I recently attended my first writer’s convention IRL since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. I relished the opportunity to reconnect with other horror and science fiction authors at HELIOsphere, feed off the collective creative energy, and to meet authors I’d only known previously from various virtual readings.

Shelia Kiernan gets ready to turn in when Robert, her husband of seven years hops in the shower. His iPhone won’t stop chirping, so she while he’s no doubt rubbing one out, his, dastardly deed, obscured by steam and quickly washed away without a trace; she grabs it from the…

Dangerous Dames: Women Who Write Horror I started writing seriously in high school after reading several of Stephen King’s novels; I got hooked on horror at the tender age of twelve when an aunt gave me a copy of Cujo. I’ve been reading Stephen King’s books ever since. Growing up…

February 14, 2024 –12:00 AM Here in my cool, concrete cocoon, marking the days on the wall with pink chalk is the only way to mark time now that the power’s out — Happy Valentine’s Day! My name is Placido Sanchez, and I’m sitting hunched over a rickety card table…