VOTE for Me in the 666 Awards?

February 25, 2022 / joshsworstnightmare / Leave a comment

I hope you’ll consider voting for some of my titles in Godless Horror’s 666 Awards. Totally fine if you don’t, of course. Just remember that I know where you live (and what time you go to bed).

“Best Novella”: MALINAE (by me)

“Best Anthology/Collection”: THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR (edited by me)

“Best Short” category: (any of the stories from THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR)

*The 666 Awards makes you vote in every category to submit your vote, and we encourage you do so. But if you’re not familiar with any options in the other categories, feel free to put N/A.

VOTE HERE

Interviewed on Let’s Scare Jennifer to Death Podcast

February 16, 2022 / joshsworstnightmare / Leave a comment

Jennifer Anne Gordon interviews me on her Let’s Scare Jennifer to Death podcast about the comforts of horror fiction, my depiction of a character with Alzheimers in MALINAE, editing THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR, and pushing through the darkness into the light.

Thoughts from an Award-Losing Author

January 31, 2022 / joshsworstnightmare / 3 Comments

– by Josh Schlossberg

I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of “social proof” in the writing world. Especially after my novella MALINAE won Horror Authors Guild “Novella of the Year,” and the anthology I edited for Denver Horror Collective, THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR, just qualified for the Bram Stoker Awards preliminary ballot.

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MALINAE Wins Horror Authors Guild “Novella of the Year” 2021-2022

January 14, 2022January 24, 2022 / joshsworstnightmare / 2 Comments

In case you missed it, MALINAE, my cosmic “elder” folk horror novella from D&T Publishing, won Horror Authors Guild 2021-2022 “Novella of the Year”!

MALINAE: Average of 4.6 stars on Amazon and Goodreads

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 / joshsworstnightmare / Leave a comment

Readers have rated MALINAE, my cosmic “elder” folk horror novella from D&T Publishing, 4.7 stars on Amazon and 4.5 stars on Goodreads.

If you enjoyed MALINAE, please leave a rating (or review!) on Amazon and/or Goodreads!

Praise for MALINAE

January 7, 2022 / joshsworstnightmare / 2 Comments

Check out the rave reviews for MALINAE, the award-winning cosmic horror novella from Josh Schlossberg (D&T Publishing, 2021)!

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MALINAE + THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR in Westword

December 30, 2021 / joshsworstnightmare / Leave a comment

MALINAE, my cosmic folk horror novella from D&T Publishing, and THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR, the anthology I edited for Denver Horror Collective, together at last in Denver Westword! (even if it was several weeks ago)

MALINAE for the Holidays!

November 26, 2021 / joshsworstnightmare / Leave a comment

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah—or like me, a good old-fashioned blood sacrifice to bring back the sun—my cosmic horror novella, MALINAE by D&T Publishing (winner of “Novella of the Year” at Horror Author’s Guild 2021 Baba Yaga Awards), makes a great gift!

Available in hardcover, paperback, e-book, audiobook, and a bookstore near you: https://joshsworstnightmare.com/malinae/

They’d Rather Eat Their Own

November 21, 2021January 16, 2023 / joshsworstnightmare / 2 Comments

Reader reviews are one of the most fundamental ways we authors have of getting our books out into the world. Tragically, we have a harder time getting readers to write those reviews than we do convincing them to eat their own…

But, Josh, I hear you thinking, we’re not all mountain hermits like yourself with nothing better to do. You think it’s easy for us to come up with some fancy review?

First of all, mean. And second, who the heck’s talking about anything fancy?

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MALINAE Wins “Novella of the Year” from Horror Authors Guild

November 4, 2021May 30, 2022 / joshsworstnightmare / Leave a comment

Thank you to Horror Authors Guild for awarding MALINAE “Novella of the Year” in the 2021-2022 Baba Yaga Awards!

It means a lot to be recognized by this outstanding organization of horror authors and readers, and I can’t tell you how glad I am that people enjoyed the book.