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...
by Joe Mynhardt | Jul 9, 2025 | Updates
Congrats to author Nick Roberts, whose THE EXORCIST’S HOUSE will go into its 2nd printing in Germany through Festa Verslag. They also signed on Nick’s IT HAUNTS THE MIND AND OTHER STORIES for a signed, limited edition hardcover run. Have you read them...
by Joe Mynhardt | Jul 8, 2025 | Open Submissions, Updates
Author Nate Atkins won Crystal Lake’s most recent flash contest and has agreed to host. Here is the new theme: “Eco-Horror! This month, it’s time to plunge into Eco-Horror: stories rooted in ecological dread, nature-based curses, primeval forces tied to the land, your...
