by Finn Burns | Jul 24, 2026 | Nearly Expert Advice
What if you’ve been cast as the victim in your own life? I’m excited to share my upcoming nonfiction book, The Director’s Cut: A Final Girl’s Guide to Killing the Script and Reclaiming the Lead. Drawing on horror films, psychology, and personal...
by JM Van Horn | Jul 11, 2026 | Conventions, Detroit Festival of Books, Nearly Expert Advice
GLAHW Returns to Detroit Festival of Books. Back again. GLAHW returns for the 9th annual ultimate Michigan book event. Member MontiLee, Mark Matthews, & J.M. Van Horn will be at the event on July 19 from 10a-4p at in Detroit, MI. You will find us in...
by JM Van Horn | Jun 19, 2026 | Erie Tales Anthology, Nearly Expert Advice
What would you do to escape a curse? You hold in your hands a collection of stories featuring cursed objects: rings, pendants, journals, even a dashboard statue. Discover how people come about their curses and what they will do to escape them. Don’t worry, we’re...
by JM Van Horn | May 12, 2026 | Conventions, Nearly Expert Advice
GLAHW Appearing at the Sinister Swamp Meet. Come out for a great day of freaky fun and vending weirdness at the Sinister Swamp Meet. A handful of vendors in an intimate space selling art, craft, and cool stuff. The day will end with an acoustic...
by J.C. Vande Zande | May 2, 2026 | Nearly Expert Advice
Hello GLAHW,My name is Jeff Vande Zande (or J.C. Vande Zande) and I am the author of the Michigan-based gothic horror novels, The Dance of Rotten Sticks and its sequel, Blood of the Witness Tree. I believe I may have met some of your members at Blood Bash in Jackson,...
by JM Van Horn | Jul 1, 2025 | Membership, Nearly Expert Advice
Half the year is gone, bit don’t fret. It is never too late to join. The Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers’ goal is to publish, support, and promote local creators of the strange and terrifying. Through our anthologies, events, and...
