Don't miss this week's events!

tkswriter
3 days ago
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Workshops, book groups, Poetry Month celebrations, Indie Booksellers Day... and a shout out to

ALL of our volunteers for National Volunteers Day, April 25th!

✨TUESDAY APRIL 21, 2026 — 7-9PM

RESCHEDULED!

POETRY PROMPTS & REVISION TECHNIQUES WORKSHOP

This month's free online workshop for Seattle chapter HWA members will be led by Michele Cacano, perfect for celebrating National Poetry Month.

This is a Zoom workshop; an email with log-in instructions will be sent to members a few days before the event.

Keep this in mind: If you have horror poems in need of a bloody scalpel (muahahahaha) you can use this workshop to fine tune them, then send them off to the national HWA's Poetry Showcase Volume XIII, which is open for submissions until May 1. Editors are Colleen Anderson, Kyla Lee Ward, Erik Hofstatter, and Jamal Hodge. Submission information here.

✨SATURDAY APRIL 25, 2026 — TWO EVENTS!

SATURDAY APRIL 25, 2026 — 2 to 4pm

Join Walsh Wettengle for a booksigning of Absinthe & Iron Cages

Bundok Books welcomes HWA Seattle member-author Walsh Wettengle to celebrate the release of his poetry chapbook, Absinthe & Iron Cages to celebrate both National Poetry Month and Independent Booksellers Day.

Location: Bundok Books, 3827 S Meridian, Puyallup, WA 98373, USA

SATURDAY APRIL 25, 2026 — 4 to 530pm

SEATTLE HORROR BOOK CLUB: Listen to Your Sister by Neena Viel

Join Perla X. Caballero with the Seattle Horror Book Club to discuss this recent title from Whidbey Island author and new Stoker Nominee Neena Viel! Requires RSVP through the SHBC or by calling the bookstore at 253.292.7367.

Location: Haunted Burrow Books, 430 15th Ave. E, Seattle WA 98112

You can follow the club via Instagram (@seattlehorrorbookclub) and join and RSVP via the bookclubs page https://bookclubs.com/seattle-horror-book-club/join/. RSVP highly recommended.

✨SUNDAY APRIL 26, 2026 — 12-4PM

POETS MEET & GREET with local poets

The Northgate Barnes & Noble features several HWA members in this National Poetry Month celebration featuring local poets! Each will be on hand to chat about favorite poems, current reading recs, and writing process.

Location: Barnes & Noble, 401 NE Northgate Way #1100, Seattle, WA 98125

... And a heads up...

NOTE: THIS IS A ONE-TIME LIVESTREAM DATE CHANGE!

✨MONDAY APRIL 27, 2026 — 530-630pm

LISTEN TO THE BENEATH THE RAIN SHADOW PODCAST

It's your latest chance to participate in the livestream edition of the Beneath the Rain Shadow podcast!

Because Crypticon is on the horizon, and all four podcasters are slated for that hugest of HWA annual events, the podcast will go live two days early to make time for post-production and pre-con preparation.

Listeners to the 1-hour livestream will be able to comment live and catch a critique of HWA member Gordon B. White's first hotseat story attempt!

Listen live at the Fermented Fiction YouTube channel MONDAY April 27 5:30pm Pacific
Listen later to the recorded version at the Fermented Fiction Substack starting May 6