2026-06-18 03:09:48Reviewed 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…
2026-06-18 03:08:37Reviewed 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…
2026-06-16 23:01:13 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…
2026-06-12 15:05:24By 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…
2026-06-09 15:19:10 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…
2026-05-27 01:32:57By 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…
2026-05-06 16:22:12 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,…
2026-04-09 17:39:29By Tom Joyce — If you want to win over young adult readers with your horror fiction, go ahead and disturb them. Horrify them. Claw your way into their nightmares and confront them with mind-numbing terrors. But the one…
2026-04-04 02:59:33 April 2026 Kate Maruyama, 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,…
2026-04-03 23:24:56 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…