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About joshsworstnightmare

Josh Schlossberg, author of WHERE THE SHADOWS ARE SHOWN, CHARWOOD & MALINAE, surveys the dark landscape of ecological, biological, and folk horror fiction.

Denver Horror Collective Is Dead

Denver Horror Collective has been ruthlessly spreading the horror since 2017. With over fifty members, not only has DHC become the most dangerous collection of dark scribes in Denver and across Colorado, but throughout the entire Rocky Mountain Region.

Yet during our last Steering Committee meeting, in the midst of all the strife in the world today, we asked ourselves: What the heck are we doing?

Our response to creeping darkness is to pile on MORE of the shadow? Our reflex when we see pain and suffering is to get people to imagine the WORST possible outcomes? What kind of people are we, truly, if this negativity is our contribution to society, to the future of humankind?

So we slept on it, reconvened the next day, and made an unanimous decision: Denver Horror Collective is no more.

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Join the Horror Author Support Chain!

Coming up with an idea. Banging out the first draft. Feedback and critiques. Polishing that second, third, or more drafts. Submitting the manuscript. Rejection. Rejection. Rejection. Despair. Publication!

At long last, your hard work has paid off and you can sit back and reap the well-earned rewards…right? RIGHT?!

Perhaps the most frustrating part of being a horror author isn’t any of the above but getting sales for your book.

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