Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels
@ledaniels.bsky.social
bram stoker/shirley jackson/aurealis/ditmar/australasian shadows awards finalist
editor/author/poet
active hwa, ahwa, iped
american in australia
editor/author/poet
active hwa, ahwa, iped
american in australia
In accordance with Bram Stoker Awards® etiquette, I'm pleased to offer copies of 3 stories for consideration in the Short Fiction category: "Stomata" (DARKNESS MOST FOWL, Godmother of Horror), "The Howling Places" (INTO THE DREAD UNKNOWN, Twisted Wing), "Krampus Air" (KOZY KRAMPUS, Underland). Link⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
In accordance with Bram Stoker Awards® etiquette, I'm pleased to offer copies of 3 stories for consideration in the Short Fiction category: "Stomata" (DARKNESS MOST FOWL, Godmother of Horror), "The Howling Places" (INTO THE DREAD UNKNOWN, Twisted Wing), "Krampus Air" (KOZY KRAMPUS, Underland). Link⬇️
Join us for readings from DARKNESS MOST FOWL published by Godmother of Horror Press! I'll share from my sci fi/horror, 'Stomata' as nature finds a way to replace songbirds destroyed by humanity’s exploitation...
@vlatinalondon.bsky.social @geneveflynn.bsky.social
@vlatinalondon.bsky.social @geneveflynn.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Join us for readings from DARKNESS MOST FOWL published by Godmother of Horror Press! I'll share from my sci fi/horror, 'Stomata' as nature finds a way to replace songbirds destroyed by humanity’s exploitation...
@vlatinalondon.bsky.social @geneveflynn.bsky.social
@vlatinalondon.bsky.social @geneveflynn.bsky.social
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September 4, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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MONSTERS IN THE MILLS nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award! Congrats to fellow nominees: Julia Rios & Nadia Bulkin's WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST LEAVE, Sofia Ajram's BURY YOUR GAYS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRAGIC QUEER HORROR, dave ring's THE CRAWLING MOON, & Terry J. Benton-Walker's THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST.
June 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
MONSTERS IN THE MILLS nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award! Congrats to fellow nominees: Julia Rios & Nadia Bulkin's WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST LEAVE, Sofia Ajram's BURY YOUR GAYS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRAGIC QUEER HORROR, dave ring's THE CRAWLING MOON, & Terry J. Benton-Walker's THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST.
Excited to bring MAGIC REALISM FOR REBELS to STOKERCON, a course that sold out at both the Whistler Writers Festival, BC Canada & Queensland Writers Centre, AUS!
Click here for details on Horror University:
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Click here to get tix: www.eventbrite.com/.../stokerco....
Click here for details on Horror University:
horror.org/the-horror-w...
Click here to get tix: www.eventbrite.com/.../stokerco....
May 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Excited to bring MAGIC REALISM FOR REBELS to STOKERCON, a course that sold out at both the Whistler Writers Festival, BC Canada & Queensland Writers Centre, AUS!
Click here for details on Horror University:
horror.org/the-horror-w...
Click here to get tix: www.eventbrite.com/.../stokerco....
Click here for details on Horror University:
horror.org/the-horror-w...
Click here to get tix: www.eventbrite.com/.../stokerco....
On behalf of the HWA's Mental Health Initiative, I've moderated and recorded the StokerCon panel, "Neurodiversity in Horror" for virtual ticketholders with a line-up talented and generous writers. LINK for TIX: www.stokercon2025.com/registration
May 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
On behalf of the HWA's Mental Health Initiative, I've moderated and recorded the StokerCon panel, "Neurodiversity in Horror" for virtual ticketholders with a line-up talented and generous writers. LINK for TIX: www.stokercon2025.com/registration
Attention HWA members!
I've written a short piece called "Final Girl Survival Tips ... or How to Moderate Your First Panel" if you're taking this on for StokerCon or anywhere else. Members can find it in the Holistic Horrors section of the HWA newsletter: horror.org/.../newsle.....
I've written a short piece called "Final Girl Survival Tips ... or How to Moderate Your First Panel" if you're taking this on for StokerCon or anywhere else. Members can find it in the Holistic Horrors section of the HWA newsletter: horror.org/.../newsle.....
May 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Attention HWA members!
I've written a short piece called "Final Girl Survival Tips ... or How to Moderate Your First Panel" if you're taking this on for StokerCon or anywhere else. Members can find it in the Holistic Horrors section of the HWA newsletter: horror.org/.../newsle.....
I've written a short piece called "Final Girl Survival Tips ... or How to Moderate Your First Panel" if you're taking this on for StokerCon or anywhere else. Members can find it in the Holistic Horrors section of the HWA newsletter: horror.org/.../newsle.....
What we really want for Mother's Day from Black Spot Books. On sale for a limited time wherever you buy books for your mom, mum, mamá, màma, maman, eomma, mama, mamma, mam, má...
...and for yourself.
...and for yourself.
April 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
What we really want for Mother's Day from Black Spot Books. On sale for a limited time wherever you buy books for your mom, mum, mamá, màma, maman, eomma, mama, mamma, mam, má...
...and for yourself.
...and for yourself.
Join us for this free event: THROUGH THE PSYCHIATRIST'S LENS--MENTAL HEALTH AND HORROR with Dr. Anthony Tobia, Campus Chair of Psychiatry at Rutgers School of Medicine. Wed, 30 Apr @ 7pmEST | Thur, 1 May @ 8.30am AEST (Brisbane AUS).
Link to register in the comments!
Link to register in the comments!
April 24, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Join us for this free event: THROUGH THE PSYCHIATRIST'S LENS--MENTAL HEALTH AND HORROR with Dr. Anthony Tobia, Campus Chair of Psychiatry at Rutgers School of Medicine. Wed, 30 Apr @ 7pmEST | Thur, 1 May @ 8.30am AEST (Brisbane AUS).
Link to register in the comments!
Link to register in the comments!
On Int'l Poetry Day and with @delainajmiller.bsky.social, we're inviting you to join a FREE 1-hour poetry workshop Wellsprings: A Poetry Workshop with L. E. Daniels.
April 27, 6pm Central USA | 7pm ET USA
April 28, 9am for Brisbane, AU.
Book here: www.eventbrite.com/e/wellspring...
April 27, 6pm Central USA | 7pm ET USA
April 28, 9am for Brisbane, AU.
Book here: www.eventbrite.com/e/wellspring...
March 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
On Int'l Poetry Day and with @delainajmiller.bsky.social, we're inviting you to join a FREE 1-hour poetry workshop Wellsprings: A Poetry Workshop with L. E. Daniels.
April 27, 6pm Central USA | 7pm ET USA
April 28, 9am for Brisbane, AU.
Book here: www.eventbrite.com/e/wellspring...
April 27, 6pm Central USA | 7pm ET USA
April 28, 9am for Brisbane, AU.
Book here: www.eventbrite.com/e/wellspring...
On @storyhour.bsky.social this week: @pamelajeffs.bsky.social & me... 7PM PT/10PM ET USA Wed | 12PM Brisbane Thurs. I'm reading "The Howling Places" from @divazura.bsky.social latest anthology, INTO THE DREAD UNKNOWN and Pamela reads Aurealis finalist "Stokehold". Links in comments.
March 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
On @storyhour.bsky.social this week: @pamelajeffs.bsky.social & me... 7PM PT/10PM ET USA Wed | 12PM Brisbane Thurs. I'm reading "The Howling Places" from @divazura.bsky.social latest anthology, INTO THE DREAD UNKNOWN and Pamela reads Aurealis finalist "Stokehold". Links in comments.
This Sunday via livestream and in-person at the Queensland Writers Centre. Get the skinny on short stories and lift your game! queenslandwriters.org.au/events/reima...
#fiction #shortfiction #storyteller #queenslandwriterscentre #writer
#fiction #shortfiction #storyteller #queenslandwriterscentre #writer
March 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This Sunday via livestream and in-person at the Queensland Writers Centre. Get the skinny on short stories and lift your game! queenslandwriters.org.au/events/reima...
#fiction #shortfiction #storyteller #queenslandwriterscentre #writer
#fiction #shortfiction #storyteller #queenslandwriterscentre #writer
Anthologies are such skill-intensive passion projects and this year's list is exquisite. Congratulations to all for their hard work. Special shout out to editor extraordinaire, Lindy Ryan! It's such a pleasure to have a poem, "Mother Tide" included MOTHER KNOWS BEST.
#stokers #horror #anthology
#stokers #horror #anthology
February 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Anthologies are such skill-intensive passion projects and this year's list is exquisite. Congratulations to all for their hard work. Special shout out to editor extraordinaire, Lindy Ryan! It's such a pleasure to have a poem, "Mother Tide" included MOTHER KNOWS BEST.
#stokers #horror #anthology
#stokers #horror #anthology
Journey with us into the contemporary Gothic and INTO THE DREAD UNKNOWN, a Women in Horror Anthology edited by Azzurra Nox and published by Twisted Wing Productions! Pre-order link for 11 March release: www.amazon.com/Into-Dread-W...
February 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Journey with us into the contemporary Gothic and INTO THE DREAD UNKNOWN, a Women in Horror Anthology edited by Azzurra Nox and published by Twisted Wing Productions! Pre-order link for 11 March release: www.amazon.com/Into-Dread-W...
Congratulations to the talents nominated for the Bram Stoker Awards® for Anthology with a special shout out to @carolgyzander.bsky.social and Lindy Ryan! Great work and best wishes for the next round!
February 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Congratulations to the talents nominated for the Bram Stoker Awards® for Anthology with a special shout out to @carolgyzander.bsky.social and Lindy Ryan! Great work and best wishes for the next round!
Today I'm reading my poem 'woman rolls sandstone' from Even Cozier Cosmic @underlandpress.bsky.social. A full house of in-person & virtual readings with a galaxy of talent with Vintage Books Live! Does Horror:
7:00 PM Pacific Time (US & CAN)
1:00PM AEST (Brisbane AU)
www.youtube.com/@vintagebook...
7:00 PM Pacific Time (US & CAN)
1:00PM AEST (Brisbane AU)
www.youtube.com/@vintagebook...
January 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Today I'm reading my poem 'woman rolls sandstone' from Even Cozier Cosmic @underlandpress.bsky.social. A full house of in-person & virtual readings with a galaxy of talent with Vintage Books Live! Does Horror:
7:00 PM Pacific Time (US & CAN)
1:00PM AEST (Brisbane AU)
www.youtube.com/@vintagebook...
7:00 PM Pacific Time (US & CAN)
1:00PM AEST (Brisbane AU)
www.youtube.com/@vintagebook...
Proud to have my poem, "Unclean Break," included in DASTARDLY DAMSELS edited by Suzie Lockhart @suzie-sam2.bsky.social and published by Crystal Lake @crystallake.bsky.social -- a collection of voices made for these times. Congratulations to all involved and much gratitude!
January 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Proud to have my poem, "Unclean Break," included in DASTARDLY DAMSELS edited by Suzie Lockhart @suzie-sam2.bsky.social and published by Crystal Lake @crystallake.bsky.social -- a collection of voices made for these times. Congratulations to all involved and much gratitude!
@christaqua.bsky.social and I reveal cover art by Mr. Michael Squid for MONSTERS IN THE MILLS, follow-up anthology to the Aurealis Award finalist, WE ARE PROVIDENCE, published by IP (Interactive Publications Pty Ltd) and launching at Necronomicon in Providence this August. ipoz.biz/product/mons...?
July 23, 2024 at 5:49 AM
@christaqua.bsky.social and I reveal cover art by Mr. Michael Squid for MONSTERS IN THE MILLS, follow-up anthology to the Aurealis Award finalist, WE ARE PROVIDENCE, published by IP (Interactive Publications Pty Ltd) and launching at Necronomicon in Providence this August. ipoz.biz/product/mons...?
Halloween '24 release from Crystal Lake Entertainment, ed. by Suzie Lockhart, artwork by Joanna Hertz, foreword by Marianne Halbert. So proud to have my poem, "Unclean Break" in this anthology!
May 25, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Halloween '24 release from Crystal Lake Entertainment, ed. by Suzie Lockhart, artwork by Joanna Hertz, foreword by Marianne Halbert. So proud to have my poem, "Unclean Break" in this anthology!
Thank you to each one of you wonderful people who read and supported this work and thank you, @divazura.bsky.social for giving "Silk" a place in this remarkable anthology. Hope to see you at StokerCon!
May 7, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Thank you to each one of you wonderful people who read and supported this work and thank you, @divazura.bsky.social for giving "Silk" a place in this remarkable anthology. Hope to see you at StokerCon!
Just recorded Self-Care for Horror Writers with @christaqua.bsky.social , Ace Antonio Hall, @pamelajeffs.bsky.social , EV Knight, and @ericlarocca.bsky.social for the virtual component of StokerCon '24. Thank you all for sharing your wisdom and experience. Ticket link in the comments below...
March 26, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Just recorded Self-Care for Horror Writers with @christaqua.bsky.social , Ace Antonio Hall, @pamelajeffs.bsky.social , EV Knight, and @ericlarocca.bsky.social for the virtual component of StokerCon '24. Thank you all for sharing your wisdom and experience. Ticket link in the comments below...
What an incredible moment to share with so many wonderful writers. Thank you, Azzurra Nox@divazura.bsky.social!
February 22, 2024 at 3:09 AM
What an incredible moment to share with so many wonderful writers. Thank you, Azzurra Nox@divazura.bsky.social!
Published in @divazura.bsky.social's HUSH, DON'T WAKE THE MONSTER, "Silk" has been nominated for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction on the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® final ballot. Thank you to the voting HWA members who believed in this story & warm congratulations to all of the nominees!
February 22, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Published in @divazura.bsky.social's HUSH, DON'T WAKE THE MONSTER, "Silk" has been nominated for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction on the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® final ballot. Thank you to the voting HWA members who believed in this story & warm congratulations to all of the nominees!