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Have you ever wondered how writers of dark fiction get their ideas? Can they be frightened? And is Halloween their favorite holiday?Come meet a panel of New England-area Horror writers who will be answering these and other questions (including yours!) A perfect event to get you in the mood for Spooky Season.
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Christine Lajewski is a writer, retired alternative high school teacher and haunt actor, and a teacher/naturalist at Mass Audubon. Her first novel, Jhator, a spiritual fantasy, was published in 2014. Her collection of horror short stories, Erring on the Side of Calamity, and a horror novel, Bonebelly, were published in 2018. She has had short stories published in Dark Tales, Sanitarium, The Flash Fiction Press; and in various anthologies. www.christinemlajewski.com
Mary E. Hart writes everything from heartwarming holiday tales (A Graceful Christmas) to spine-tingling stories that keep readers up at night, including Some Horrific Evening, in which event planners find themselves trapped in a haunted mansion along with spirits from the past who’ll affect their lives forever… if they survive. When she’s not writing, she’s drinking coffee and plotting her next twist. www.maryehhart.com/
J. Edwin Buja currently lives in a small village somewhere in Canada, his heart and second home reside with his horror family in New England. His novels include The King of the Wood (2019), The Consort (2022), and Enough Time (2025). He has also had more than twenty short stories published. He is currently working on the final novel of The Wood series, and another novel based on concerts he attended in Detroit in the 1970s. He also writes Young Adult novels under the name John Buja. His latest release is Coverdale (2024).
Meg Smith is a writer, journalist, dancer and events producer living in Lowell, Mass. Her short stories and poetry have appeared in numerous publications, including The Cafe Review, The Lowell Review, Poetry Bay, The Horror Zine, Strange Horizons, Dark Moon Digest, and many more. She is author of six poetry books and a short fiction collection, The Plague Confessor. She is creator and director of Poe in Lowell (10/24-26) celebrating Poe's three visits to Lowell, MA. megsmithwriter.com
When asked what Rob Smales does, he tends to answer “I write words.” Groupings of these words, referred to as stories, have appeared in nearly four dozen publications and anthologies, been nominated for three Pushcart Prizes, won a couple of readers’ choice awards, and appeared three times in Ellen Datlow’s honorable mentions list regarding her Best Horror Of the Year anthologies. His most recent works include the novellas LaundryLegs, Spearfinger, and Monkey Bones. He likes the dark.
Trisha J. Wooldridge (child-friendly T.J. Wooldridge) is an award-winning pan-genre, pan-media chaos word witch who also lovingly tortures consenting authors with her editing talents. Find her in the Shirley Jackson Award-winning The Twisted Book of Shadows; several HWA Poetry Showcase volumes; all the NEHW anthologies (that she didn’t edit); and various anthologies and literary journals. Her current projects include The Princess and the Dragon cycle of her 27 Kingdoms dark fantasy series and her fiction-poetry collection, Where Monsters Pray. www.anovelfriend.com
Scott Goudsward had his first paying short story sale in 1992. He writes primarily in the horror genre, fiction and nonfiction, and has edited numerous anthologies. He has contributed to the horror community by "running" the New England Horror Writers for almost 13 years. Current projects include a novella set in a haunted hotel in Salisbury, MA, and a collection of his fiction writing.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
100 Blackstone St, Bellingham, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02019
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