Fuzzy is coming July 12, 2023!

Book #34 in the Rewind or Die series by Unnerving Books, my debut novella, is available for Kindle preorder now and will be released on July 12th. This was a fun one to write, and I hope you all enjoy it.

My homage to the VHS horror movies I grew up watching forwards, backwards, and in slow motion. Okay, drugs may have been involved but weren’t necessary. The movies were a blast! Fuzzy is reminiscent of Piranha, Lake Placid, and Creepshow, with my own twisted sense of dark humor. A creature feature about a ravenous organism living in the geothermal water beneath a Canadian provincial park, Fuzzy is a fun, gory romp with an aging warden, monsters, and unsuspecting interlopers.

Huge thanks to all the people who have helped me along the way, especially Carina Bisset and C.C. Adams who read an early draft, giving me the fresh and expert eyes that I needed.

I’m incredibly grateful to Eddie Generous for giving Fuzzy and me this opportunity and for being such an amazing editor and publisher to work with. Just look at the gorgeous cover he designed!

Okay, I’m excited to share the news, so that’s it for now. You’ll be hearing more from me before July 12th. I’m planning some readings, giveaways and fun stuff, so watch for that. My apologies in advance if you get sick of me. 🙂

Underland Arcana Issue 9

Absolutely love this cover! I’ve been reading Underland Arcana for a few years now and love the strange stories that appear in its pages. Publisher Mark Teppo does an amazing job with this magazine.

I am thrilled to announce that my horror erotic love story “Hand of Glory” is published in issue 9. This may be one of my favorite stories I’ve written. You can read it free online here: https://www.underlandarcana.com/roni-stinger-hand-of-glory/

Also, check out the entire issue 9 by clicking on the cover above, and consider becoming a subscriber here: https://www.patreon.com/UnderlandPress

Happy DARK MATTER PRESENTS: ZERO DARK THIRTY Release Day!

“DARK MATTER MAGAZINE’S 30 DARKEST STORIES

Every story published in Dark Matter Magazine is a best-of story to us, and that’s why we had to do something different when choosing stories for the magazine’s first ever trade paperback anthology. Enter ZERO DARK THIRTY, a curated collection of the 30 DARKEST stories to haunt our magazine’s pages during the first two years of publication (2021-2022). These are the most depressing and deranged tales the magazine has to offer. Enter if you must, but beware.”

I’m honored to have “The Ground Shook” included in this collection. I hope you all love Meera as much as I do.

Order here: https://darkmattermagazine.shop/products/dark-matter-presents-zero-dark-thirty

Check out Two-Thousand Word Terrors by Rooster Republic Press!

Each Monday, until the end of the year, a new horror story, free to read online, will be published at the following link: https://roosterrepublicpress.com/two-thousand-word-terrors-table-of-contents-introduction/

My short horror story “Go, Marge, Go” is included in this anthology and will be published August 21st, 2023.

It’s a fun one. I hope you like it.

Fright Fest Horror Readings Oct 27th Noon Eastern/9am Pacific

Don’t tell anyone I snuck into this reading with these amazingly talented writers…okay, tell everyone. Come hear them read, and then stick around and listen to me too. I’ll read a few horrifying poems and a scary little tale. Free registration through Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fright-fest-horror-readings-thurs-oct-27-noon-1-pm-est-tickets-401426125347

HWA Poetry Showcase Volume lX Now Available

HWA Poetry Showcase Volume IX, edited by Angela Yuriko Smith
 
The Horror Writers Association presents their ninth annual Poetry Showcase, sharing the best in never-before-published dark verse. Edited by Angela Yuriko Smith with judges Lee Murray, Maxwell I. Gold and Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito, this year features the poetry of Stephanie M. Wytovich, Geneve Flynn and Naomi Simone Borwein along with other poems from Mary A. Turzillo, Christina Sng, Alessandro Manzetti, Victoria Nations, K. H. Vaughan and many more works of merit from the talented members of the Horror Writers Association. Cover artwork by Kyra Starr.

Honored to have my poem “Hide and Seek in Haunted Spaces” included in this year’s HWA Poetry Showcase. Available in paperback and Kindle here.

2022 Willamette Writers Conference in Portland, Oregon Brings in Horror

(Originally published in the September HWA Newsletter)

September 1, 2022 by HWAWeb

Roni Stinger

Willamette Writers is a community of writers based in the Pacific Northwest. Like many organizations, much of their offerings have gone online since the pandemic, and while we all miss in-person events, going online opens the door to writers from all over the world.

This year’s conference was a hybrid event with both in-person and online offerings that drew over 300 attendees. It also happened to be my first in-person conference, and I’m hooked. My anxiety has kept me from doing these things, but now I’m ready for StokerCon™ 2023. I need to see my Halloween people! But, back to the WW conference.

The in-person conference kicked off with a silent auction boasting signed Dean Koontz novels, wine baskets, and much more, along with a Writer’s Fair featuring many local and national organizations. These were open to the public and brought in a nice-sized crowd.

The conference hosted master classes, workshops, pitches, critiques, and panels with over fifty industry professionals. Keynotes from Laura Stanfill (publisher of Forest Avenue Press and author of Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canary) and Mark Oshiro (author of Anger is a Gift and Each of Us a Desert) were interesting and inspiring, as were the delicious appetizers, desserts, and brunch. The fledgling juncos hopping around on the patio were adorable, too!

The highlight this year, for us horror folks, was a panel with Wendy Wagner (Editor-in-Chief of Nightmare Magazine and author of The Deer Kings), Kelly McWilliams (author of Agnes at the End of the World and Mirror Girls), moderated by Mark Teppo (Underland Press). The full-capacity attendance attested to the fact that our genre is going strong.

Here’s a few of the subjects discussed at the panel:

– The need for more middle-grade horror and the value of giving kids the opportunities to inhabit experiences that aren’t theirs to provide empathy, insight, and understanding of the world beyond them.

– The vibrancy of the small-press horror market. Wendy Wagner said, “Be a freak. Somewhere out there are a dozen people who want to read that.” Will do, Wendy!

– And, how marketing for horror at the agent/editor/publisher level and the bookstore level are different. A book can be as “upmarket, buzz-ready, contemporary classic, genre-buster” as it likes, but, if it has monsters, it goes on the horror shelf, because horror fans show up for the monsters, whereas everyone else wants buzz words but are freaked out by monsters.

I had an amazing conference experience, and loved making new writer friends, as well as connecting with those I’d only known online. Next year, we’ll have an HWA booth at that writer’s fair!

Preorders Available for Bloodless: An Anthology of Blood Free Horror by Sliced Up Press

I’m honored to have my conversion camp horror story “Camp Salvation: Khil or be Killed” in Bloodless, dropping October 28, 2022 from Sliced Up Press. Available to preorder now!

Direct at: https://ko-fi.com/sliceduppress/shop

Or, on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B9LGDNFX