appear in the Monster Party anthology from Deadman’s Tome Publishing; and “Dream Rebel” will be published in the Alban Lake Press anthology, Catacombs: Martyrs of Earth and Elsewhere.

Carol Gyzander is delighted to have a short story in Stories We Tell After Midnight from Crone Girls Press, released October 21, 2019. She has a second story, “Sucker,” coming in Hell’s Highways from Lafcadio Press, and a third, “Deal with the Devil,” in Across the Universe, an alternate universe “what if” Beatles anthology edited by Michael A. Ventrella & Randee Dawn, coming from Fantastic Books in December 2019.

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

HWANY Presents: NIGHT TERRORS at OTTO’s SHRUNKEN HEAD

Come out to Otto’s Shrunken Head for a night of horror readings with the New York Chapter of the Horror Writers Association!

On October 15, at 8 p.m., local horror authors will read chilling excerpts from their books! The event will include book signings, trivia questions, and book giveaways. There will also be a special presentation of a brand-new horror subscription game, The Haunted Box, with the game-makers giving demos to all who attend. Join us if you dare!

Location: 538 East 14th St., NYC 10009.

SET I
Carol Gyzander
Oliver Baer
Steven Van Patten

SET II
Meghan Arcuri
Laura K. Curtis
Teel James Glenn

 

Carol Gyzander. Photo by James Chambers.

CAROL GYZANDER writes and edits for Writerpunk Press, which creates anthologies of various genres of ’punk stories based upon classics. Her stories include a cyberpunk Macbeth, a clockpunk “The Raven” and a cyberpunk Lovecraft story inspired by “The Colour Out of Space.” Her latest short story sale is “Deal with the Devil” to Across the Universe, the alternate Beatles anthology edited by Michael Ventrella and Randee Dawn, coming out in December from Fantastic Books. Find her at CarolGyzander.com or follow her on Twitter @CarolGyzander

OLIVER BAER was the editor of Cthulhu Sex Magazine and Two Backed Books. His writings have been included in Cthulhu Sex Magazine, Dream People, Bare Bone, Infernal Ink Magazine, Horror Between the Sheets, Horror Writers Association Poetry Showcase Vol. II, Hell’s Bells: Wicked Tunes, Mad Musicians and Cursed Instruments, Hell’s Heart: 15 Tales of Love Run Amok, and Writing in Darkness. His book of poetry, Baer Soul came out in 2011. Recently, he has been appearing in other media such as film and radio. He is visible using the virtual spectrum of social media by following him on Twitter @obaer and/or Facebook.

STEVEN VAN PATTEN‘s Brookwater’s Curse trilogy features an 1860s Georgia plantation slave who becomes law enforcement within the vampire community. His Killer Genius series is about a hyper-intelligent black woman who uses high-end technology as a socially conscious serial killer. His short fiction includes contributions to horror anthologies like Hell’s Kitties and the Stoker Award nominated New York State of Fright. A collection of short horror and dark fiction stories entitled Hell At The Way Station, published by Laughing Black Vampire Productions and co-authored by acclaimed storyteller, Marc Abbott hit shelves in 2019. He has been nominated for four African-American Literary Awards. His website is www.laughingblackvampire.com.

MEGHAN ARCURI writes fiction. Her short stories can be found in various anthologies, including Chiral Mad (Written Backwards), Chiral Mad 3, and Madhouse (both from Dark Regions Press). She also has a story in the forthcoming Borderlands 7 (Borderlands Press). She is currently serving as the Vice President for the Horror Writers Association. She lives with her family in New York’s Hudson Valley. Please visit her at meghanarcuri.com, facebook.com/meg.arcuri, or on Twitter.

LAURA K. CURTIS gave up a life writing dry academic papers for writing decidedly less dry genre fiction. A member of RNA, MWA, ITW, and HWA, she has trouble settling into one lane. While she is best known as a writer of romantic suspense, she has also written contemporary romance novels and short crime fiction. A DARKER SHADE is her seventh novel, her first gothic and her first suitable for YA as well as adult audiences. Laura lives in Westchester, NY with her husband and a pack of wild Irish Terriers.

TEEL JAMES GLENN is the winner of the 2012 Pulp Ark ‘Best Author of the Year.’ Epic ebook award finalist. P&E winner ‘Best Thriller Novel’,”Best Steampunk Short”, Multiple finalist “Best Fantasy short stories,” Collection” Author of bestselling Exceptionals Series, The Maxi/Moxie Series, The Dr. Shadows Series, The Renfairies series and others. Visit him at Theurbanswashbuckler.com

Member News: September 2019

The latest from HWA-NY members…

Oliver Baer‘s poem, “87,” is included in the new anthology, Birds Fall Silent in the Mechanical Sea. Please join Baer, along with other anthology authors and publisher, Great Weather for MEDIA, at the book launch on September 25th at 61 Local in Brooklyn, NY. In August, Baer was featured in Tai Chi Club, a documentary about the Wu Tang Physical Culture Association, which was screened at the Big Apple Film Festival. He also read his poems for Improbable Confetti, an experimental and improvisational music show on Radio Free Brooklyn.

C.W. Briar, a new HWA-NY member, is proud to announce the recent release of the horror anthology, Other Tombs, Other Voices, which includes his story, “Can We Keep Him?” and features tales from Mercedes Yardley, Kealan Patrick Burke, Ania Ahlborn, Gemma Files, and more!

Elizabeth Crowens’ second book in the Time Traveler Professor series, The Time Traveler Professor, Book Two: A Pocketful of Lodestones, released in August, kicking off Crowens’ international book tour which hits Dublin, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London, before crossing the Atlantic for the U.S. book launch at The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City on September 26th. Tour dates and details are up on Crowens’ website.

Laura K. Curtis’s new Gothic ghost novel, A Darker Shade, releases on October 1, 2019. Kirkus Reviews calls it “An unnerving ghost story that’s grounded by persuasive characters and stirring melodrama.” Join Curtis on November 1st at the Poe Museum in Richmond, VA for tricks AND treats during History of the Gothic, a discussion of the evolution of the Gothic, followed by a reading from A Darker Shade and a book signing.

 

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

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

 

 

 

 

Member News: July + August 2019

The latest from HWA-NY members…

Elizabeth Crowens’ second book in the Time Traveler Professor series, The Time Traveler Professor, Book Two: A Pocketful of Lodestones, released in August, kicking off Crowens’ international book tour which hits Dublin, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London, before crossing the Atlantic for the U.S. book launch at The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City on September 26th. Tour dates and details are up on Crowens’ website.

JG Faherty‘s next novel, HELLRIDER (Flame Tree Press), a hard-hitting supernatural thriller filled with ghostly revenge, releases on August 22, 2019. To launch HELLRIDER, JG Faherty will be appearing at Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego, CA on August 11, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.

Teel James Glenn‘s Holmes pastiche, ”The Case of the Final Interview” will appear in Mystery Weekly, his story “Above the Mississippi” is in the August issue of Aurora Wolf Magazine, and his story “Pursuit of the Moor” will be in Issue # 33 of Pulp Adventures. Earlier in August, Glenn presented a seminar on small arms and wounds at the Deadly Ink Conference in Parsippany, NJ.

 

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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 2019

The latest from HWA-NY members…

JG Faherty has a new collection out now from Cemetery Dance, HOUSES OF THE UNHOLY, which contains a brand new novella, December Soul, along with a mix of new stories and previously released stories. It’s available in print or ebook formats.

And coming in August, Faherty’s next novel, HELLRIDER (Flame Tree Press), a hard-hitting supernatural thriller filled with ghostly revenge. To launch HELLRIDER, JG Faherty will be appearing at Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego, CA on August 11, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.

Teel James Glenn‘s history adventure short story “The Red Sisterhood” will be out in the anthology CROSSBONES & CROSSES on June 6th. His fantasy short story, “Sister Avenger,” will appear in the anthology, SWORDS OF VALOR, and his short steampunk adventure story “Above the Mississippi” “will be out in the June issue of Aurora Wolf Magazine.

On June 20th, Glenn is presenting two seminars at the 2019 Historical Novel Society North America Conference in Oxon Hill, MD (just across the Potomac River from Washington D.C.), one on swordplay for authors and one on writing action scenes for authors.

 

 

 

 

Announcing Summer Dark 2019

We’re excited to announce that HWA-NY’s popular outdoor reading series, SUMMER DARK, is back for 2019!

On select Friday nights in June and July, Summer Dark will feature three authors 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.

Dates + Authors

June 7 (Rain date June 14): Rick Poldark, Teel James Glenn, Elizabeth Crowens

June 28 (Rain date July 5): Steven Van Patten, Carol Gyzander, N.R. Lambert

July 12 (Rain date July 19): James Chambers, Patrick Freivald, Marc Abbott

July 26 (Rain date Aug. 2): Hildy Silverman, Oliver Baer, Amy Grech

Feel free to bring snacks. No tickets necessary.

Member News: April + May 2019

The latest from HWA-NY members…

HWA-NY represented at StokerCon 2019, with readings, panels, events, Bram Stoker Award nominations, and even a Stoker win! We made the rookie mistake of splitting the party (after the party, but before the after-party) without taking a photo, and thus our group shot will have to be Photoshopped into accuracy by someone with that actual skill set (volunteers?). In the meantime, you can get a taste here, here, here, here, and here. Congratulations to Ellen Datlow for her win (Superior Achievement in an Anthology)! A list of all this year’s award nominees and winners is up on the Bram Stoker Award site. We’re looking forward to seeing you at StokerCon UK in 2020!

Elizabeth Crowens will have two books coming out this summer. The Time Traveler Professor, Book One: Silent Meridian, a 19th century The X-Files meets Doctor Who, will be reissued on June 12. The Time Traveler Professor, Book Two: A Pocketful of Lodestones, where protagonist John Patrick Scott encounters ghosts on the Western Front, will launch August 1st. Debuting on a book tour starting in Dublin, and then hitting Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London, Crowens’ USA book launch will be at The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City on September 26th. More details coming soon…

Teel James Glenn‘s short story “Black Sails” has been accepted by WriterPunk for the upcoming anthology, Taught by Time. His fantasy short story, “Sister Avenger,” will appear in the anthology, Swords of Valor, and he has two other fantasy stories appearing in the April and May issues of Aurora Wolf Magazine, “Death by the Numbers” and “The Pendragon Agenda.” Looking ahead, his story “Popping the Cork” will appear in Guns vs. Zombies, an anthology coming out this summer from Australian publisher, Henchmen Press. In other exciting news, Glenn also recently signed a contract with Henchmen Press, for a four-book fantasy series, Altiva. Finally, on March 30^th, Glenn presented a lecture for writers on small arms and related wounds, at the Liberty State Fiction Writers Conference in New Jersey.

Amy Grech‘s, “A Writer’s Life: Dangerous Dames,” appeared in the StokerCon™ 2019 Souvenir Anthology, available at Amazon.

April Grey‘s Finding Perdita Blog Tour kicked off on May 2nd and will run through June 2nd. For more details, visit April’s site or follow her on Twitter.

N.R. Lambert is thrilled to be a 2019 U.S. National Park Service Artist-in-Residence at Fire Island National Seashore in June, where she hopes to do a bit of outlining, a lot of writing, and very little chasing-folks-through-the-hedge-maze. She also recently sold a story, “The Words I Starved For,” to Fireside Magazine, which will appear in the January 2020 issue, in print and online.