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April Snellings

April Snellings is a writer and editor whose work has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists and the American Advertising Federation. In 2015, she joined the lineup of creators for the audio drama series Tales from Beyond the Pale, an Entertainment Weekly “Must List” pick that has topped iTunes charts and played live to sold-out audiences across North America. In 2017, she was named Writer of the Year in the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. April lives in Tennessee with her long-suffering wife, several recalcitrant dogs and cats, and a seven-foot animatronic werewolf named C. Thomas Howl.

Up Close: Melissa Albert

From the Hazel Wood to the Chicago Suburbs By April Snellings It’s an exciting time…

Up Close: Samantha Allen

Reality Bites By April Snellings In Samantha Allen’s shapeshifting horror debut, the cast and crew…

Up Close: Alma Katsu

A Demon for Every Temple By April Snellings It only took two novels—2018’s Donner Party-inspired…

Up Close: Jason Rekulak

A Ghost Story with a Body Count By April Snellings After more than 20 years…

Up Close: Jennifer McMahon

Where Monsters Dwell By April Snellings Jennifer McMahon’s suspense novels often sidle up to the…

Up Close: Anne Heltzel

Motherhood Is a Cult By April Snellings In Anne Heltzel’s adult horror debut, a young…

ICONS: Anne Rice

Honoring the Author Who Reinvented Horror By April Snellings When Anne Rice submitted her first…

Up Close: Alex Segura

Four-Color Crime By April Snellings In Alex Segura’s new standalone mystery SECRET IDENTITY—his first crime…

Up Close: S.A. Barnes

Exploring the Stuff of Nightmares By April Snellings “I did not set out to write…

Up Close: Bonnie Kistler

Elevated Thrills By April Snellings Bonnie Kistler’s outstanding sophomore thriller THE CAGE kicks off with…

Black Orchid Girls by Carolyn Arnold

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Tales From the Script: Gregg Hurwitz

Major Deal Serves as Career Launchpads for Aspiring Screenwriters By April Snellings Gregg Hurwitz is…

On the Cover: Nicole Glover

Allowing Space for Ideas to Breathe By April Snellings When Nicole Glover’s debut historical fantasy…

Death Washes Ashore by Caleb Wygal

By April Snellings If “Why did you become a writer?” were a multiple-choice question, “Because…

Forced Perspective by Colin Campbell

By April Snellings Colin Campbell took a long and dangerous route to a life as…

Between the Lines: John Connolly

Celebrating Two “Darkly Ingenious” Releases By April Snellings It’s been more than 22 years since…

Up Close: Tim Waggoner

The Weird World of Movie Tie-ins By April Snellings The practice of turning a movie…

On the Cover: Rachel Harrison

When Life Is ‘a Romcom of Horror’ By April Snellings Rachel Harrison announced herself as…

Up Close: Eric Rickstad

Earning the Dark By April Snellings Wayland Maynard, the main character of Eric Rickstad’s I…

On the Cover: Alverne Ball

A Different Kind of Police Procedural By April Snellings Since completing his MFA in Fiction…

On the Cover: Stephen Graham Jones

Slasher 101 By April Snellings For all the lip service that’s paid to the final…

Up Close: Catriona Ward

‘The Darker the Tale, the Purer the Heart’ By April Snellings It doesn’t hit US…

Up Close: Diana Rodriguez Wallach

From Heart-Racing Thrillers to Spine-Tingling Horror By April Snellings Regardless of your religious beliefs, possession…

On the Cover: Richard Chizmar

The Accidental Creation of a New Genre By April Snellings Horror fans know Richard Chizmar…