{"id":15467,"date":"2025-10-21T23:08:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/?p=15467"},"modified":"2025-10-21T23:08:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:08:58","slug":"ohio-horror-writers-spooktacular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/ohio-horror-writers-spooktacular\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Horror Writers Spooktacular"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"idlw5ZC\" class=\"amh-row row\">\n<div id=\"idjLXfv\" class=\"amh-block amh-text col-md-12\" data-block-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"amh-content\">\n<p class=\"custom1\">Celebrate spooky season with the Ohio Horror Writers Association! On Saturday, Oct. 25th at noon, please join me and other Ohio horror authors for fun, fiction-focused afternoon at the Columbus Library at <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/?q=Main+Library+Special+Events,96+South+Grant+Avenue,Columbus,OH,43215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">96 South Grant Avenue, <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/?q=Main+Library+Special+Events,96+South+Grant+Avenue,Columbus,OH,43215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbus, Columbus, OH, 43215.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"idQ9R9H\" class=\"amh-row row\">\n<div id=\"idiga4D\" class=\"amh-block amh-text col-md-12\" data-block-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"amh-content\">\n<p>The event is free, but <a href=\"https:\/\/events.columbuslibrary.org\/event\/14790510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registration is requested<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Saturday, Oct 25 | 12-4 p.m.<br \/>\nMain Library | Reading Room<\/h4>\n<p><strong>12 p.m.\u00a0 \u00a0 |<\/strong>\u00a0Panel Discussion: Horrors and Haunts You\u2019ve Never Heard Of<br \/>\n&#8211;<em>Be prepared to take notes and leave with a long list of new-to-you books!<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>1:15 p.m. |<\/strong>\u00a0Readings from OHWA Authors<br \/>\n<strong>2:45 p.m. |<\/strong>\u00a0Gift Basket Giveaway<br \/>\n<strong>3:00 p.m. |<\/strong>\u00a0Monster Mash Storytelling Game<br \/>\n&#8211;<em>Audience members vote on which monster reigns supreme!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Wear your most creative (yet library-appropriate) costume and hang out in the Main Library Reading Room with goblins, ghouls and the Ohio Horror Writers Association (OHWA) for a day of terrifying tales and spectacular stories.<\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.libnet.info\/frontend-images\/editor\/columbus\/OHWA_logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>ABOUT THE AUTHORS<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Participating authors are members of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ohiohwa.wordpress.com\/\">Ohio Chapter of the Horror Writers Association<\/a>. The HWA is an international nonprofit organization of writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting dark literature and the interests of those who write it. The OHWA website describes the group as our local purveyors of horror, supernatural, weird and dark literature. Attendees will have the chance to hear from and chat with these OHWA writers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anton Cancre |\u00a0<em>Prolonged Torments Wrapped in the Worst of Evils<\/em><\/li>\n<li>David Corse |\u00a0<em>Split Scream<\/em>\u00a0(Vol. 6)<\/li>\n<li>Lauren Drinkard<\/li>\n<li>DM Guay |\u00a0<em>Christmas Creeps from the Deep, The Graveyard Shift<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>24\/7 Demon Mart 1<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Sarah Hans |\u00a0<em>Asylum<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Chorus of Whispers<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Chris Hicks<\/li>\n<li>S. Alessandro Martinez |\u00a0<em>Rootfingers<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Helminth<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Idalita Wright Raso |\u00a0<em>The Daughters of Saturn<\/em>\u00a0(Book 1) and\u00a0<em>Between Heaven and Saturn<\/em>\u00a0(Book 2)<\/li>\n<li>Kyle Rolinatis |<em>\u00a0Ope!<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Wicked Offerings<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Jerry Roth |\u00a0<em>Bottom Feeders<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Ghost from a Yard Sale<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Andromeda Ruins |\u00a0<em>Incorrect Eyes<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Dylan Scott<\/li>\n<li>Lucy Snyder |\u00a0<em>Sister, Maiden, Monster<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Rami Ungar |\u00a0<em>Symphony for Walpurgis<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Hannah and Other Stories<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE EVENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event is free to the public but due to limited seating registration is requested.<\/p>\n<p>Readers are welcome to bring books from home to be signed or purchase books on site.<\/p>\n<p>Free parking is available in the Main Library Parking Garage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Celebrate spooky season with the Ohio Horror Writers Association! On Saturday, Oct. 25th at noon, please join me and other Ohio horror authors for fun, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/ohio-horror-writers-spooktacular\/\" title=\"Ohio Horror Writers Spooktacular\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[182,179],"class_list":["post-15467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing-advice","tag-event","tag-events"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-10-21-at-10.50.02-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8qT6f-41t","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2206,"url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/ohio-horror-writers-association\/","url_meta":{"origin":15467,"position":0},"title":"Ohio Horror Writers Association","author":"Lucy A. 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