HWA LOWER MIDWEST CHAPTER
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A great healer travelled down the road one day and came upon a man sitting by the side of the road weeping. He said, "What's the matter, my son?" The leper replied, "I am a leper, o master, and I beg you to heal me." So the healer placed his hands upon the leper's head and healed him. A little farther down the road, the healer came to a second man weeping, and said to him, "What's the matter, my son? The man replied, "I'm blind, o master. Will you heal me?" And the healer placed his hands upon the blind man's eyes and healed him. Still farther down the road, the healer came upon a third man weeping, and said to him, "What's the matter, my son?" The man replied, "I am a writer, o master." And the healer sat down and wept with him. |
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Our job is to reduce the tears. Writing in itself is a difficult curse to live with, but writing alone is even worse. Many writers, particularly of horror, have to work at the world's loneliest profession with no support and no one of their same vocation to "talk shop" with. Lower Midwest HWA provides that support. Our meetings provide a monthly place for the midwestern writer of horror to go and discuss latest projects, to shoot the breeze, and just to know that there are others out there that feel just the same way you do, about the same genre you do. |
GROUP NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
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August: Our sister organization, the Midwest Writers of Horror has been assembling their best stories into an anthology which has been tentatively titled Beneath the Stones. Last-minute changes may be made to the TOC for the sake of continuity, clarity or convenience, but all of the stories here have a spot guaranteed. The word count stands at approximately 80,000. A PLACE OF PRIVATE MYSTERY - introduction THE KNOCKBACK WOODS - short fiction ALL MUST SERVE - short fiction THE CALLER FROM THE VOID - short fiction A DAY FOR A YEAR - short fiction NAME VALUE - poetry HOLD MY BEER AND WATCH THIS - short fiction BY DEFAULT - short fiction VELOCITIES OF NIGHT - short fiction THE ROOF'S GOT A HOLE IN IT - short fiction THE BEAST - poetry TOMORROW, WHEN THE DEMONS COME - short fiction CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE - short fiction CORRECTIONS - short fiction IN THE HEATHEN GROVE - short fiction THE VERY BEST OF JONATHAN KAMM - short fiction DON'T SCRATCH - short fiction EYE OF THE BEHOLDER - short fiction LUTHOR'S BIG PUSH - short fiction FAMILY SERVICES - short fiction THE LAMP - short fiction GRINDING GEARS - short fiction THE LAMP: BLACKBEARD'S ISLAND - short fiction WHAT YOU CARRY WITH YOU - short fiction |
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July: Due to the fact that writers are extremely busy people with full social and work schedules (right!), there were no meetings in June or scheduled for July as of yet. Watch this space for changes in that situation. |
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May 21: The group met at the house of LMH President Mark Worthen and ironed out quite a few business details, including the final word on who is to edit the upcoming anthology. Due to lots and lots of different activities, there was no July meeting. Our sister organization, the Midwest Writers of HOrror began work on compiling its anthology. |
"It's
the only job where you can sit around in your underwear all day and
make stuff up." |
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The MWH has monthly meetings on weekends. The sites of these meetings rotates among St. Louis, Missouri and Jefferson City Missouri. The locations and dates for any given meeting are recorded elsewhere in these pages. What does a typical meeting look like? How can we help you? You can find that answer in these pages too. Any further questions? We've tried to answer them all. If you've got any other ones, feel free to contact us. |
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