HWA Colorado Virtual Write-Ins Every first Wednesday of the month from 8 to 9:30 pm MT via Zoom. These virtual write-ins give our members a chance to sit down, be accountable, and write. Are you writing something new? Editing? Maybe you just need to check your emails or update your author social media accounts? Whatever … Continue reading Monthly Virtual Write-Ins and Critiques
HWA Colorado invites members and the public to a modern twist on a winter classic: ghost stories. Join the HWA CO on Thursday, December 18, 2025, from 7 to 8:30 pm via Zoom for these ghostly tales. In this virtual event, horror writers will tell their ghost stories, real or imagined, to celebrate the winter … Continue reading Ghost Stories: A Winter Tradition
by J.L. Shioshita— Picture this: you're staring at your computer monitor, eyes glazed over, no clear purpose, just mindlessly surfing the endless waves of the web. You look at pictures of sea turtles swimming in the ocean, peruse shoes you don't need and would never wear, look up articles about strange elbow protuberances and whether … Continue reading Legend Tripping: The Red Room
Please join the Horror Writers Association, Colorado Chapter (HWA CO), other Colorado horror authors, and horror enthusiasts for an afternoon of refreshments, games, and festivities for the Colorado Horror Author Spring Mixer on Saturday, May 3, 2025, from 3 to 5 pm at Town Hall Collaborative. Spring is often considered a time of light, renewal, … Continue reading Colorado Horror Author Spring Mixer
by J.L. Shioshita— Picture this: you're standing in front of the bathroom mirror, scrutinizing every perceived imperfection, a ritual you perform nightly. You fixate on every line, wrinkle, and pore, each one magnified in your mind's eye, like you're examining rover images from the surface of Mars, gazing at an alien landscape that's dry and … Continue reading Legend Tripping: Sesame Cosmetics
by Heather Hein— Valentine’s Day: A holiday for some, a horror story of isolation, a pageant of overpriced, soon-to-be-deceased flowery foliage, kissing couples whose shameless acts of public passion inspire everything from the ironic eyeroll to expectorating spite. For those whom the Fates have favored with a best friend or lover...well, I hope you received … Continue reading The Witchcraft of Writing: Nymphos and Nurturers
Join the HWA Colorado and author and editor A.E. Santana for a free writing workshop, How to Write Suspense in Any Genre, on Saturday, February 22, 2025, at the Sam Gary Branch Library in Denver from 2 to 3 p.m. Learn the importance of suspense for any genre and how to craft it for your … Continue reading How To Write Suspense in Any Genre
By J.L. Shioshita Picture this: it's summer, and it's a hot one. There's been a drought. There has not been nearly enough rain this year; at least, that's what all the old people are saying. You're at a friend's house because they have a pool. It's the only remedy for this type of heat. You … Continue reading Legend Tripping: Poprocks & Sodapop
The Horror Writers Association, Colorado (HWA CO), is hosting Poisons & Potions: A Gothic Tea Time, an afternoon tea event at The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa, on Sunday, January 19, 2025, from 11 am to 1 pm where guests will enjoy tea and other light refreshments while talking shop and exchanging frightening tales. Guests … Continue reading Poisons & Potions: A Gothic Tea Time
By Heather Hein— Greetings, Loyal Votarists! And long live “spooky season”! No, I take that back. I actually loathe the terms “spooky season”, “leaf peeping” and “I love fall!” I’ll keep it to the first one for now. Words matter, my fellow spellcasters. Anyone who’s had an incantation backfire, or who has seen Harry Potter … Continue reading The Witchcraft of Writing: Word Salad
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