Conversation with Jessikah Chautin
April 26, 2023 – 7:00PM Pacific
Jessikah Chautin, a library community engagement specialist in Syosset, New York, spoke about how to get our books into libraries and on book lists. In partnership with the HWA, United for Libraries, Book Riot, and Booklist, Jessikah promotes the Summer Scares reading program, which provides libraries and schools with an annual list of recommended horror titles for adult, young adult (teen), and middle grade readers. It introduces readers and librarians to new authors and helps start conversations extending beyond the books from each list to promote reading for years to come.
Conversation with Angela Yuriko Smith
February 22, 2023 – 7:00PM Pacific
Angela Yuriko Smith is a third-generation Uchinanchu-American and an award-winning poet, author, and publisher with over 20 years of experience in newspaper journalism. Publisher of Space & Time magazine (est. 1966), a three-time Bram Stoker Awards® Finalist and HWA Mentor of the Year for 2020, she offers free classes for writers at angelaysmith.com.
Conversation with Wendy Wagner
November 29, 2022 – 7:00PM Pacific
Wendy N. Wagner is the author of the horror novel The Deer Kings and the gothic novella The Secret Skin. Previous work includes the SF thriller An Oath of Dogs and two novels for the Pathfinder Tales series, and her short stories, poetry, and essays have appeared in more than fifty venues. The current editor-in-chief at Nightmare Magazine, she also serves as the managing/senior editor of Lightspeed Magazine, and previously served as the guest editor of our Queers Destroy Horror! special issue. She lives in Oregon with her very understanding family, two large cats, and a Muppet disguised as a dog.
Conversation with Jamie Flanagan
October 25, 2022 – 7:00PM Pacific
Jamie Flanagan is an American writer and actor. Writing credits include The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, The Midnight Club, The Fall of the House of Usher, Creepshow, and Hysteria! They began their professional career on stage in the world premiere of Columbinus (written by Stephen Karam and PJ Paparelli) at Round House Theatre in 2005, and later received a Drama League Nomination (Ensemble) for the production’s remount at New York Theatre Workshop in 2006. As a writer, they won the 2021 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Screenplay (shared with Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard) for the awesome Midnight Mass, Season 1, Episode 6: “Book VI: Acts of the Apostles” (Intrepid Pictures). The Midnight Mass episode: “Book V: Gospel” was nominated for a 2022 Best Writing for a Limited Series or TV Movie for the International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA), and the entire series was nominated for Best Original Long Form 2022 by the Writers Guild of America, USA.
Conversation with Sarah Read
September 27, 2022 – 7:00PM Pacific
Sarah Read is a dark fiction writer in the frozen north of Wisconsin. Her short stories can be found in Gamut, Black Static, and other places, and in various anthologies, including Exigencies, Suspended in Dusk, BEHOLD! Oddities Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders, and The Best Horror of the Year Vol. 10. Her novel The Bone Weaver’s Orchard is now out from Trepidatio Publishing, and her debut collection Out of Water was just released. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Pantheon Magazine and their associated anthologies, including Gorgon: Stories of Emergence. She is an active member of the Horror Writers’ Association. When she’s not staring into the abyss, she knits. Follow her on Twitter or Instagram, @Inkwellmonster or support her on Patreon.
Conversation with Eric Guignard
May 25, 2022 – 7:00 PM Pacific
Eric J. Guignard is a writer of dark speculative fiction with over 100 stories and non-fiction articles to his credit. He also runs the small press Dark Moon Books, has twice won the Bram Stoker award, and publishes the acclaimed series of author primers created to champion modern masters of the dark and macabre. He is also publisher and acquisitions editor for the renowned Horror Library anthology series, and he’ll be discussing what it’s like to be both an editor and a writer and what he’s looking for as an editor.
Conversation with Rhea Rose
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Rhea Rose presented a fascinating PowerPoint on writing and editing speculative poetry. Rhea is the editor of the Canadian semi-pro poetry zine Polar Starlight. The latest issue is free to download here: https://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/POLAR-STARLIGHT-5-March-2022.pdf
Conversation with John R. Little
February 23, 2022 – 7:00 PM Pacific
John R. Little is the award-winning author of 20 horror, dark fantasy, and suspense novels. Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Miranda, John was also the recipient of the 2009 President’s Richard Laymon Award for volunteer work done on behalf of the Horror Writers Association. John discussed how the industry has changed over the years & provided insights into different passages to publication.
Conversation with Tim Waggoner
January 26, 2022 7PM Pacific
Bram Stoker Award-winning author Tim Waggoner has published more than 50 novels and seven collections of short stories. He writes original horror and dark fantasy, as well as media tie-ins, and he’s recently released a book on writing horror fiction called Writing in the Dark. This informal Q& A/discussion touched on favourite horror books, movies, tropes, and “what-I’d-wished-I’d-known-starting-out”.
