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Monthly Virtual Write-Ins and Critiques
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…
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Ghost Stories: A Winter Tradition
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…
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Legend Tripping: The Red Room
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…
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Colorado Horror Author Spring Mixer
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…
Keep readingLegend Tripping: Sesame Cosmetics
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…
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The Witchcraft of Writing: Nymphos and Nurturers
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…
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How To Write Suspense in Any Genre
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.…
Keep readingLegend Tripping: Poprocks & Sodapop
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…
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