Author Name: Lindsay King-Miller Name of Publication: The Z Word Where to find it: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739426/the-z-word-by-lindsay-king-miller/ Describe your work in 10 words or less for people who are just learning about it. Queer found family fighting zombies and corporate politics at Pride Can you talk a bit about your path to publication for this work? It … Continue reading HWA CO Author + Publication Spotlight: Lindsay King-Miller
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The Witchcraft of Writing: Beltane and Bear Suits
By Heather Hein— Greetings, Loyal Votarists! Here’s wishing you all a blessed Beltane as we celebrate spring, the ever-growing light, and of course, creativity! Together we have stoked the fires of winter and cast spells that guaranteed our survival through the long, cold dark without resorting to cannibalism—at least, that is my hope and assumption. … Continue reading The Witchcraft of Writing: Beltane and Bear Suits
HWA CO Author + Publication Spotlight: David Boop
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 CO Short Story Intensive—May 2024
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
2024 Horror Poetry Workshop & Reading
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
Your Perfect Pitch: Craft and Execution
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
Inspired to Scare: The Thing in the Mirror Over Your Shoulder
by Jeamus Wilkes — “The Thing in the Mirror Over Your Shoulder” Inspired to Scare (ItS) is a quarterly 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. *** Do I see myself, or do I … Continue reading Inspired to Scare: The Thing in the Mirror Over Your Shoulder
Submission call for DHC’s southwestern horror anthology
Denver Horror Collective is seeking short stories and flash fiction for its new anthology with a focus on horror in the American southwest, Frontiers of Fright: A Southwestern Horror Anthology. Whether people found themselves in ranches, small frontier towns, saloons, railways, or mines, the American Southwest was a harsh wilderness—a desolate and isolating landscape of deserts … Continue reading Submission call for DHC’s southwestern horror anthology
HWA CO Author + Publication Spotlight: Angela Sylvaine
Author Name: Angela Sylvaine Name of Publication: Frost Bite Where to find it: https://linktr.ee/angelasylvaine Describe your work in 10 words or less for people who are just learning about it. Frost Bite is a wintery ‘90s sci-fi horror comedy akin to Stranger Things meets Fargo. Can you talk a bit about your path to publication … Continue reading HWA CO Author + Publication Spotlight: Angela Sylvaine
Call for Blog Contributors
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








