Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels
@ledaniels
bram stoker/shirley jackson/aurealis/ditmar/australasian shadows awards finalist editor/author/poet active hwa, ahwa, iped american in australia
Thank you, Colleen Anderson; judges Erik Hofstatter, Jamal Hodge, Kyla Lee Ward; publisher @rdspress.bsky.social, & artist Jenn Brisson. My "Alpine Divorce" credits its title to Robert Barr’s short story of the same name (English Illustrated Magazine, 1893). HWA's POETRY SHOWCASE XIII releasing Oct!
When @stephenking.bsky.social's IT landed in my teen hands 40 years ago, I was crossing this wall into my own Barrens. Now @horrortom.bsky.social, editor of STILL FLOATING: FORTY YEARS OF PENNYWISE, features my essay alongside a ToC of immensely talented voices: www.tomdeady.com/post/still-f...
Just recorded virtual panel, Necronomicon presents ANTIPODEAN WEIRD & HORROR FICTION: VOICES OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND with @leemurraywriter.bsky.social , @aarondries.bsky.social , @geneveflynn.bsky.social , @kaaronwarren.bsky.social & @genni.bsky.social Links in comments!
COVER REVEAL (art: François Vaillancourt) for Tom Deady's @horrortom.bsky.social STILL FLOATING: 40 YEARS OF PENNYWISE featuring 33 contributors' impressions of Stephen King's IT. Releasing in Sept., the antho includes my "The Barrens: The Walled Garden at the Center of Our Story." Link below...
Actor/occupational therapist, Nicole Swanson smashes it out of the park with her reading of "Stomata" on @talestoterrify.bsky.social ep.747. Thank you, Nicole and Tales to Terrify! Catch it alongside all the Bram Stoker Award® nominees for short fiction: talestoterrify.com
On my parents' kitchen table in Rhode Island. Thank you to everyone who believed in this story and thank you, Elaine Pascale and Kristi Petersen Schoonover!
Congratulations, Katya de Becerra, @geneveflynn.bsky.social and @leemurraywriter.bsky.social! Utterly delighted to share this list with you!
"Stomata", published in Elaine Pascale's DARKNESS MOST FOWL (Godmother of Horror Press) is nominated for a Bram Stoker Award® in Short Fiction! Congrats to fellow nominees, Rhonda Jackson Garcia, Anna Taborska, Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece, & Champ Wongsatayanont! A joy to stand beside you!
An honor to see my short story "Stomata" & DARKNESS MOST FOWL listed on the Preliminary Ballot of the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Awards. Thank you, Elaine Pascale, and Godmother of Horror Press. For voting HWA members, the link to the story is in the comments and good luck, everyone!
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
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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.
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....
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.....
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.
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!
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...
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
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
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!
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...
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...?
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!