hi everyone !

Hi! Been looking forward to this!!

Hello!

Hello!

Hello, everyone!

Hi Gwendolyn!!

this is Cameron Ulam from Ohio . excited to be listening !

Hello!

good evening

Hello :)

Hi everyone! So excited for this!

Hey everyone! Perfect time of year for this.

crossing fingers my connection doesn't punk out from all the video XD

Hello everyone!

Hi all! thank you for organizing this! Excited for this!

Hello everyone!

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Hello all! excited to listen to some of my favorite people tonight.

What a stellar panel! Very exciting!

YES!

For those of you who’d like to know more about the attendees, here are their websites:

All the writers on this panel are such an inspiration

https://michellerlane.com/

http://www.gwendolynkiste.com/

https://kathekoja.com/

https://saratantlinger.com/

Hello ! Sorry I'm late.

Plath is so so so resonant with horror. As with Morrison and Butler.

What a great question! Your answers are FANTASTIC!

Yes! Wuthering Heights stands with the best British Gothic. And Bunuel’s version is pretty interesting, but there’s room for a masterpiece adaptation.

Yes!

Absolutely agree! The Bell Jar is littered with horror scenes in the best possible way! :D

Totally on point

agreed, Gwendolyn!

And then we have… Flannery O’Connor! Deep fried extra spicy Southern Gothic!

no bly manor spoilers please!

I just finished Bly last night too!

Many people define horror writing by horror movies -- they look for jump scares and ignore creeping dread.

Yes! Sometimes the human experience is more terrifying than the monsters/ghosts/etc.

Bly is next. Still working my way through Ratched

I'm reminded of a discussion in a course when we read Octavia Butler's "Bloodchild" and after one of the students brought up how horrific the birth in that story was the professor remarked something along the lines of "Do you think that a woman giving birth couldn't be horrific?" It feels like we often sanitize the horrific aspects of women's experiences

Thank you for sharing your experience, Michelle. What you’re saying is so important!

Thank you Kathe, was trying to think of this in less binary/more queer terms, and this goes a long way there!!!

I love when different locations, like Ohio, are used in settings.

Saaame, Sara XD

Oof, that's so much

this is a great question!

Tough question.

that’s…very nearly not fiction

yes! HH is terrifying and that’s a beautiful collection

Started that Dystopian America book but with how life is now it was too real life. Will have to go back and look at her story.

Saras Holmes book was excellent

Sara's collections are all fantastic

oooh im excited for this q

YES! Tender is the Flesh is a must read

Just finished her latest about the plauge. Visceral and vivid

an amazing book. terrifying in a unique way

Love Ray Bradbury!

been wanting to read tender is the flesh

Bradbury's amazing.

link to Tender is the Flesh: https://smile.amazon.com/Tender-Flesh-Agustina-Bazterrica/dp/1982150920/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Tender+is+the+Flesh&qid=1603237527&sr=8-1

"The Demon Lover" is great. Also, yes, love Bradbury.

Never got around to October country

Is baby teeth the one set in pgh?

Baby Teeth: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250170750

Big hugs to Michelle - that's a powerful concept

Like, they go to eat at Ali Baba on Craig Street XD

Handmaid's Tale is the most horrific thing I've read over the past couple of years. Embarrassed that it took me so long.

Maryse Meijer: https://us.macmillan.com/author/marysemeijer/

I cannot WAIT to get to her newest book.

https://www.amazon.com/Seventh-Mansion-Novel-Maryse-Meijer/dp/0374298467

Yes, she’s amazing!

Supernatural stuff entertains but doesn't scare me but stuff that's possible like Handmaid's does.

oh my gosh, everyone read Night Sun right now!

Zyn E. Rocklyn: https://www.tor.com/2020/03/11/the-night-sun-zin-e-rocklyn/

Planning a wedding at the moment andSampleSomething Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked sounds AMAZING

Christa Carmen: https://www.christacarmen.com/

Hiiii!

Thank you, Sara <3

Welcome Hailey!!!

Hello! :)

Hailey’s website: https://www.haileypiper.com/

Yes, Jessica Guess!

love it!

Cirque Berserk is SO MUCH FUN

Jessica Guess https://tornightfire.com/author/jessica-guess/

Best title ever. lol

Love Cirque Berserk!!

Emma Gibbon: https://emmajgibbon.wordpress.com/

Laurel Hightower: https://laurelhightower.com/

OMG

NEEED

Thank you Sara!

Plenty more but here are 4 QJordan Reed 07:26 PMDo you have any advice for beginner horror writers? Formative texts or authors to read? (Besides the ones you already spoke about)Adam Lowenstein 07:37 PMFor Kathe, vis a vis her fascinating comment on power: I was rereading Bad Brains for this event, and it is remarkable how powerless Austen is for so much of the novel, how much happens to him rather than being controlled by him. What connections between horror and power do you feel your work strives for?Geneveive Newman 07:25 PMFor Michelle if there’s time: could you talk about your relationship to something like Kindred, the original and/or graphic novel?Adam Lowenstein 07:15 PMWhat do you think might be the most unexpected thing a student or researcher might learn by studying archival materials related to your own work?

on Amazon right now, haha

What was that title? Indigo?

Monstrous Feminine: https://www.amazon.com/Monstrous-Feminine-Tales-Dangerous-Women-ebook/dp/B07ZQTJQ44

These are all great reading suggestions!

Go to cons! When they cease to kill you.

Exactly

Midnight and Indigo: https://midnight-indigo.myshopify.com/products/speculative-issue

Thanks

Panelists webpages: https://michellerlane.com/
http://www.gwendolynkiste.com/
https://kathekoja.com/
https://saratantlinger.com/

I love Gwendolyn's submission roundup!

I love the Submission Roundup (too)!

http://www.gwendolynkiste.com/Blog/category/submission-roundup/

The Paul Tremblay interview was amazing!

I’ve heard that writing, as a very personal endeavor, can cause writers to explore thoughts and feelings they hadn’t before, especially in the horror or horror adjacent genre. Has there been a time where you surprised yourself with a certain revelation or idea?

perfect answer

Succintly put!

This was great! Thank you!

Thank you so much!

Thanks so much to all. Brilliant panel!

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much!

Thank you!

Thank you! This was wonderful!

Thank you!

I learned a lot and I'm excited to expand my readings

This was awesome! Thank you so much!

Fantastic! Thank you all!

Fun to watch! Thank you everyone!

Thank you! Sending thanks from NC!

Thank you!!!!

Thanks for hosting and putting this out there for all of us.

This has been great. Thank you, everyone!

Great group! THANK YOU.

Thanks for doing this, really enjoyed it. Hopefully there'll be another!

Thanks everyone! This was great. Lots of new stuff on my to-read list!

This was great, thank you all!

https://michellerlane.com/
http://www.gwendolynkiste.com/
https://kathekoja.com/
https://saratantlinger.com/

Wonderful panel!

Thanks everyone!

Thanks everybody! Really great event!

Thank you all!

Thank you!!! This was amazing!

Thanks!

Enjoyed this, thanks everyone.

Excellent panel. Thanks for having it.

Thanks for putting this on! this was great!

More horror events would be great!