On episode #22 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg cops a squat with Jonathan Butcher, author of CHOCOLATEMAN, to get to the bottom of fecal matter in horror fiction.
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JEWISH HORROR 101: Virtual Celebration of THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR | Sunday, Nov. 28
On the first night of Hanukkah, November 28 at 5 pm PT / 6 MT / 7 CT / 8 ET Denver Horror Collective hosts “Jewish Horror 101,” an hour-long virtual Zoom event celebrating the publication of the award-winning small press’ third horror fiction anthology, THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR, available online and at bookstores across the U.S.
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Whether it’s pirate rabbis or demon-slaying Bible queens, concentration camp vampires or beloved, fearless bubbies, THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR offers you twenty-two dark tales about the culture, history, and folklore of the Jewish people, selected by award-winning editor and horror author Josh Schlossberg, with a foreword by Rabbi John Carrier and introduction by Molly Adams of the Jewish Horror Review.
“Jewish Horror 101” will feature five anthology authors revealing secrets about famous and lesser-known creatures from Jewish folklore and mythology appearing in their stories, including the golem (Simon Rosenberg), Lilith (Molly Adams), the dybbuk (John Baltisberger), mazzikim (Emily Ruth Verona), the alukah (Michael Picco), and the Watchers.
Continue readingMALINAE Wins “Novella of the Year” from Horror Authors Guild
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.
THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR Is Out Today!
THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR, the fiction anthology I edited for Denver Horror Collective, is available today, Halloween, in print and e-book through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Godless.com, and your local bookstore (check Indiebound.org to see if they have it, and if not, ask them to order it)!
While I was lead editor for TERROR AT 5280’ (Denver Horror Collective, 2019), and did copy edits for CONSUMED: TALES INSPIRED BY THE WENDIGO (Denver Horror Collective, 2020), this is the first and only anthology I’ve edited alone and I’m excited to unleash it upon the world!
As I’ve said before, the hardest part of putting together this anthology about the history, culture, and folklore of my people—the Jews—was rejecting the dozens of excellent stories that didn’t quite make it into the book. The ones that did, however, cover a vast territory of Jewish horror from the expected—golems, dybbuks, demons—to the unexpected. And, believe it or not, the process has given me a deeper appreciation of my own heritage.
Before even being released, the book has already been getting great reviews, including Publishers Weekly, “the bible of the book business,” calling it a “superior anthology.” Plus, I was just on Colorado Public Radio with one of the authors, Lindsay King-Miller, to talk about the inspiration behind it.
I really think horror readers are going to love THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR, as well as those coming from a Jewish background or who are simply interested in learning more about the culture. And even those for whom horror isn’t their cup of tea I suspect will enjoy many of the lighter stories.
So I hope you pick the book up today and please be sure to leave a review when you’re finished!
JWN Podcast #21: Eco-Horror (with Mike Marcus)
On episode #21 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg tries saves the world with Mike Marcus, author of “Dark Nature,” through the subgenre of ecological horror fiction.
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JWN Podcast #20: The Anatomy of Slashers (with Angela Sylvaine)
On episode #21 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg gets visceral with Angela Sylvaine, author of CHOPPING SPREE, to dissect the anatomy of slasher horror.
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What’s So Scary About Colorado? These Six Authors Have the Answer
No idea how I snuck into this Westword (Denver’s alt-weekly) article featuring five well-known Colorado horror authors–including Steve Rasnic Tem and Stephen Graham Jones–but I’ll take it!
The Secret to Saving Indie Bookstores? Indie Presses!
– by Josh Schlossberg
Independent bookstores—used ones, in particular—are among my favorite human-made spaces. I love strolling between the shelves, inhaling that old book smell, discovering new stories I can let into my head. This is exactly how I’ve found quite a few authors I’d never heard of before, some of whom became my new favorites.
Unfortunately, most indie bookstores have long since bit the dust, with the last of them barely hanging on for dear life. But what if there was a way to save them?
Publishers Weekly Reviews THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR
Here’s what Publishers Weekly has to say about THE JEWISH BOOK OF HORROR, the horror fiction anthology I edited for Denver Horror Collective, due out Halloween 2021:
“Schlossberg brings together a superior anthology with a fascinating origin story…[that] ably demonstrates the compatibility of Jewish tradition, history, and folklore with the horror genre…This is sure to please fans of folklore-infused horror.”
Read the full review at Publishers Weekly.
JWN Podcast #19: Caught in the Spider’s Web (with Ronald Kelly)
On episode #19 of Josh’s Worst Nightmare, host Josh Schlossberg gets creepy crawly with Ronald Kelly, author of THE WEB OF LA SANGUINAIRE AND OTHER ARACHNID HORRORS, to spy on spiders in horror fiction.
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