Author Name: David Boop Name of Publication: The Drowned Horse Chronicle Vol 1 Where to find it: https://a.co/d/irbDwio Describe your work in 10 words or less for people who are just learning about it. Weird Western: cursed town where your inner demons become actual monsters. Can you talk a bit about your path to publication … Continue reading HWA CO Author + Publication Spotlight: David Boop
HWA Colorado is pleased to introduce a free, virtual course on writing short horror stories, HWA CO Short Story Intensive, hosted by author Kari J. Wolfe. For each course, a class of seven students will read and deconstruct published short horror stories to see what makes them work, then workshop each other's stories. Spaces are … Continue reading HWA CO Short Story Intensive—May 2024
Join the Horror Writers Association, Colorado, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, from 7 to 8:30 pm Mountain time for Before We Begin, a lecture on the pros of prologues with author Thomas C. Mavroudis. A well-crafted prologue not only provides a tight, succinct back-story, but enhances the overall narrative it precedes. Through a variety of … Continue reading Before We Begin
April is National Poetry Month, and HWA CO is celebrating with a horror poetry workshop followed by a horror poetry open mic event at Denver Public Library: Sam Gary Branch Library on Saturday, April 13, 2024. Kill Your Darlings: Horror Poetry Workshop from 1:30 to 2:30 pmShall I compare thee to…a chainsaw massacre? Poetry and … Continue reading 2024 Horror Poetry Workshop & Reading
Does pitching your work spike your heart rate—not in a good way? Are you looking for tips to deliver a more effective pitch? Or maybe you don’t know where to begin crafting a pitch. Maybe you’re just feeling rusty. If any of these are true for you, this workshop can help. We’ll cover what makes … Continue reading Your Perfect Pitch: Craft and Execution
Second time’s the charm! Join the Horror Writers Association, Colorado, on Saturday, March 23, 2024, from 2 to 3 pm at the Denver Public Library: Bear Valley Branch in celebrating and supporting local queer horror authors for our special event, A Bloody Late Valentine: Queer Horror Author Reading. With our first shot canceled due to … Continue reading A Bloody Late Valentine: Queer Horror Author Readings
Join the Horror Writers Association, Colorado, on Thursday, March 21, 2024, from 7 to 8:30 pm Mountain time in celebrating and supporting women and femme presenting people with our free, online event, Frightening Femmes: WIHM Virtual Reading. March is Women in Horror Month and HWA CO is celebrating with women and femme presenting horror authors … Continue reading Frightening Femmes: WIHM Virtual Reading
by JL Shioshita — Picture this: You arrive home after a long day at school or work or running errands. You want to decompress, so you kick off your shoes and collapse onto the couch with a bag of off-brand potato chips and a bottle of your favorite beverage. You turn on the portable gaming … Continue reading Legend Tripping: Lavender Town Syndrome
HWA Colorado is seeking women and femme presenting people for a WIHM virtual reading event, Frightening Femmes, that will take place online via Zoom on Thursday, March 21, 2024, from 7 to 8:30 pm. Authors will be given a brief introduction and a limited time to read from any work. There will also be an … Continue reading Call for Readers for WIHM Virtual Event
Author Name: Hillary Dodge Name of Publication: “Black Ichor” Where to find it: Cosmic Horror Monthly February 2024 #44 Describe your work in 10 words or less for people who are just learning about it. “Black Ichor” is my response to when characters kiss at the end of an epic fluid-spattered battle of some kind—I … Continue reading HWA CO Author + Publication Spotlight: Hillary Dodge
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