From Don D'Auria, Samhain Horror Editor

As we launch the New Year, I wanted to give readers and authors – both current and prospective – a look at what’s new and exciting at Samhain Horror.

• With much fanfare in late 2011, we launched Samhain Horror, which we’re committed to building into the pre-eminent home for international horror. Your response exceeded our expectations, and we have big plans for continuing to build readership and generate excitement in 2012.
• Our first stop on the trail of horror in 2012 takes us to the Horror Writers Association Bram Stokers Awards banquet, at the World Horror Convention. As they indicate on their site: The World Horror Convention is an annual gathering of professionals in the horror industry; publishers, authors, artists, musicians, filmmakers, dealers and, of course, horror fans. WHC serves as both an industry insider’s networking event and a chance for fans of the genre to get together, meet some of the creative talents in the field, and generally spend a weekend celebrating All Things Scary. At Samhain Horror, we’re pleased to be a Platinum Sponsor of the Bram Stoker Banquet. I’ll be there, and I hope to see many of our authors and readers there as well. We’ll have a booth and additional information available so you can see the newest and most exciting tales in horror up close and personal.
• Response to our initial calls for submission has been even better than we expected and has allowed us to find some extraordinary new authors. Our current list of authors is headlined by Horror Master Ramsey Campbell, but also includes such exciting voices as Ronald Malfi, Greg F. Gifune, Jonathan Janz, Brian Moreland, W. D. Gagliani, Elena Hearty, Russell James, Frazer Lee, Alan Spencer, David Searls, Maynard Sims, Peter Mark May, Aaron Dries, Nile Limbaugh, Kristopher Rufty and Hunter Shea. Congratulations to these authors on their exceptional work – and to those of you with a tale of horror to share, submissions are open. Just click here for all the details.

We’re very excited to be a part of the horror community, and we look forward to honoring our commitment to bring readers the best in horror fiction every month. Welcome!

Best,

Don D’Auria
Executive Editor