Hiki i ka Horror Writers Association (HWA) ke kōkua i nā mea kākau ʻaʻole wale me kā lākou hoʻoholo e hana i kahi hana kūpono, akā e paipai iā lākou e hana i nā pilikia a nānā i nā ala i nā ʻenehana me ka paipai e hele mai nā haku o ka māla e like me ka lālā HWA ʻo Stephen King.

He hana paʻakikī kā nā mea kākau weliweli. I mea e hoʻokō ai i kā lākou mau pahuhopu-e makaʻu i nā poʻe - pono lākou e hoʻohui i nā ʻano ʻē aʻe āpau i kā lākou moʻolelo. ʻO kahi laʻana i mea e kāpae ai i nā manaʻo o ka mea heluhelu, e hoʻohana kahi mea kākau moʻolelo weliweli i nā mea o ke aloha, pohihihi a me ka hana keaka i ka moʻolelo o kahi ʻano. ʻAʻole pono kahi puke noʻeau i ke ala o ka weliweli e hōʻoluʻolu ai i kāna poʻe heluhelu, ʻaʻole hoʻi kahi ʻāpana pīhoihoi a i ʻole kahi mea hoʻomakeʻaka. Akā ʻo ka mea kaumaha a kahi mea kākau weliweli ka ʻimi ʻana i ke ʻano kanaka a hoʻoponopono iā ia me ka hilinaʻi i nā poʻe e noho ana i loko.

Ma loko o nā kenekulia he nui nā inoa e like pū me ka weliweli: Mary Shelly, Bram Stoker a me Edgar Allen Poe. I kēia lā, me ke kōkua o ka ʻenehana, hiki i nā mea kākau he nui ke paʻi i nā hana na lākou iho, e hana i nā blog a i ʻole ke kau i nā pāpili kaiaulu. Akā aia hoʻokahi hui e kūpaʻa i ka lawe ʻana i ka maikaʻi i loko o ka honua o nā puke weliweli no ka mea a ka mea kākau e makemake ai e hōʻike i kāna mau taleni.

ʻO ka Horror Writers Association (HWA) kahi hui waiwai ʻole e paipai ana i nā mea kākau e ʻimi i ko lākou mau makemake, e hoʻonui i kā lākou hana a paʻi i kā lākou mau hana. Me nā lālā he 1200 a keu, paipai kēia hui i nā mea kākau a me nā mea heluhelu e hoʻopili me ko lākou mau ʻaoʻao pouli a hōʻike iā lākou ma o ka moʻolelo maikaʻi.

Ma 1985, ua hana ʻo Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon a me Joe Lansdale i ka HWA, e hāʻawi mau ana i nā mea kākau weliweli i kahi e hoʻohui ai, e kaʻana like i kā lākou mau hana me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e ʻimi e hana like.

Ma kahi hālāwai ninaninau kūʻokoʻa me iHorror.com, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lisa Morton, Hope Pelekikena o HWA, ʻo ka hui waiwai ʻole e hana nui i nā mea kākau a me nā hana e kū nei, akā i nā mea hoihoi i kēia ʻano.

"Ma waho o kāna pahuhopu nui o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻano weliweli," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "hāʻawi pū ia i nā papahana a me nā lawelawe ʻē aʻe, e like me ke kākau ʻana i nā haʻawina haumana, ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka waihona, ke aʻo ʻana no nā mea kākau hou, nā hōʻaiʻē paʻakikī no nā mea kākau i hoʻokumu ʻia e pono ai ka lima kōkua. a me nā mea hou aku. "

Hōʻike pū ʻo Morton hiki i kekahi mau mea kākau ke waiho i nā hana no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā hana a HWA i paʻi ʻia, "No kāna mau lālā kākau, hāʻawi ʻo HWA i nā ala he nui e paipai i nā hoʻokuʻu hou, a hāʻawi hoʻi i nā lālā i ka manawa e komo ai i loko o nā anthologies kūikawā - mākou wale nō, no ka laʻana , hoʻolaha i kā mākou puke moʻolelo anuanu ʻōpio ʻo SCARY OUT THERE, e paʻi ʻia e Simon lāua ʻo Schuster, a ke ʻae nei mākou i nā manaʻo o nā lālā no kēlā puke, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

I nā makahiki 1980, ua pahū nā puke weliweli ma ka mākeke. ʻO nā mea kākau weliweli e like me Stephen King, Peter Straub a me Clive Barker; nā lālā HWA āpau, hoʻopiha i nā waihona puke me nā mea kūʻai aku maikaʻi loa. ʻO ia ka manawa i ʻae ʻia ai nā palapala hoʻoweliweli o kēia au ma ke ʻano he nui, a hānau ʻia kahi mākeke waiwai. "ʻOiai ʻaʻole wau e maopopo he hiki i ka HWA ke koi he mana maoli ia i kēia ʻano, ʻaʻohe nīnau he nui ka hopena o ka HWA i nā ʻoihana o nā mea kākau weliweli kaulana i hana i kēia ʻano." Ua haʻi ʻo Morton iā iHorror.

Hiki i kēlā me kēia me ka hoihoi i ke kaila ke komo i ka HWA. Aia nā pae ʻokoʻa o ka lālā, ʻeleu a kākoʻo paha, akā ʻo nā pōmaikaʻi e hiki mai ana me ka lālā o kēlā me kēia pae ke kumu kūʻai. Paipai ʻo Morton i nā mea kākau i hoʻomaopopo ʻole paha i ka mana o kā lākou makana e hui pū me HWA.

"Loaʻa i nā lālā āpau kā mākou nūpepa mahina maikaʻi, e koi paha i nā hana no ka Bram Stoker Award, a hiki ke waiho i kā mākou mau puke like ʻole (kahi e hoʻopili pū ana i nā mea e like me kā mākou blog" Halloween Haunts "i hoʻolaha nui ʻia). Eia hou, hiki i nā lālā hana ke koho balota ma nā makana ʻo Bram Stoker a lawelawe i nā kiure makana, loaʻa i ke kōkua i ka hoʻonā ʻana i nā paio paʻi ʻana mai kā mākou Kōmike Grievance, a i ʻole lawelawe ma ke ʻano he luna i ka hui. No ka ʻike hou aku i ke komo ʻana, e ʻoluʻolu e kipa https://www.horror.org . "

Hāʻawi ʻia ka makana ʻo Bram Stoker i kahi ʻāpana o ka hana i kēlā me kēia makahiki e like me ke koho ʻia ʻana e ka ʻAhahui i nā ʻāpana kikoʻī. Wehewehe ʻo Morton: "Hāʻawi ʻia lākou i kēia manawa i nā ʻano ʻumikūmākahi - e like me ka Novel Mua, Pale Kiʻi, a me Nā kiʻi kiʻi - a hōʻike ʻia i kahi ʻahaʻaina gala i mālama ʻia ma kekahi kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe i kēlā me kēia makahiki (e kaola pū ʻia lākou ma ka pūnaewele). E ʻike ʻia paha kahi hana ma ka balota mua e ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻōlelo a nā lālā a i ʻole koho ʻia e ke kiure, a laila koho nā lālā o ka HWA e koho i nā moho a, ʻo ka mea hope loa, nā mea lanakila.

Hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā mea kākau weliweli i kā lākou hana no ka mea e ʻae iā lākou e hoʻopili i nā ʻano pouli o ka ʻuhane kanaka. Ke hana nei i nā honua weliweli a me ka maopopo ʻole kahi e hiki ai i nā mea heluhelu ke hele, akā ʻike e puka kū ʻole lākou me ka ʻoluʻolu. Hiki i ka HWA kahi ʻōnaehana kākoʻo e ʻapo i ka hiki o ka mea kākau me ka hoʻokae ʻole, a no laila ʻoluʻolu e hana i ko lākou honua i hana ʻia kahi mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole ka mea heluhelu. “ʻO ka makaʻu ka mua a me ka ikaika. Mālama mākou iā mākou e nānā i loko o kā mākou mau kihi ʻeleʻele, akā e ʻae iā mākou e hoʻi me ka palekana. Ua manaʻoʻiʻo nā mea kākau Gothic o ka 19 kenekulia i ka weliweli (a i ʻole, e like me kā lākou e kuhikuhi nei, ka weliweli) hiki ke hāʻawi i kahi ʻike transcendent. "

No ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka HWA, nui nā hoʻolālā e hoʻomau i ke kākoʻo o nā mea kākau weliweli a me kā lākou hana. Ke nānā nei ka ʻAhahui e hana i nā mokuna kūloko, a mai laila e hana ai a hiki i nā pūnaewele kaiapili a me nā ʻano papaho.

"He mau pahuhopu nui kā mākou e hana nei i kēia manawa," wahi a Morton, "e hoʻonohonoho kekahi i nā mokuna āpana no kā mākou lālā a pau - nā mokuna ma Toronto, Los Angeles, a me New York i hōʻoia i ka maikaʻi o kā mākou lālā i ka wā komo lākou i nā hana kūloko. ʻO kekahi pahuhopu nui ka hoʻolaha ʻana - no ka manawa mua he kime o nā pros pro hana nui e ʻimi nei i nā ala hou e paipai i ke ʻano a me ka HWA. ʻO kā mākou papahana "Horror Selfies" - kahi i hoʻokumu maoli i miliona o nā hits ma Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, a me kā mākou pūnaewele ponoʻī - ʻo ia wale nō ka piko o ka hau. A makemake mākou e hoʻomau i ka hoʻonui i kā mākou hāʻawi makana a me ko mākou komo ʻana i nā papahana heluhelu. ”

Ma loko o nā kenekulia, ua loli a ulu ka ʻano weliweli i nā ʻano ʻokoʻa like ʻole, mai nā mele i nā kiʻi paʻi kiʻi, mai nā hana keaka a i nā kiʻi neʻe. Apo ka HWA i kēlā mau mea pena kiʻi e makemake e ʻimi i kahi ala no kā lākou hana a maopopo he hiki i kekahi a i ʻole mau mea kākau moʻolelo ke lilo i mea kōkua nui aʻe i kēia ʻano.