Carina Bissett is pleased to announce that she accepted the Silver Hammer Award at the Bram Stoker Awards on Saturday night, May 22. “The Horror Writers Association (HWA) periodically gives the Silver Hammer Award to an HWA volunteer who has done a truly massive amount of work for the organization, often unsung and behind the scenes. It was instituted … More Publications, Panels, and an Award
Carina Bissett is pleased to share the news that the themed anthology WILD: Uncivilized Tales from Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers is a finalist for the 2021 Colorado Book Awards in the Anthology category. Her story “An Authentic Experience” opens the collected works. AnthologyStories That Need to Be Told 2020: A Tulip Tree Anthology edited by Jennifer … More Award Finalist & Author Appearance
Carina Bissett‘s story “Serpents and Toads” is included in Gluttony: An inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires (Seven Deadly Sins Book 6), which was published by Black Hare Press. This is her first Australian publication credit. “Serpents and Toads” is a contemporary retelling of the fairy tale “Diamonds and Toads.” In this version, the … More “Gluttony”–Seven Deadly Sins Series
Stephanie M. Lindberg (SM Lindberg)’s flash nonfiction essay, “There Will Be Blood,” was published in the Summer 2020 edition, Volume 1.2, of Assure Press’s Iris Literary Journal. Due to the pandemic, publishing was delayed, and the edition was printed in early 2021. The theme was “White”, featuring “work that creatively addresses purity: innocence, idealism, fidelity, … More SM Lindberg on the Theme of “White”
Carina Bissett is pleased to announce that her story “The Certainty of Silence” was released yesterday in the Sci-Fi & Scary charity anthology Twisted Anatomy: A Body Horror Anthology. This story has roots in her own experiences as a domestic violence victim. Only she wanted to write a story that flipped the familiar script. This … More New Release & Stoker News
February is Women in Horror Month (WIHM), something Carina Bissett looks forward to each year. It is a celebration of women and female-identifying authors in a genre that is often misunderstood and overlooked. Although there is a negative preconception that often follows the mention of “horror,” the genre is actually diverse and multi-faceted. It’s true … More Women in Horror Month
With a writing career that spans two decades, Carina Bissett is familiar with rejection. “There is one thing all writers have in common,” she writes. ” At some point in every writer’s career, rejection hits. It’s just part of the game.” One story in particular, a modern “Snow White” retelling, was rejected fourteen times over … More From Rejection to Realization
Carina Bissett is thrilled to announce the appearance of her story “An Embrace of Poisonous Intent” in the anthology Bitter Distillations: An Anthology of Poisonous Tales, edited by Mark Beech. Bitter Distillations is a collection of disquieting, disorientating and otherwise uncategorizable tales for which poison provides the inspiration. Poisons conspicuously sinister or quietly innocuous; deliberately distilled or unknowingly … More An Embrace of Poisonous Intent
Carina Bissett is pleased to announce that her story “Gaze with Undimmed Eyes and the World Drops Dead” was featured in the anthology Terror at ‘5280, which recently won Best Anthology at the 2020 Best Book Awards (BBA) by American Book Fest! Terror at 5280′ edited by Josh Schlossberg WINNER Fiction: Anthologies ABOUT: At sea level, where it’s … More The Best of Both Worlds
As group facilitator, Brook Bhagat tries to cast a wide net with her monthly email to all PPCC employees, inviting them to the group workshops. One of the goals of the group is to provide motivation for writers with busy lives; Brook looks at these emails as opportunities for creative writing. She tries to entice … More An “Inkling of Jackals”
