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HWA Oregon
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We're the Oregon chapter of ‪@horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social‬,
connecting members in Oregon and southern Washington.

https://oregonhorror.com
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Tomorrow! Our very own, Amber Finnegan, will be speaking about the different types of editing, what to expect to happen at each level, and a starting point for what you might expect for cost.

Amber is our social media coordinator (yes, I'm talking about myself here...), an editor, and a podcaster.
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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November has some interesting events coming up!

Chapter Events (all via Google Meet):

Nov. 9: 1 pm: Quarterly Writers Workshop

Nov. 16: 6 pm: Chapter Meeting

Nov. 30: 6pm: Book club meeting: Candy Cain Kills by Brian McAuley

Keep reading and writing, Horroregonians!
Happy Día de los Muertos 💀
November 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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And J.B. Kish brought a monster for us to feed candy during his monster orientation. Several of us lined up for a group photo before the readings began (and again after.)
J.B. Kish instructs the audience on proper monster feeding protocols at the Horror Authors Book Party at Beaverton City Library on Saturday, October 25, 2025. The monster sits on a table behind him, in a green metal box. J.B. Kish instructs the audience on proper monster feeding protocols at the Horror Authors Book Party at Beaverton City Library on Saturday, October 25, 2025. The monster sits on a table behind him, in a green metal box. Katherine Quevedo, Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq, her dad Paul, J.B. Kish, Elizabeth Mitchell, our library host Ed, Richard Leis, Andrew Fuller, and Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito line up at Beaverton City Library for a group photo against brick and beige walls.
October 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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More readers!
Katherine Quevedo in a pointed witch hat reads poems and flash fiction from sheets of paper in front of an audience at the Horror Authors Book Party at Beaverton City Library on Saturday, October 25, 2025. Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq reads her headless horseman tale from sheets phone in front of an audience at the Horror Authors Book Party at Beaverton City Library on Saturday, October 25, 2025. She is assisted by her daughter behind a box who holds up a potato as one of the horseman's heads! Elizabeth Mitchell reads her story from sheets of paper in front of an audience at the Horror Authors Book Party at Beaverton City Library on Saturday, October 25, 2025. Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito reads her story from an anthology in front of an audience at the Horror Authors Book Party at Beaverton City Library on Saturday, October 25, 2025.
October 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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The Horror Authors Book Party at Beaverton City Library featured great readings (and monsters and monster assistants!)
H. A. Spector reads a story from his phone in front of an audience at the Horror Authors Book Party at Beaverton City Library on Saturday, October 25, 2025. Andrew Fuller reads a story from his book in front of an audience at the Horror Authors Book Party at Beaverton City Library on Saturday, October 25, 2025. Richard Leis reads poems and flash fiction from sheets of paper in front of an audience at the Horror Authors Book Party at Beaverton City Library on Saturday, October 25, 2025. Dan Finnegan reads a story from sheets of paper in front of an audience at the Horror Authors Book Party at Beaverton City Library on Saturday, October 25, 2025.
October 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq with a gold headscarf and sparkling gold and black attire reads her flash fiction at BOLD Coffee and Books on Friday, October 24, 2025, from behind a microphone and podium, and in front of shelves of books and plants and spooky mannequin with long black hair and a rope in her hands. Zachariah O'Keeffe with a black "The Tell-Tale Heart" t-shirt and beret reads his flash fiction at BOLD Coffee and Books on Friday, October 24, 2025, from behind a microphone and podium, and in front of shelves of books and plants and spooky mannequin with long black hair and a rope in her hands. Richard Leis with a dark red stripped button shirt and Dracula t-shirt and chocolate on his face reads his poetry and flash fiction at BOLD Coffee and Books on Friday, October 24, 2025, from behind a microphone and podium, and in front of shelves of books and plants and spooky mannequin with long black hair and a rope in her hands.
October 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Thank you to all of our readers at our weekend Halloween events. And thank you to all the audience members who made these events a success.
Erik Grove with a devilish mask and great horns reads from his short story in Kozy Krampus at BOLD Coffee and Books on Friday, October 24, 2025, from behind a microphone and podium, and in front of shelves of books and plants. Colleen East reads from her phone an excerpt from a short story at BOLD Coffee and Books on Friday, October 24, 2025, in front of shelves of books and plants and a spooky mannequin with long black hair behind her. Andrew Fuller leans into a microphone and podium to read from his short story collection Constellations of Ruin at BOLD Coffee and Books on Friday, October 24, 2025, in front of shelves of books and plants and a spooky mannequin with long black hair. H. A. Spector as Pugsley Adamms with Cousin It on his shoulder reads his flash fiction at BOLD Coffee and Books on Friday, October 24, 2025, from behind a microphone and podium, and in front of shelves of books and plants and a spooky mannequin with long black hair.
October 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Saturday, October 25, 2025 at Beaverton City Library! 👻🎃

Get into the scary season! Join us for a meet and greet with local horror authors, including read-alouds, book recommendations, and candy. Books from some authors will be available for sale. All Ages.

beavertonlibrary.org/Calendar.asp...
Orange and white spooky text and illustrations of ghosts reading and carrying books. In the background, a close-up image of a stack of old, yellowed books sitting on a thick wrinkled table cloth. Text reads "Horror Authors Book Party with HWA Oregon. Saturday October 25, Beaverton City Library, 1-3 PM, All Ages. Join local horror authors, including read-alongs, book recommendations, and candy. Books from some authors will be on sale."
October 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Join us at @boldcoffeeandbooks.bsky.social tonight for a costume party, readings from local horror authors, and an open mic to tell us all your real spooky encounters! 👻🎃

We have book prizes from local publishers, including @shortwavebooks.bsky.social and @moonstruckbooks.bsky.social.
HWA Oregon logo and Bold Coffee & Books logo on either side of an illustration of a crowned skull at the top of a worn piece of paper with cut-off illustrations, wrinkles and rips. Below this is the following text: HWA Oregon Presents: Halloween Party at Bold Coffee. There is a list of activities next: Costume Contest (w. Prizes), Readings from Local Horror Authors, Open-Mic: Your Real Spooky Encounters. Below this is the date, time, and address: Friday 24 October, 06:30 - 08:30 PM, 1755 SW Jefferson Street, Portland, OR.
October 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Welcome to the official spooky season! Here are the HWA Oregon events coming up in October.

Chapter Meeting: With Special Guest Rebecca Zornow, Oct 19, at 6pm via Google Meet

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October 14, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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HWA Oregon September events!

Come hang out with us at Mox Boarding House in PDX next week! We will also be at Salem Pride in the Park on the 20th and have our Chapter Meeting and Book Club Meetings at the end of the month on Google Meet.

Keep reading and writing Horroregonians!
HWA Oregon September Events. 16th: Mox Boarding House Meet Up 6-8:30pm PDX, 20th: Salem Pride in the Park 11-6pm Salem, 21st: Chapter Meeting 6pm Google Meet, 28th: Book Club Meeting "The Reformatory" by Tananarive Due 6pm Google Meet.
September 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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HWA Oregon co-chair H. A. Spector (@haspectorwrites.bsky.social) launched the Ink to Paper: Stories & Interviews podcast this year, featuring writers and editors: haspector.com/podcast
Podcast graphic, with text "Ink to Paper:" on top, an illustration of a feather pen writing on a page in an open book in the middle, and text "Stories & Interview" on the bottom. White text and illustration on a black background.
September 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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We're excited for all of our club events and meetings in September, and then we're attending an exciting book launch to kick off October!

oregonhorror.com/news/coming-...
HWA Oregon logo with an illustration of a blood-red-spotted slug typing on a typewriter. The text on the sheet of paper in the typewriter is Horroregonians. In the background there is a red circle like blood or a slug slime trail around the typewriter with Horror Writers Association in red text in an arc above the circle and Oregon Chapter in red text in an arc below the circle.
September 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Horroregonians! Let's get together. Don't forget that this Sunday is our monthly chapter meeting. This is a mixed in-person and Google Meet event! Check email or Discord for location details.

The in-person portion of the meeting will be watching Heretic! Hugh Grant in a horror film? Yes please!
Text on post: This Sunday, don't forget—our monthly meeting is in-person and on Google Meet! August 17th. HWA Oregon. During the in-person portion of the meeting we will be watching Heretic! Hugh Grant in a horror film? Yes, please! Images of the HWA Oregon chapter icon: a slug on a typewriter, and the Heretic movie poster.
August 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Interested in becoming a member? Join the HWA (there is even a Supporting Member level), select our chapter in the profile you set up, and reach out to HWA Oregon (contact information on our website.)

We'd be delighted to include your bio in our Members lists.

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HWA Oregon logo with an illustration of a blood-red-spotted slug typing on a typewriter. The text on the sheet of paper in the typewriter is Horroregonians. In the background there is a red circle like blood or a slug slime trail around the typewriter with Horror Writers Association in red text in an arc above the circle and Oregon Chapter in red text in an arc below the circle.
August 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Join us this Sunday, July 27th at 6 p.m. PST, on Google Meet to discuss Caitlin Starling's The Luminous Dead, a sci-fi, space, spelunking horror.
Graphic for HWA Oregon Book Club July 2025 Meeting. In the background is a black starfield. Blood red banana slug on a typewriter Horror Writers Association Oregon Chapter logo on bottom left, tilted book cover of The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling on the right. Text: 2025 HWA Summer Scares. Join us as we read The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling, a sci-fi, space, spelunking horror. Our discussion will be on July 27th at 6pm. Check our Discord for further details.
July 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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API/AANHPI Heritage in Horror Month continues with HWA's interview with Jessica Gleason and information about her upcoming book, EASY BAKE COVENANT (Burial Books):

horror.org/api-aanhpi-h...
Book cover of Easy Bake Covenant by Jessica Gleason with a girl with an upside down cross in front of a shadowy demon.
July 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Book cover for Tales From Port Astor by Zachariah O’Keeffe with a dark ocean and dark cityscape against a cloudy tan sky and crescent moon.
July 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Postponed a week due to Father's Day and StokerCon, we held our latest HWA Oregon meeting last night. Thank you everyone who participated! Our meeting minutes are now posted for those who were not able to attend:

oregonhorror.com/news/hwa-ore...
Oregon logo with an illustration of a blood-red-spotted slug typing on a typewriter against a dark gray background. The text on the sheet of paper in the typewriter is Horroregonians. In the background there is a red circle like blood or a slug slime trail around the typewriter with "Meeting Minutes" in white text below the circle.
June 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM