It's Crypticon Month! Plus so many more HWA member events for May 2026
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This Week!
✨WEDNESDAY MAY 1 to 3, 2026
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CRYPTICON SEATTLE 2026
The Seattle chapter of the HWA will be found crawling all over this event!
Look for us: 🕷️ representing the Seattle Chapter of the HWA in the Artist's Alley 🕷️ hanging out at the first-ever HWA Seattle mixer 🕷️ sitting on or moderating discussion panels in the writing track    🕷️ in attendance at the Camp Crypticon anthology awards banquet    🕷️ signing books at the con's first all-author event 🕷️ selling books and merch in the Vendor's Hall    🕷️ livestreaming podcast debates    🕷️ reading at open mics
GET YOUR PASSES AND TICKETS HERE!
Location: DoubleTree Inn, 18740 International Blvd, Seattle, WA 98188
Coming up!
🗺️ Wishing Seattle HWA member Josef B. Wilke safe travels and spooky success at ThrillerCon in NYC from May 5 to 9!
✨WEDNESDAY MAY 6, 2026
LISTEN TO THE BENEATH THE RAIN SHADOW PODCAST - season 2, episode 4
Catch the recording edition of the latest episode of the Beneath the Rain Shadow podcast featuirng HWA member Gordon B. White's first hotseat story attempt!
Listen to the recorded version at the Fermented Fiction Substack starting May 6
✨FRIDAY MAY 8, 2026, 4pm
Rescheduled!
Fans of Dark Shadows and horror graphic novels will want to pop by for Craig Hurd-McKenney's signing of his latest, Curse of Dark Shadows. He'll be at Haunted Burrow Books from 4 to 6pm.
Also, plan to spend some time and drop some money on some great deals, as member Roxanne Guiney's wonderful pop-up bookstore, which has generously served the horror community since it began last year, is having some early moving sales to help reduce inventory. The shop will close in early summer due to its building's slate for demolition.
Here's a great chance to get some great books at some even greater prices and enjoy this sweet little dark corner of Capitol Hill while you still can.
Location: Haunted Burrow Books, 430 15th Ave. E, Seattle WA 98112
🗺️ Wishing Seattle HWA member J.W. Donley safe travels and spooky success at BizarroCon in PDX from May 14 to 17!
✨THURSDAY MAY 14, 2026 — 630pm
Join LUCIANO MARANO in conversation with Gordon B. White
Eagle Harbor Books hosts what promises to be a fun dialog between two HWA Seattle members discussing local author Luciano Marano's dark new collection of short stories, Gargoyle Safari.
Location: Eagle Harbor Books, 157 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
✨FRIDAY MAY 15, 2026 — 6pm
JOIN G.G. SILVERMAN as she reads from The Blood Year Daughter
Haunted Burrow Books hosts a silent reading party featuring local author and HWA Seattle member G. G. Silverman, who will also read from her debut short story collection, The Blood Year Daughter. Macabre costumes encouraged!
Also, plan to spend some time and drop some money on some great deals, as member Roxanne Guiney's wonderful pop-up bookstore, which has generously served the horror community since it began last year, is having some early moving sales to help reduce inventory. The shop will close in early summer due to its building's slate for demolition.
Here's a great chance to get some great books at some even greater prices and enjoy this sweet little dark corner of Capitol Hill while you still can.
Location: Haunted Burrow Books, 430 15th Ave. E, Seattle WA 98112
✨WEDNESDAY MAY 27, 2026 — 530pm
LISTEN TO THE BENEATH THE RAIN SHADOW PODCAST - season 2, episode 5
It's your latest chance to participate in the livestream edition of the Beneath the Rain Shadow podcast!
Listeners to the 1-hour livestream will be able to comment live and catch a critique of HWA member Tamara Kaye Sellman's second hotseat story attempt!
Listen live at the Fermented Fiction YouTube channel on May 27 at 5:30pm Pacific
Listen later to the recorded version at the Fermented Fiction Substack starting June 3
✨SATURDAY MAY 30, 2026 — 4pm
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SHBC: MONSTRILIO by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
Join Perla X. Caballero with the Seattle Horror Book Club to discuss this recent title described as "Bizarre and brilliant... [a] modern Frankenstein."
Location TBD. Requires RSVP through the SHBC.
RSVP highly recommended.
Follow the club via Instagram (@seattlehorrorbookclub)
Join & RSVP via the bookclubs page https://bookclubs.com/seattle-horror-book-club/join/.
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