by Joe Mynhardt | Aug 7, 2025 | Updates
Here are Nate Atkins’ finalists for the Eco-Horror theme: “The Cailleach Bhéara” by Tracy Fahey“Dial 1-800-HIVE-MELT” by Matt Bray“Seven Ways to Die in the Woods” by Josh Schlossberg“Survival” by Rebecca Besser“O₂ Debt” by Father Nocturnal“Growing Things” by Amanda M....
by Joe Mynhardt | Aug 7, 2025 | Updates
This last book in The Exorcist’s House series will be released September 12, 2025, and the Kindle pre-order is live! Cover art by Matt Seth Barnes. The Resurrection by Nick Roberts. Christmas Eve,1999: A brutal tragedy occurs during Midnight Mass at the newly...
by Joe Mynhardt | Aug 5, 2025 | Crystal Lake Academy, Open Submissions
Author A.K. McCarthy won Crystal Lake’s most recent flash contest and has agreed to host. Here is the new theme: Music Horror: “Whether it’s the thundering of a church organ or the warbling of a lone violin in the night, the right combination of musical notes...
by Joe Mynhardt | Jul 18, 2025 | Updates
THE EXORCIST’S HOUSE: GENESIS will now also be translated into German by Festa Verlag. The trilogy ends this September with THE EXORCIST’S HOUSE: RESSURECTION. You ready for this? Get the 1st two books in the series...
by Joe Mynhardt | Jul 14, 2025 | Updates
A holiday horror novella by the award-winning author of The Ambush Moon Cycle trilogy, “Humbug” is a twisted new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” set in modern Seattle, which reimagines Scrooge as a jaded over-the-hill homicide detective hunting the...
by Joe Mynhardt | Jul 14, 2025 | Crystal Lake Academy
Hosted by Crystal Lake owner and CEO Joe Mynhardt (in collaboration with author Robert Ford), this is a hands-on writing and editing workshop that will transform your short story from a rough draft to submission-ready—with expert coaching, live group training, and a...
