Horror Writers Association, Colorado (HWA CO) will host a horror-themed SFX makeup tutorial on Saturday, September 30, 2023, from 2 to 3 pm at HORRID in Denver, CO. This event is free to HWA members and $5 per person for the public. Admission at the door. This event is instructed by special effects and makeup … Continue reading Horror-Themed SFX Makeup Tutorial
HWA CO Presents An Evening on Contemporary Cosmic Horror — Join the HWA CO at a free horror-themed salon on contemporary cosmic horror on Thursday, October 26, 2023, from 7 to 8:30 pm at Mutiny Information Cafe in Denver. An Evening on Contemporary Cosmic Horror is headed by Matt Sprague, HWA CO event coordinator, and … Continue reading An Evening of Contemporary Cosmic Horror
by Heather Hein — Oh, my little votarists, how I've missed you! It's me again, your favorite word witch, with a bonus blog. In my previous installment, I left you with a little "lump of potential" steaming away in your hands. Now it's time to throw it in the cauldron and see what cooks up! … Continue reading The Witchcraft of Writing: The Grimoire
HWA Colorado presents the virtual Q&A panel The Mortality Report: Medical Professionals on Medicine in Horror. Did you know that when someone gets shot, they vomit? Join this virtual Q&A event on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, from 7 to 8:30 Mountain time with medical professionals to discuss the representation of medicine in horror media and … Continue reading The Mortality Report
UPDATE: This event's date and time have been moved to Saturday, October 7 from 1 to 4 pm. Denver Horror Collective and School of Rock, Littleton presents Music to My Fears II, a scary story reading event. Spooky Season is here! And there’s no better way to get into the spirit than with a twist … Continue reading Submission Call for Music to My Fears II
by Heather Hein — Greetings, Loyal Votarists! I’m glad you’ve come back to learn new spells. Last time I wrote about story seeds—little grains of ideas that germinate into a story or a novel or maybe even a magnificent ten-volume epic saga, if tended carefully. So, by now I hope you have a little file … Continue reading The Witchcraft of Writing: The Pool of Festering Things
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HWA CO Announces Summer Virtual Workshops Golden, Colorado—Horror Writers Association, Colorado (HWA CO) will host two virtual workshops free to HWA CO chapter members and the public in July and August of 2023. These virtual workshops will be held via Zoom with a run time of 90 minutes each. The workshops are … Continue reading HWA CO Announces Summer Virtual Workshops
by Jeamus Wilkes — "Sick Stuff" Inspired to Scare (ItS) is a bimonthly column by writer, artist, and actor Jeamus Wilkes. ItS is designed to help horror and dark fiction writers plant the seeds of inspiration and nurture its resulting creativity. *** Sick Stuff. Those words were scrawled–and I mean scrawled–onto a torn-to-size piece of … Continue reading Inspired to Scare: Sick Stuff
HWA Colorado presents an Entry Level Workshop for the 2023 summer virtual workshop series. Plumbing the Depths to Find Your Story: An Entry Level Workshop for Writing Short Horror Stories So, you want to write horror fiction in the short form. But maybe you've wrestled with the idea of what makes a horror story or … Continue reading Plumbing the Depths to Find Your Story
[HWA Colorado] What’s your favorite thing about writing horror? [Carina Bissett] I have a strange relationship with horror. I grew up reading Stephen King and Clive Barker. Later, I found Anne Rice. And even though I enjoyed reading these books, I primarily spent most of my time in the realm of fantasy. Dark fantasy, but … Continue reading HWA CO Chapter Member Interview: Carina Bissett
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