Welcome to week three of our #StokerAwards short fiction showcase. We have one tale for you tonight, about the persistence of nature in the aftermath of mass extinction (by @ledaniels.bsky.social). talestoterrify.com/episodes/747-stokers-l-e-daniels

Actor/occupational therapist, Nicole Swanson smashes it out of the park with her reading of "Stomata" on @talestoterrify.bsky.social ep.747. Thank you, Nicole and Tales to Terrify! Catch it alongside all the Bram Stoker Award® nominees for short fiction: talestoterrify.com

So delighted to be a part of this series! Thank you, @talestoterrify.bsky.social and check out all of these stories, including "Stomata" published in DARKNESS MOST FOWL on talestoterrify.com

Thank you, @lisamorton.bsky.social, @ledaniels.bsky.social, @aarondries.bsky.social & @lmariewood.bsky.social, for the insights on our virtual StokerCon panel - SCHLOCK HORROR: TERRIBLY AWESOME OR AWESOMELY TERRIBLE? We shared the joy, bravery & wild creativity of schlock.

Mind & heart overflowing. Thank you, John Yu Branscum, @ledaniels.bsky.social, @leemurraywriter.bsky.social, @nadiabulkin.bsky.social, & @kevinwetmore.bsky.social for the incredible discussion on THE STORY SKELETON: EASTERN & WESTERN STORY STRUCTURES & HOW THEY WORK IN HORROR. (virtual StokerCon)

Congratulations to all the Australasian Shadows Awards finalists, including Story Hour guests @ledaniels.bsky.social, @geneveflynn.bsky.social, and @pamelajeffs.bsky.social! You are awesome! australasianhorror.com/australian-s...

Looking forward to running this workshop with @ledaniels.bsky.social at StokerCon in June! It was so much fun and we had such a great group when we taught this at Genrecon in February. Come and join us to explore story structures! tinyurl.com/msf6tydp

On my parents' kitchen table in Rhode Island. Thank you to everyone who believed in this story and thank you, Elaine Pascale and Kristi Petersen Schoonover!

Thank you for the shout-out, @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social and the image of one of the greats in such a beautiful film.

Congratulations, Katya de Becerra, @geneveflynn.bsky.social and @leemurraywriter.bsky.social! Utterly delighted to share this list with you!

Selfie time! So much fun running the Inklings of a Story: Exploring Eastern and Western Narrative Worlds workshop with @ledaniels.bsky.social at GenreCon 2026. A full house!

This week! Hope you'll tune in and join us!

"Stomata", published in Elaine Pascale's DARKNESS MOST FOWL (Godmother of Horror Press) is nominated for a Bram Stoker Award® in Short Fiction! Congrats to fellow nominees, Rhonda Jackson Garcia, Anna Taborska, Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece, & Champ Wongsatayanont! A joy to stand beside you!

...Story Hour congratulates these guests nominated for a 2025 Bram Stoker Award: @ledaniels.bsky.social, @rjacksonjoseph.bsky.social, and @patrickbarb.bsky.social! But wait, there's more! (2/3)

Thinking of joining the fun at GenreCon 2026 but not sure what to expect? Join @pamelajeffs.bsky.social, @ledaniels.bsky.social and me for a free Q&A this Sunday and ask us all your burning questions about Australia’s biggest genre convention! Link: tinyurl.com/5cb2k6rf

An honor to see my short story "Stomata" & DARKNESS MOST FOWL listed on the Preliminary Ballot of the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Awards. Thank you, Elaine Pascale, and Godmother of Horror Press. For voting HWA members, the link to the story is in the comments and good luck, everyone!

GenreCon is always a blast! I'm so happy to be part of the fun again in 2026 with @pamelajeffs.bsky.social & @ledaniels.bsky.social. Thank you, QLD Writers Centre! Check out this article from InDaily: www.indailyqld.com.au/inreview/boo...

In accordance with Bram Stoker Awards® etiquette, I'm pleased to offer copies of 3 stories for consideration in the Short Fiction category: "Stomata" (DARKNESS MOST FOWL, Godmother of Horror), "The Howling Places" (INTO THE DREAD UNKNOWN, Twisted Wing), "Krampus Air" (KOZY KRAMPUS, Underland). Link⬇️

Will we see you at GenreCon 2026? www.indailyqld.com.au/inreview/boo...

Join us for readings from DARKNESS MOST FOWL published by Godmother of Horror Press! I'll share from my sci fi/horror, 'Stomata' as nature finds a way to replace songbirds destroyed by humanity’s exploitation... @vlatinalondon.bsky.social @geneveflynn.bsky.social

All B&N members receive 25% off upcoming releases by inputting code PREORDER25 at checkout. Find This Way Lies Madness here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/this-way-l... #BNPreorder

Kindling is on the Ditmar Award ballot! (For collection and art) www.conflux.org.au/2025-ditmar-... Congratulations to fellow nominees @catsparx.bsky.social @kaaronwarren.bsky.social Leigh Blackmore @ledaniels.bsky.social and @christaqua.bsky.social

Got a wonderful temp tattoo of a weevil at StokerCon. It lasted Thursday - Sunday. Thanks @ledaniels.bsky.social and @geneveflynn.bsky.social! So many bugs and so much fun.

My Table of Contents Pal @ledaniels.bsky.social and I got to meet in person thanks to Stokercon!

MONSTERS IN THE MILLS nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award! Congrats to fellow nominees: Julia Rios & Nadia Bulkin's WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST LEAVE, Sofia Ajram's BURY YOUR GAYS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRAGIC QUEER HORROR, dave ring's THE CRAWLING MOON, & Terry J. Benton-Walker's THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST.

Excited to bring MAGIC REALISM FOR REBELS to STOKERCON, a course that sold out at both the Whistler Writers Festival, BC Canada & Queensland Writers Centre, AUS! Click here for details on Horror University: horror.org/the-horror-w... Click here to get tix: www.eventbrite.com/.../stokerco....

Looking forward to this! Hope to see you there!

So pleased to have made it into the finals of the Australasian Shadows Awards for MONSTERS IN THE MILLS for edited works with @christaqua.bsky.social Check out this brilliant list and congrats to all! locusmag.com/2025/05/2024...

On behalf of the HWA's Mental Health Initiative, I've moderated and recorded the StokerCon panel, "Neurodiversity in Horror" for virtual ticketholders with a line-up talented and generous writers. LINK for TIX: www.stokercon2025.com/registration

Attention HWA members! I've written a short piece called "Final Girl Survival Tips ... or How to Moderate Your First Panel" if you're taking this on for StokerCon or anywhere else. Members can find it in the Holistic Horrors section of the HWA newsletter: horror.org/.../newsle.....

Tune in tonight! I’ll be reading my poems from “The Chaos Clock” anthology! (E-Spec Books). facebook.com/events/s/gal...

What we really want for Mother's Day from Black Spot Books. On sale for a limited time wherever you buy books for your mom, mum, mamá, màma, maman, eomma, mama, mamma, mam, má... ...and for yourself.

LINK to register... us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us for this free event: THROUGH THE PSYCHIATRIST'S LENS--MENTAL HEALTH AND HORROR with Dr. Anthony Tobia, Campus Chair of Psychiatry at Rutgers School of Medicine. Wed, 30 Apr @ 7pmEST | Thur, 1 May @ 8.30am AEST (Brisbane AUS). Link to register in the comments!

Thank you, @midnightmuser1.bsky.social Pauline Yates for having a chat with me about all things writing, editing, & teaching! #writing #horror #editing #horrorwriters #hwa #ahwa paulineyates.com/2025/03/25/i...

On Int'l Poetry Day and with @delainajmiller.bsky.social, we're inviting you to join a FREE 1-hour poetry workshop Wellsprings: A Poetry Workshop with L. E. Daniels. April 27, 6pm Central USA | 7pm ET USA April 28, 9am for Brisbane, AU. Book here: www.eventbrite.com/e/wellspring...

I cannot thank @leemurraywriter.bsky.social & @davebjeffery.bsky.social enough for placing my poem, "Speak," alongside these horror masters in THIS WAY LIES MADNESS published by Flame Tree Press. Artwork by @gregchapman.bsky.social blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

Such fun to read "The Howling Places" published just this week by Twisted Wing Productions in Azzurra Nox's INTO THE DREAD UNKNOWN. Check out @pamelajeffs.bsky.social also reading her chilling story, "Stokehold" with Cohesion Press's SNAFU: PUNK'D edited by @ajspedding.bsky.social

On @storyhour.bsky.social this week: @pamelajeffs.bsky.social & me... 7PM PT/10PM ET USA Wed | 12PM Brisbane Thurs. I'm reading "The Howling Places" from @divazura.bsky.social latest anthology, INTO THE DREAD UNKNOWN and Pamela reads Aurealis finalist "Stokehold". Links in comments.

One of my all-time favourite novels. Achingly beautiful. Thank you, @ledaniels.bsky.social

Just us for a free online event for a webinar on the intersection of horror and mental health. +Slay+ on top of contemporary portrayals and get inspired for your next piece! Save the date: 30 April: 7-8pm EST USA | 1 May: 9am Australian EST.

This Sunday via livestream and in-person at the Queensland Writers Centre. Get the skinny on short stories and lift your game! queenslandwriters.org.au/events/reima... #fiction #shortfiction #storyteller #queenslandwriterscentre #writer

2024 Stoker Awards Final Ballot locusmag.com/2025/02...

Join me on March 7, 2025 at 12:00 noon Eastern/9:00AM Pacific/5:00 PM GMT with five other women and non-binary writers for Strong Women, Strange Worlds. Six authors, eight minutes each, the best hour of your week! @swsworlds.bsky.social Please sign up at tinyurl.com/m5n37k5n

Anthologies are such skill-intensive passion projects and this year's list is exquisite. Congratulations to all for their hard work. Special shout out to editor extraordinaire, Lindy Ryan! It's such a pleasure to have a poem, "Mother Tide" included MOTHER KNOWS BEST. #stokers #horror #anthology

Journey with us into the contemporary Gothic and INTO THE DREAD UNKNOWN, a Women in Horror Anthology edited by Azzurra Nox and published by Twisted Wing Productions! Pre-order link for 11 March release: www.amazon.com/Into-Dread-W...

Congratulations to the talents nominated for the Bram Stoker Awards® for Anthology with a special shout out to @carolgyzander.bsky.social and Lindy Ryan! Great work and best wishes for the next round!

The program for Qld Business Writers Conference is now available at www.qbwc.com.au. Join us to hear from these great communications experts: ~ Mel Loy ~ Lauren Elise Daniels ~ Kevin Galvin ~ Wayne Aspland qbwc.com.au

At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials.