And so the countdown begins. In just over a week, I’ll be heading to my second hometown, to read along with fellow contributors, Zack Wentz, Heather Fowler and others, from States of Terror: Vol 2. I snagged a local monster for my story, you could call him a history monster, stubborn as hell and old as shame. Thanks to editors Matt Lewis and Keith McCleary for doing this.
J.W. Wang, Zack Wentz, Cameron Pierce, John Joseph Adams, Seb Doubinsky, Deb Hoag… the list goes on and most of these people are award winning writers, poets, anthologists themselves, but they do that extra thing, they read. They lead by example. Without which this revolution, this whole movement, would not be happening.
I’ll be running a workshop called Writing Horror With Heart as part of Alex Davis’s Winter Haunts Event, on November 6, a day of panels, workshops and talks about ghosts and ghost stories and the supernatural. Hope to see you there!
My uncle and aunt drive us down to the launch and they are there in the back with my husband and cousin – sirens and choppers overhead as soon as I start to read – I’m last. I talk about the Proctor Valley monster with Lizz Huerta after the reading. She grew up with it….
It’s still going on. It’s going to take some time.
So here’s a link to the event at Stories Bookstore in Echo Park. Here’s the blurb, put together by the host, Ben Loory It’s a reading! People will read. The following people: Ben Loory Jim Ruland Zoë Ruiz Cecil Castellucci John Skipp JS Breukelaar It will be good! JS Breukelaar will be here all the…
An incredible Conflux Weekend, culminating in being honored by the committee and voters with this wholly unexpected award. Grateful doesn’t begin to described it. I am totally floored. Congrats to all the finalists and winners, especially pals J.Ashley Smith (Best Novella) and the divine Kaaron Warren (Best Collection, Best Short Story). Aside from that, it…
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