Join the Horror Writers Association--New Y ork Chapter for a panel discussion covering what it takes to create a horr or novel\, novella\, or anthology. Whether you're a reader or a writer\, j oin us for a compelling conversation.
\nWhat draws writers to the ho rror genre? How do they tap into the psychology of readers' fears when cre ating their plots\, characters\, and worlds? Several horror authors join u s for this panel discussion\, sharing their journeys and best practices fo r presenting the creeps\, crawls\, and haunts that keep readers turning th e page. Attendees will learn how these elements come together in creating a novel\, novella\, or anthology.
\nPanelist bios are below.
\nRegistration is free and required.
\nQuestions? Email sean.willey@hobokenlibrary.org
\ nPanelist Bios
\nJames Chambers< /strong> is a Bram Stoker Award®\; and Scribe Award-winning author and a four-time Bram Stoker Award nominee. \;He \;is the author of the short story collections \;A Bright and Beautiful Eternal World\, On t he Night Border and On the Hierophant Road\; the novellas\, Kolchak and th e Night Stalkers: The Faceless God\, Three Chords of Chaos\, and The Dead Bear Witness\, Tears of Blood\, The Dead in Their Masses\, and Eyes of the Dead in the Corpse Fauna series. He also wrote the original graphic novel \, Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe and ha s edited several anthologies\, \;including Abandoned: Asylum\, Under T win Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign\, and Where the Silent On es Watch. His website is: \;www.jameschambersonline.com.
\nTeel James Glenn has killed hundreds and been killed more times&mdash\;on stage and scr een as a stuntman for forty-plus years. Then he decided to do something ri sky: become an author. With dozens of books published in multiple genres\, he&rsquo\;s a Shamus\, Silver Falchion\, and Derringer finalist\, and won Best Novel 2021 in the Pulp Factory Award and the 2012 Pulp Ark Award for Best Author. His work has been printed in over two hundred magazines\, in cluding Weird Tales\, Mystery\, Pulp Adventures\, Mad\, Black Cat Weekly\, Cirsova\, and Sherlock Holmes Mystery. Book one of his ongoing Paradise I nvestigations series from Crossroads Press\, Not Born of Woman\, features Frankenstein&rsquo\;s creature as a 1930&rsquo\;s NYC P.I. who uses his kn owledge of monsters to combat the worst monster of all: human beings. Book three\, The Undiscovered Country\, just released.
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arol Gyzander is a Bram Stoker Award®\; recipient and World Fa
ntasy Award finalist. She writes and edits horror\, weird fiction\, and sc
ience fiction&mdash\;with strong women in twisted tales that touch your he
art. She has a story in Ellen Datlow&rsquo\;s Lovecraft&rsquo\;s Brood cos
mic horror anthology (Tachyon Publications\, July 2026). Carol co-edited a
nd contributed to the Stoker-awarded Discontinue If Death Ensues: Tales fr
om the Tipping Point (Flame Tree Publishing) and Dark Spores (Crone Girls
Press). Carol&rsquo\;s cryptid novella\, Forget Me Not\, is set near Niaga
ra Falls in 1969 and 1939. Living in northern NJ\, she&rsquo\;s Co-Chair o
f the HWA NY Chapter and co-hosts their online reading series\, Galactic T
errors\, every second Thursday. Follow her on Instagram @carolgyzander \;
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strong>Christopher Ryan has been traditionally published in sever
al horror\, mystery\, crime\, and pop culture anthologies. He edits and pu
blishes \;Soul Scream Antholozine\, \;a horror anthology/magazine
hybrid\, and has independently published four novels: the IBPA award-winni
ng supernatural police procedural \;City of Woe\, \;its sequel&nbs
p\;City of Pain\, \;a high school thriller \;Genius High\, and nea
r-future thriller \;A Simple Rebellion. Alien Buddha Press published h
is two poetry collections: \;It&rsquo\;s Been a Privilege (A Horror St
ory in Verse) \;and \;America\, We Need to Talk. \;He holds a
master&rsquo\;s degree in English from Rutgers University. Member HWA\, MW
A. Social media: @thischrisryan\, podcast: \;Tell The Damn Story \
;(over 400 episodes). Website: chr
isryanwrites.blog