Join us for a spooky discussion, welcoming Gemma Amor, V. Castro, Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon and Ally Wilkes, some of the new and exciting voices in contemporary horror as they explore how the genre is evolving, and why it’s more relevant (and terrifying) than ever. From haunted ships and cursed bloodlines to ancient vampires and frozen landscapes, today’s horror is anything but traditional.Gemma Amor is a Bram Stoker Award nominated author, voice actor, illustrator and budding screenwriter based in Bristol. She is the co-creator of horror-comedy podcast Calling Darkness, starring Kate Siegel. Her anthology Roots of My Fears brings together a unique line-up of authors to explore stories of heritage and horror. The tales we grew up on, hometown rumours and legends. The things we pass down through our bloodlines.V. Castro is a two-time Bram Stoker Award nominated author of Aliens: Vasquez, The Haunting of Alejandra, The Queen of The Cicadas, Goddess of Filth, Hairspray and Switchblades, and Out of Atzlan. Her most recent novel, Immortal Pleasures is a seductive dark fantasy following an ancient Aztec vampire as she roams the modern world in search of vengeance and love.
Christopher Golden is the New York Times-bestselling and Bram Stoker award-winning author of House of Last Resort, Ararat, All Hallows, and Road of Bones, among many other novels. His latest gripping, atmospheric horror novel, The Night Birds is set in a deteriorated, half-sunken freighter ship off the coast of Galveston, TX, the iconic port city and home of the major museum ship the USS Texas.Tim Lebbon is the New York Times bestselling author of Eden, Coldbrook, The Silence, and the Relics trilogy. Tim has won a World Fantasy Award, four British Fantasy Awards, a Bram Stoker Award, a Shocker, and a Tombstone and been a finalist for the International Horror Guild and World Fantasy Awards. Secret Lives of the Dead is a dark folk horror tale of a terrifying family curse, witches, dark magic, ancient relics, crime and murder that is sure to turn your blood cold.Ally Wilkes grew up in a succession of isolated—possibly haunted—country houses and boarding schools. Where the Dead Wait is a chilling arctic horror as a disgraced Arctic explorer sets out on a voyage to track down his former crewmate, only to be confronted by the ghosts of his cannibalistic past.
