HWA Colorado presents an Advanced Horror Studies class for the 2023 summer virtual workshop series. The Dreadful Company We Keep: An Ethics of Horror Fiction Even if we may consume horror fiction as a primarily aesthetic pursuit, are we never allowed to be upset by works in the horror genre that, by nature, are "dreadful"? Likewise, … Continue reading The Dreadful Company We Keep
April is National Poetry Month, and HWA CO is celebrating with a horror poetry workshop followed by a horror poetry reading at Mutiny Information Café on Friday, April 28. Kill Your Darlings: a Horror Poetry Workshop from 5 to 6:30 pmShall I compare thee to … a chainsaw massacre? Poetry and horror might seem like … Continue reading Horror Poetry Workshop & Reading
by Jeamus Wilkes — “Welcome to My Nightmare” 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. *** Welcome to the inaugural entry for this Inspired to Scare (ItS) … Continue reading Inspired to Scare: Welcome to My Nightmare
HWA, Colorado is looking for volunteer contributors to help expand the HWA CO blog. Gain experience in journalism and writing for the web while strengthening our chapter website. We are looking for people to: Interview chapter members and Interview authors with new or upcoming releases or Write a column on any of the following: writing … Continue reading Call for Blog Contributors
In 2019, the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (RMFW) put out a submission call for a then unnamed anthology focusing on the theme WILD. The editors, Natasha Watts and Rachel Craft, accepted all genres—realistic or speculative, contemporary or historical, literary or commercial. The only caveat was that the stories needed to be short fiction (1,500-6,500 words), … Continue reading Writing for a Themed Anthology
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