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Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Kathleen Jennings @tanaudel.bsky.social · Aug 27

Kindling is on the Ditmar Award ballot! (For collection and art)
www.conflux.org.au/2025-ditmar-...

Congratulations to fellow nominees @catsparx.bsky.social @kaaronwarren.bsky.social Leigh Blackmore @ledaniels.bsky.social and @christaqua.bsky.social

On the left, a book: A linocut illustration in black, red, and blue of a red headed woman with a quirky smile on a vintage box of matches. It is a book cover. The title is Kindling: Stories by Kathleen Jennings. A yellow circle on top reads: FINALIST: WORLD FANTASY, LOCUS, AUREALIS, DITMAR

KINDLING
is shortlisted for a
Ditmar Award!
Best Collected Work:
'Calvaria Fell' by Cat
Sparks and Kaaron
Warren (auths)
'Nightmare Logic: Tales of
the Macabra, Fantastic
and Cthulhuesque' by
Leigh Blackmore (auth)
'Kindling' by Kathleen
Jennings (auth)
'Monsters in the Mills' by
Lauren Elise Daniels and
Christa Carmen (eds)

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Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations, Kathleen! What a wonderful list!

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Valerie B. Williams @valwillwrite.bsky.social · Jun 17

Got a wonderful temp tattoo of a weevil at StokerCon. It lasted Thursday - Sunday. Thanks @ledaniels.bsky.social and @geneveflynn.bsky.social! So many bugs and so much fun.

Tattoo of a red and black weevil on someone’s forearm.

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Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · Jun 27

YAY! I love it and that was so much fun! I will have to catch some more bugs for Pittsburgh!

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💙 Rachel Bolton 👀 @raebolt.bsky.social · Jun 14

My Table of Contents Pal @ledaniels.bsky.social and I got to meet in person thanks to Stokercon!

Two women hold up copies of Into The Dread Unknown edited by Azzurra Nox

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Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · Jun 10

MONSTERS IN THE MILLS nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award! Congrats to fellow nominees: Julia Rios & Nadia Bulkin's WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST LEAVE, Sofia Ajram's BURY YOUR GAYS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRAGIC QUEER HORROR, dave ring's THE CRAWLING MOON, & Terry J. Benton-Walker's THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST.

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Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · May 26

Excited to bring MAGIC REALISM FOR REBELS to STOKERCON, a course that sold out at both the Whistler Writers Festival, BC Canada & Queensland Writers Centre, AUS!
Click here for details on Horror University:
horror.org/the-horror-w...
Click here to get tix: www.eventbrite.com/.../stokerco....

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Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · May 26

Looking forward to this! Hope to see you there!

Geneve Flynn @geneveflynn.bsky.social · May 20

StokerCon in 3 weeks! I'll be on this panel - COMBATING LONELINESS IN THE WRITING PROFESSION - with these amazing folks: Jamal Hodge, Crystal O'Leary-Davidson, Mark Matthews, @ledaniels.bsky.social, @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social.
If you're around in Connecticut, please say hi!

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Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · May 26

Thank you, Stephanie!

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Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · May 14

So pleased to have made it into the finals of the Australasian Shadows Awards for MONSTERS IN THE MILLS for edited works with @christaqua.bsky.social
Check out this brilliant list and congrats to all!
locusmag.com/2025/05/2024...

2024 Australasian Shadows Awards

The 2024 Australasian Shadows Awards (previously known as the Australia Shadows Awards) shortlist has been announced. The award is given by the Australasian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) for “t…

locusmag.com

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Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · May 14

On behalf of the HWA's Mental Health Initiative, I've moderated and recorded the StokerCon panel, "Neurodiversity in Horror" for virtual ticketholders with a line-up talented and generous writers. LINK for TIX: www.stokercon2025.com/registration

Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · May 14

Attention HWA members!
I've written a short piece called "Final Girl Survival Tips ... or How to Moderate Your First Panel" if you're taking this on for StokerCon or anywhere else. Members can find it in the Holistic Horrors section of the HWA newsletter: horror.org/.../newsle.....

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Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · Apr 28

Tune in tonight! I’ll be reading my poems from “The Chaos Clock” anthology! (E-Spec Books).

facebook.com/events/s/gal...

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Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · Apr 29

What we really want for Mother's Day from Black Spot Books. On sale for a limited time wherever you buy books for your mom, mum, mamá, màma, maman, eomma, mama, mamma, mam, má...
...and for yourself.

Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · Apr 24

LINK to register...
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Through the Psychiatrist's Lens: Mental Health and Horror. Dr Anthony Tobia, a psychiatrist at Rutgers University who frequently lectures on Mental Health/Mental Illness in Horror, will discuss the in...

us06web.zoom.us

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Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · Apr 24

us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Through the Psychiatrist's Lens: Mental Health and Horror. Dr Anthony Tobia, a psychiatrist at Rutgers University who frequently lectures on Mental Health/Mental Illness in Horror, will discuss the in...

us06web.zoom.us

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Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · Apr 24

us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Through the Psychiatrist's Lens: Mental Health and Horror. Dr Anthony Tobia, a psychiatrist at Rutgers University who frequently lectures on Mental Health/Mental Illness in Horror, will discuss the in...

us06web.zoom.us

Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · Apr 24

Join us for this free event: THROUGH THE PSYCHIATRIST'S LENS--MENTAL HEALTH AND HORROR with Dr. Anthony Tobia, Campus Chair of Psychiatry at Rutgers School of Medicine. Wed, 30 Apr @ 7pmEST | Thur, 1 May @ 8.30am AEST (Brisbane AUS).
Link to register in the comments!

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Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · Apr 22

Many of us already miss you there, Elizabeth. Thank you for this message.

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Pauline Yates @midnightmuser1.bsky.social · Mar 24

Join me on the blog where I'm #InConversationWith @ledaniels.bsky.social where we chat about her writing, publications, and writing workshops.
Read Lauren's interview here: paulineyates.com/2025/03/25/i...
#authorinterview #horror #speculativefiction #horrorcommunity #womeninhorror

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Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · Mar 25

You're the best, Pauline! Thank you so much for arranging such a beautiful interview experience! It's wonderful!

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Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · Mar 25

Thank you, @midnightmuser1.bsky.social Pauline Yates for having a chat with me about all things writing, editing, & teaching! #writing #horror #editing #horrorwriters #hwa #ahwa
paulineyates.com/2025/03/25/i...

In Conversation With: L. E. Daniels

Welcome back to my Author interview series. Today, I’m In Conversation With L. E. Daniels. I first met Lauren in 2024 when I attended her Poetry for Prose workshop. You can read about that fabulous…

paulineyates.com

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Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · Mar 21

On Int'l Poetry Day and with @delainajmiller.bsky.social, we're inviting you to join a FREE 1-hour poetry workshop Wellsprings: A Poetry Workshop with L. E. Daniels.
April 27, 6pm Central USA | 7pm ET USA
April 28, 9am for Brisbane, AU.
Book here: www.eventbrite.com/e/wellspring...

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Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels @ledaniels.bsky.social · Mar 14

I cannot thank @leemurraywriter.bsky.social & @davebjeffery.bsky.social enough for placing my poem, "Speak," alongside these horror masters in THIS WAY LIES MADNESS published by Flame Tree Press. Artwork by @gregchapman.bsky.social
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

Beyond & Within: This Way Lies Madness | Anthology Announcement & Contents List

We’re delighted to present the contents list for our upcoming Beyond & Within anthology: This Way Lies Madness. Edited by Lee Murray and Dave Jeffery!

blog.flametreepublishing.com

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