I did an online reading Feb. 25 with Syosset Public Library and HWA NY Chapter (more about that under the Appearances tab above). Readers were Linda D Addison (an HWA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient), plus three writers from HWA-NY: Meghan Arcuri, April Grey and me.
Each of us made a list of five women in horror that we’d recommend for you to check out. I put them into a little video, and the list is below so that you don’t miss any names!
| Linda D. Addison | How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend https://www.amazon.com/Recognize-Demon-Become-Your-Friend/dp/1530128102/ |
| Her website: | www.LindaAddisonPoet.com |
| Linda recommends: | 1. Silvia Moreno-Garcia – MEXICAN GOTHIC (Del Rey) |
| 2. Lee Murray – GROTESQUE: MONSTER STORIES (Things in the Well) | |
| 3. Christina Sng – A COLLECTION OF DREAMSCAPES (Raw Dog Screaming Press) | |
| 4. Nicole Givens Kurtz – SLAY: STORIES OF THE VAMPIRE (Mocha Memoirs Press) | |
| 5. Mercedes M. Yardley – ARTERIAL BLOOM (Crystal Lake Publishing) — also strong writer |
| Meghan Arcuri | A New York State of Fright (Hippocampus Press) https://www.hippocampuspress.com/mythos-and-other-authors/fiction/a-new-york-state-of-fright |
| Her website: | www.MeghanArcuri.com |
| Meghan recommends: | 1. Marianne Halbert – COLD COMFORTS (Crossroad Press) –fiction collection |
| 2. doungjai gam – glass slipper dreams, shattered (Apokrupha) –fiction collection | |
| 3. Alma Katsu – THE HUNGER (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) –novel | |
| 4. Justina Ireland – DREAD NATION (Balzer + Bray) –novel | |
| 5. Christina Sng – A COLLECTION OF NIGHTMARES (Raw Dog Screaming Press) –poetry collection (same author as Linda, different collection) |
| April Grey | Hell’s Mall: Sinister Shops, Cursed Objects and Maddening Crowds (Lafcadia Press) tinyurl.com/339bhusk |
| Her website: | AprilGrey.blogspot.com |
| April recommends: | 1. Jessica McHugh – THE TRAIN DERAILS IN BOSTON (Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing) |
| 2. Ania Ahlborn – SEED (47North) — or anything else by her | |
| 3. Helen Phifer – THE GOOD SISTERS (HQ Digital) — or any of her detective/haunted house books | |
| 4. Darcy Coates – THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR: A Ghost Story (Black Owl Books) — or any of her haunted house books | |
| 5. J. K. Rowling, pseudonym Robert Galbraith – The Cuckoo’s Calling – Cormoran Strike series (Mulholland Books) — Or, anything by Charlaine Harris (had to sneak her in!) |
| Carol Gyzander | Stories We Tell After Midnight (Crone Girls Press) https://www.amazon.com/Stories-We-Tell-After-Midnight/dp/1696935164/ |
| Her website: | Right here! CarolGyzander.com |
| Carol recommends: | 1. Lee Murray and Geneve Flynn, editors – BLACK CRANES: TALES OF UNQUIET WOMEN (Omnium Gatherum Media) |
| 2. Caitlin Starling – THE LUMINOUS DEAD: A NOVEL (Harper Voyager) | |
| 3. Rachel A Brune, editor/publisher at Crone Girls Press (and a great writer, too!) | |
| 4. Michelle Renee Lane – INVISIBLE CHAINS (Haverhill House Publishing) | |
| 5. Chris Marrs – PRAIRIE GOTHIC: An Anthology (Prairie Soul Press) |
The toughest thing was narrowing it down to only five!
If you want to watch our reading, check it out at bit.ly/SyossetWiHMreading