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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.

The Hatchet Lady of Red Rocks

– by Adrianne Montoya

Red Rocks

Photo: Adrianne Montoya

The road that runs the east slope of Lookout Mountain has a great view of the city lights, but as a Lovers’ Lane, it gets a little crowded. If you and your date require a more secluded spot, there are plenty of half-hidden pullouts along the backroads of Morrison where you can slip under the wild plum and gambel oak. Ignore the litter of empty beer cans, discarded prophylactics, and coyote scat, and it’s peaceful and private. If you manage to get close to Red Rocks on summer concert night, you can even enjoy the background thrum of the music.

Until the Hatchet Lady wanders past. She’s known to be less than friendly to people she considers trespassers. That hatchet may be getting dull, but she swings it with surprising force.

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Denver Horror Epitaph

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We’re all shivers as we announce the unveiling of the Denver Horror Epitaph, the official newsletter of the Denver Horror Collective!

Our unnerving monthly e-newsletter will

  • loop you in on the Mile High City’s burgeoning literary horror scene
  • chill you with original dark writings and cartoons
  • disturb you with interviews of local horror creators
  • and update you on the latest goings-on at the Denver Horror Collective!

SUBSCRIBE to monthly email issues of the Epitaph and enter in a drawing to receive a signed copy of Terror at 5280′, our upcoming horror fiction anthology!

 

Frights and Flights with Lanie Goodell on April 28

Denver Horror Collective is now a co-sponsor of this recurring event at Bookbar with our very own Tom Mavroudis as host!

This month on Sunday, April 28 @ 6 pm we feature Lanie Goodell, single mom and horror author from Denver reading from Salvagium, a romantic horror novel set in the picturesque mountains of Vermont.

RSVP here!

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Jeamus After Midnight Podcast #2: Josh Schlossberg Interview and Folk Horror Discussion

Jeamus_After_Midnight_PodbeanIn this second episode of the Jeamus After Midnight Podcast, Jeamus interviews author and journalist Josh Schlossberg, a damned fine writer who mixes it up with the macabre. Later in the episode we have a brief discussion about the very big subject of American Folk Horror.

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Jeamus After Midnight Podcast #1: Brains and Origins

Jeamus_After_Midnight_PodbeanIn this pilot episode of Jeamus After Midnight (sponsored by Denver Horror Collective), artist and author Jeamus Wilkes flies solo in a fifteen minute monologue about creative brains, the origins of stuff, sobriquets, what meaneth “horror”, and the road ahead for the podcast… all with a delightfully creepy, blizzardy soundtrack.

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