I need so much editing help, lol. I'm looking forward to this! Amber is great. I've hired her for a developmental edit of a science fiction horror short story, and her suggestions were invaluable. She set me on a great path for my latest revision. finneganeditorial.com

Tomorrow! Our very own, Amber Finnegan, will be speaking about the different types of editing, what to expect to happen at each level, and a starting point for what you might expect for cost. Amber is our social media coordinator (yes, I'm talking about myself here...), an editor, and a podcaster.

November has some interesting events coming up! Chapter Events (all via Google Meet): Nov. 9: 1 pm: Quarterly Writers Workshop Nov. 16: 6 pm: Chapter Meeting Nov. 30: 6pm: Book club meeting: Candy Cain Kills by Brian McAuley Keep reading and writing, Horroregonians! Happy Día de los Muertos 💀

Thank you Amber Finnegan, Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito, @haspectorwrites.bsky.social, and @richardleis.com and for organizing, hosting, decorating, and crewing tables, among other tasks at our two weekend Halloween events!

Thank you Amber Finnegan, Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito, @haspectorwrites.bsky.social, and @richardleis.com and for organizing, hosting, decorating, and crewing tables, among other tasks at our two weekend Halloween events!

The Horror Authors Book Party at Beaverton City Library featured great readings (and monsters and monster assistants!)

Thank you to all of our readers at our weekend Halloween events. And thank you to all the audience members who made these events a success.

Saturday, October 25, 2025 at Beaverton City Library! 👻🎃 Get into the scary season! Join us for a meet and greet with local horror authors, including read-alouds, book recommendations, and candy. Books from some authors will be available for sale. All Ages. beavertonlibrary.org/Calendar.asp...

Join us at @boldcoffeeandbooks.bsky.social tonight for a costume party, readings from local horror authors, and an open mic to tell us all your real spooky encounters! 👻🎃 We have book prizes from local publishers, including @shortwavebooks.bsky.social and @moonstruckbooks.bsky.social.

Welcome to the official spooky season! Here are the HWA Oregon events coming up in October. Chapter Meeting: With Special Guest Rebecca Zornow, Oct 19, at 6pm via Google Meet (1/2)

We're looking forward to the book launch of "Demon Song" by @anovelescape.bsky.social, who will be in conversation with Caitlin Starling! When: Wednesday, October 1 at 6:30 p.m. Where: Always Here Bookstore, Portland, OR withfriends.co/event/238321...

We'll have books from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social, @weirdfictionquarterly.com, Little Key Press, and author Lee Mitchell, as well as spooky candles from Niyyah Handcrafted.

I'll be with @hwaoregon.bsky.social at Salem Pride in the Park tomorrow! We'll be selling horror books and talking about the HWA (@horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social), including our local chapter. Come find us! salemcapitalpride.org/pride/

Portland, this is where to be tonight, tomorrow and Sunday! Come see some Weird films! Come see us! We'll be holding down the fort all weekend long🖤☠️ hplfilmfestival.com

HWA Oregon September events! Come hang out with us at Mox Boarding House in PDX next week! We will also be at Salem Pride in the Park on the 20th and have our Chapter Meeting and Book Club Meetings at the end of the month on Google Meet. Keep reading and writing Horroregonians!

HWA Oregon co-chair H. A. Spector (@haspectorwrites.bsky.social) launched the Ink to Paper: Stories & Interviews podcast this year, featuring writers and editors: haspector.com/podcast

September articles on the @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social website so far include an in memoriam for Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, info about candidates in the upcoming HWA election, the latest Seers' Table with recommendations, and an interview with Nyasha Hatendi. horror.org

Little Key Press is open for submissions to the CLOCKS anthology, edited by HWA Oregon member Elizabeth Mitchell with Laura K. Burge: littlekeypress.com#submissions

We're excited for all of our club events and meetings in September, and then we're attending an exciting book launch to kick off October! oregonhorror.com/news/coming-...

Kate Boyes’s poem “One Bright Moment (International Research Station, Nili Fossae, Mars)” in the 2024 SFPA Valentines Day Reading (sfpoetry.com/valentines/2...) is a 2025 Rhysling Award finalist. Congratulations, Kate!

The HWA (@horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social) announced scholarship winners in August, shared updates on health coverage solutions and LibGen AI litigation, shared the hotel block for StokerCon 2026 (the first two days sold out quickly), and added a new "Nuts & Bolts" blog post, and more. horror.org

Read CLAW MACHINE, edited and published by Elle Mitchell of Little Key Press, featuring stories written by HWA Oregon members Elle Mitchell, @erikgrove.com, @jbkish.bsky.social, Katherine Quevedo, and Sarah Walker, along with 12 other authors. littlekeypress.com#clawmachine

Five more poems from @juleigh.bsky.social were published in Alien Buddha Zine #75 on May 29, 2025: www.amazon.com/Alien-Buddha....

Horroregonians! Let's get together. Don't forget that this Sunday is our monthly chapter meeting. This is a mixed in-person and Google Meet event! Check email or Discord for location details. The in-person portion of the meeting will be watching Heretic! Hugh Grant in a horror film? Yes please!

Juleigh Howard-Hobson’s (@juleigh.bsky.social) poem "When the Ten of Swords Shows Up, No Matter How Big or Toxic an Issue Is, Realize Something" was published in the Teacakes and Tarot anthology from Spell Jar Press on May 1, 2025: www.spelljarpress.com/anthologies

Surrender to HWA Oregon Larina Warnock’s (@docnock.bsky.social) poem “Failed Start” (heyzine.com/flip-book/79...), which was published in SpecPo Verse Issue 1 on April 30, 2025.

Interested in becoming a member? Join the HWA (there is even a Supporting Member level), select our chapter in the profile you set up, and reach out to HWA Oregon (contact information on our website.) We'd be delighted to include your bio in our Members lists. oregonhorror.com

Save the date. I'll be chilling your bones with a reading of We Like It Cherry, followed by a conversation with Danger Slater. If you're in Portland, come check it out, and find out what Danger asks me. I'm a little nervous about his questions. @hwaoregon.bsky.social

Check out my quirky little story! short-edition.com/en/story/sho... #fiction #sff #shortstory

Weird Fiction Quarterly (@weirdfictionquarterly.com) Spring 2025 - Ghosts features flash fiction & poetry from HWA Oregon members Sarah Walker, David Barker, Adam Bolivar, Richard Leis & other HWA members like Maxwell I. Gold (@cybergodwrites.bsky.social.) weirdfictionquarterly.com/wfq-ghosts-2...

HWA Oregon member J.B. Kish (@jbkish.bsky.social) invites you to try on the "Alligator Uniform" in his new weird fiction story in the fourth issue of The Skull & Laurel from Tenebrous Press (@tenebrouspress.bsky.social). store.tenebrouspress.com/products/the...

Join us this Sunday, July 27th at 6 p.m. PST, on Google Meet to discuss Caitlin Starling's The Luminous Dead, a sci-fi, space, spelunking horror.

HWA Oregon member J.B. Kish (@jbkish.bsky.social) reviewed the French horror film MadS (www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/r...) in the March 2025 issue of Nightmare Magazine. Sounds like a must-see!

API/AANHPI Heritage in Horror Month continues with HWA's interview with Jessica Gleason and information about her upcoming book, EASY BAKE COVENANT (Burial Books): horror.org/api-aanhpi-h...

Kelsea Yu’s (@anovelescape.bsky.social) affecting short story “In Our Skin” (www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/in-o...) was published in the February 2025 issue of @nightmare-magazine.com.

The cover was done by the exceedingly talented By Char & Co! Charlena Kea share.google/3Ju4bIkQBztu...

Today is Launch Day for HWA Oregon member Katherine Quevedo's new novella THRICE PETRIFIED! Congratulations! katherinequevedo.com/2025/07/15/i...

TALES FROM PORT ASTOR, a collection of short stories by HWA Oregon member Zachariah O’Keeffe (@rollforwriting.bsky.social), was published late last year and is available from online retailers: makeawritingcheck.blogspot.com/p/published-...

Members of HWA Oregon always have exciting writing and publishing news and progress to share, so we'll begin sharing their news here on Bluesky, too.

Who joins the Horror Writers Association (HWA)? Horror and dark fantasy enthusiasts. Academics interested in these genres. Published horror or dark fantasy authors. Established professional authors or editors. Other professionals involved in horror or dark fantasy. horror.org/join-now-cho...

Tickets for StokerCon 2026 are available! We’re celebrating TEN YEARS & will be back in Pittsburgh! The event will be at the Westin Pittsburgh from June 4th to June 7th. Guests of Honor so far include: Linda D. Addison Ann VanderMeer John Shirley Billy Martin www.eventbrite.com/e/stokercon-...

After a too-long hiatus, I am resurrecting the HWA Ontario Bluesky account. Follow along for updates from our members and chapter. I've started a list of HWA Ontario members (and related accounts) (below) - if you know of any I am missing, let me know and I'll add them. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Postponed a week due to Father's Day and StokerCon, we held our latest HWA Oregon meeting last night. Thank you everyone who participated! Our meeting minutes are now posted for those who were not able to attend: oregonhorror.com/news/hwa-ore...

HWA Oregon will hold two meetings in June 2025: our chapter meeting and the inaugural discussion of our Virtual Book Club. This month, we've been reading REPRIEVE by James Han Mattson, one of the adult selections from the HWA 2025 Summer Scares series. oregonhorror.com/news/coming-...

We're the Oregon chapter of the Horror Writers Association (@horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social)‬, connecting members across Oregon and southern Washington. Expect regular updates about our chapter activities, the horror genre, and our artists, writers, editors, etc.