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American Poet Gives DRACULA His Voice (Guest Post)
American Poet Gives DRACULA His Voice: New Epistolary Vampire Serial Ends Where Bram Stoker Began — on Walpurgis Night New York City, New York Mar 24, 2026 (Issuewire.com) – Multi-award winning poet and dramatist LindaAnn LoSchiavo has given Count Dracula something Bram Stoker never did: his own voice. “DRACULA BEFORE STOKER: The Prequel,” a 20-episode epistolary
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Keeping The Undead Alive: On Writing “Vampire Verses” — from Carmilla to Dracula and Beyond (Guest Post)
by LindaAnn LoSchiavo I. The Contradiction Writers are not vampires. And yet we are the ones responsible for keeping them alive. J. Sheridan Le Fanu was, by every measure, an unlikely candidate for the imaginative leap he made in 1872. Conservative. Married. A Protestant Tory in Victorian Dublin. A man whose earlier fiction trafficked in
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Interview with LindaAnn LoSchiavo, Author of Vampire Verses
Happy National Poetry Month! Twisted Dreams Press is thrilled to feature our first and only poet on the blog this month, LindaAnn LoSchiavo. LindaAnn is the author of the horror poetry book, Vampire Verses, which is our very first and only poetry book! (We plan to publish more poetry books in the near future.) In
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An Update from Dawn
Hi, everyone! I hope you all are enjoying the new season! I have news regarding Jennifer as well as one of our anthologies. The bad news is that Jennifer is still in the hospital. She has been there since December. The good news, though, is that she is beginning to see some improvement with the
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Important Update about the Friday the 13th Summer Camp Horror Anthology
Last year, Twisted Dreams Press put out a call for submissions for a new horror anthology. Since we’re all fans of the Friday the 13th movie franchise, we decided to do a “Friday the 13th” horror anthology. And since the movies took place at a summer camp, this particular anthology would contain summer camp horror
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In 2026, Twisted Dreams Press Is in Fire Horse Mode
“Fire Horse years are rare — they only occur once every 60 years,” said astrologer Jen Ingress. While the Lunar New Year always brings celebration, this one carries extra cosmic weight. The Horse returns every 12 years, but the Fire Horse only appears once every 60 years — the last time was 1966 — making
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Books Published by Twisted Dreams Press in 2025
Twisted Dreams Press has had a great year in publishing! Not only have we managed to help authors re-release their books through us, but we also published our very first horror poetry collection this year! We plan to publish two more horror poetry collections in 2026. Stay tuned! We also celebrated our first birthday this
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Interview with Otto DeFay, Author of Horror Clown
1. What can you tell us about your experience as a writer? For most of my career, I’ve been writing up blurbs for sportscasters to read on air. I also write news reports for regional news syndicates. That doesn’t require a lot of creative writing, but it has to be quick, clever, and hopefully entertaining.
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Call for Submissions: Friday the 13th Summer Camp Horror Anthology
It’s that time of year again! Time for writers everywhere to start writing some summer camp horror! At Twisted Dreams Press, however, we horror fanatics just can’t get enough of Friday the 13th! Yes, we have a very special Friday the 13th coming up this year: June 13, which happens to be Jason’s birthday! Can
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Interview with Angie Gibson, Author of Ruthie
1. I loved reading your book, Ruthie. It’s frightening and terrifying! Where did you get the idea for this story? I get most of my best ideas as I drift off to sleep at night. I have tons of stories that I flesh out as I lie in bed (probably why I don’t sleep well).