Author Archives: A.E. Santana

Horror Book Club – ‘The Rest Will Come’ by Christina Bergling

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For May, The Thing in the Labyrinth horror book club is reading the horror novel The Rest Will Come by the super cool Christina Bergling. In this horror/thriller, Emma decides to go on one last date. Then it finally happens—she finds the thing she loves most of all. Killing clueless jerks she finds on the internet. You can purchase a copy here.

The club will hold a discussion on Sunday, May 26, at 6:30 pm Pacific time / 7:30 pm Mountain time. This free, online event will take place via Zoom with a run time of 90 minutes. To sign up, please email the moderator, A.E. Santana. A Zoom link will be sent to participants closer to the event date.

Please note that club sessions will be recorded and made available to The Thing in the Labyrinth and DHC members through private Facebook channels.

Horror Book Club—’Bad For Your Teeth’ by Evan Baughfman

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For April, The Thing in the Labyrinth horror book club is reading the YA horror novel Bad For Your Teeth by Evan Baughfman. In this novel, Eleven-year-old Jase and his quirky, new friend, Braxton, discover there may be a very good reason to fear their dentist. You can purchase a copy here.

The club will hold a discussion on Sunday, April 28, at 6:30 pm Pacific time / 7:30 pm Mountain time. This free, online event will take place via Zoom with a run time of 90 minutes. To sign up, please email the moderator, A.E. Santana. A Zoom link will be sent to participants closer to the event date. To keep up to date with The Thing in the Labyrinth book club, sign up for the newsletter here.

Please note that club sessions will be recorded and made available to The Thing in the Labyrinth and DHC members through private Facebook channels.

Horror Book Club—HOLLY by Stephen King

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For March, The Thing in the Labyrinth horror book club is reading the horror/thriller novel Holly by Stephen King. Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and resourceful characters, returns in this chilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town. You can purchase a copy here.

The club will hold a discussion on Sunday, March 24, at 6:30 pm Pacific time / 7:30 pm Mountain time. This free, online event will take place via Zoom with a run time of 90 minutes. To sign up, please email the moderator, A.E. Santana. A Zoom link will be sent to participants closer to the event date. To keep up to date with The Thing in the Labyrinth book club, sign up for the newsletter here.

Please note that club sessions will be recorded and made available to The Thing in the Labyrinth and DHC members through private Facebook channels.

Horror Book Club—Stray Dogs

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For February, The Thing in the Labyrinth horror book club is reading the horror graphic novel Stray Dogs written by Tony Fleecs and illustrated by Trish Forstner.  Lady and the Tramp meets Silence of the Lambs in this heartbreakingly adorable suspense thriller. You can purchase a copy here.

The club will hold a discussion on Sunday, February 25, at 6:30 pm Pacific time / 7:30 pm Mountain time. This free, online event will take place via Zoom with a run time of 90 minutes. To sign up, please email the moderator, A.E. Santana. A Zoom link will be sent to participants closer to the event date. To keep up to date with The Thing in the Labyrinth book club, sign up for the newsletter here.

Please note that club sessions will be recorded and made available to The Thing in the Labyrinth and DHC members through private Facebook channels.

Submission call for DHC’s southwestern horror anthology

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Denver Horror Collective is seeking short stories and flash fiction for its new anthology with a focus on horror in the American southwest, Frontiers of Fright: A Southwestern Horror Anthology. Whether people found themselves in ranches, small frontier towns, saloons, railways, or mines, the American Southwest was a harsh wilderness—a desolate and isolating landscape of deserts and mountains. We want these same people and places with a horror heartbeat, spotlighting the creepy, chilling, and unnerving aspects of when the west was young. For this anthology, we are considering the southwest as places such as Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, western Texas, southern Nevada, California, and northern Mexico. Authors will be paid ten dollars ($10) for the first 1,000 words, then a half (1/5) cent per word up to 6,000 words, plus a contributor’s copy. For inquiries, please contact weirdwestern@denverhorror.com. 

Submission guidelines

  • Min 1,000 words | Max 6,000 words
  • Deadline to submit is March 31, 2024
  • Submit to weirdwestern@denverhorror.com
    • Submit stories as a Word Doc – .doc or .docx or .rtf
    • Partial blind submission: Please do not put any identifying information (name, pseudonym, address, email, etc.) on the actual document. This information is okay in the email and subject line.
    • Subject line should be written as: [Title] – [Author’s Last Name]
  • Submit in Modern Manuscript Format – see here for format details.
  • We accept simultaneous submissions, just let us know if your story is accepted elsewhere.
  • Please, no reprints.