Horror movie content creator and host of TGIF: A Horror Movie Podcast, Cat Benstead, has announced the first volume of Hear Us Scream: The Voices of Horror anthology series. It is on track to release in October 2021.
Hear Us Scream: Voices of Horror is an anthology of personal essays and the people who love and live the genre. Horror has an amazing way of bringing people together through movies, games, and books and this anthology highlights the personal experiences of those who love horror. This volume is the first of (hopefully) many personal anthology essays from those who are part of the horror world. With such an incredible ability to heal, inspire, and influence the experiences of amazing people have so many amazing personal stories to share.
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Cat Benstead (Founder and Editor) says the following about the anthology volume: “The purpose of this anthology is to share a variety of personal experiences and perspectives across mental health, personal development, journeys through loss and of course healing. Each of the authors are bringing a variety of stories that as the founder/editor I am so incredibly proud to include in this anthology.”
The contributors are supported by an editorial team including Ame Searle (PR and Marketing Fellow Traveller and TRPG Narrative Design) and S.C. Parris (horror author and Podcaster for Monster Thoughts and owner of Monsterthoughts.com).
Confirmed contributors include:
- Violet Burns
- Amber R.W. Knapp
- RC Jara
- Jack Van Tuyle
- Jerry Sampson
- Em Harring
- Hari Berrow
- K.C. Amira
- Kristen / Chucky’s Side Chick
- Destiny Kelly
- Immortal Graves / Steffi
- Elecia Page & Sam Whittaker
- Blayne Waterloo
- Enola Lugosi
- Barnaby Falck
- Zoe Smith
- Lucy Derry-Holmes
- Jessica Scott
- Erin M. Brady
A Kickstarter will be launched at a future date to help with raising the funding for cover art designs, ISBN purchases, and the loading of the anthology to self-publishing service IngramSpark. Rewards will include an eBook version of the anthology and a thank you postcard designed by Destiny Kelly.
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