Did you have any specific books, television shows, or movies (horror, queer or otherwise) that were early influences on your writing? My biggest influences are the things I grew up watching, movies like Beetlejuice and Gremlins. I’ve always loved the…
Reviewed by Lee Murray Released 11 August 2025, Torrid Waters Press Triggers: Addiction, violence. Kaliana Cook is a heroin addict who will do anything to get her parole agent off her back. She plans her escape and goes on the run but…
Reviewed by Twilight Sage Moon Released 22 July 2025 from Little, Brown & Company Salt Bones by Jennifer Givhan is not an easy read. It is gritty, painful, and filled with dread. Including true-to-life horror concerning murdered and missing indigenous women…
Did you have any specific books, television shows, or movies (horror, queer or otherwise) that were early influences on your writing? Hellraiser was a big one. It tore down what I understood of reality, showing that walls we assume are…
By Tom Joyce — Vincent Tirado can cite a number of reasons why their fellow nonbinary and BIPOC writers should join in solidarity, but the most pressing is survival. They’re among the first writers to be targeted when book bans…
Did you have any specific books, television shows, or movies (horror, queer or otherwise) that were early influences on your writing? When I began writing horror, I pulled from my love of slashers. There isn’t a specific film or book…
By Tom Joyce — Ramsey Campbell says that if you want to write horror, never stop reading and learning from other authors. And don’t tell yourself you’re too experienced to need it. Ramsey still does it 60-plus years into a…
Kari J. Wolfe, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Committee The sole purpose of The Seers’ Table monthly column is to introduce HWA members to the work of underrepresented demographic writers and editors whose work might not otherwise be viewed, using the broadest definition of…
Q: WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE SOMEONE INTERESTED IN GETTING STARTED WRITING YA HORROR? A: Engage earnestly about what it means to be a teenager in a horrifying world when writing! Teen readers are sharp, so don’t talk/write down. They…
Terrors of Today – “Bedlam In Flesh” by Devin M. Anderson Originally published in The Horror Zine Spring 2026 issue He stands before you Five foot nothing Eyes ablaze Handcuffs dangling from Fingers bent at Impossible angles Made possible by the…