Last month saw the launch of a new digital anthology from AHMM and our three sister magazines. Terror at the Crossroads: Tales of Horror, Delusion, and the Unknown, available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble (soon to come on other platforms), launched last week with a digital party on Halloween, led by editors Emily Hockaday and Jackie Sherbow and with the participation of many of the 21 authors included in the anthology. For those of you who may not be on Twitter, and/or for those of you who’d like to reminisce, we wanted to offer a recap of the event here. You can also read more about the anthology at EQMM’s Something Is Going to Happen blog on Wednesday, 11/7.
The editors dressed for the occasion. (L to R: Jackie Sherbow, Emily Hockaday)
The whole day was full of fantastic and terror-tinged content from our authors, who answered Q&As, talked about their work, and more. We found out that among the ranks are plenty of Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe fans, as is fitting. We also heard that some of our authors don’t enjoy horror at all! Many were surprised to see their stories framed as such in the magazines and in this anthology. You can read everything over at @ErisPress, but here are some highlights.
Starting the day off right!
A few authors shared costumed photos with us as you can see in this gallery:
Four of our authors visited us for AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions, and we had a great time. Again, you can visit @ErisPress and peruse “Tweets and responses” to read through everything, but here are some choice moments:
Josh Pachter, during his 11:30-11:50 a.m. (EST) session, was asked about how his career as a translator affects his writing process:
Alec Nevala-Lee, during his 12:00-12:20 p.m. slot, was asked about his discoveries while researching for his new book Astounding:
Jason Half, during the 12:40-1:00 p.m. frame, talked about “guilty pleasures”:
And Tara Laskowski, from 1:30-1:50 p.m., answered a question about the differences between horror and terror:
Some authors even contributed videos discussing or reading from their tales in the anthology, as well as other topics. You can watch those here:
Stephen Ross on “Monsieur Alice Is Absent”
Paddy Kelly on “Lonely Hearts of the Spinward Ring”
Josh Pachter reading from “Pisan Zapra”
The editors also contributed a few ghosts of Halloweens past in the form of photographs:
Finally, it was time to celebrate with cake and some of the Dell and PennyDellPuzzles crew.
L to R top row: Ché Ryback, Sheila Williams, Martin Worthington, Angela Ferguson, Irene Bruce. Bottom row: Emily Hockaday, Jackie Sherbow
We are grateful for our authors’ and readers’ enthusiastic participation and for the opportunity to bring you this anthology. We hope you enjoy it! And stay tuned here and at @ErisPress for more updates, giveaways, and fun.
Trace Evidence 
It was a fun event, and I hope the book will turn readers on to authors with whom they’re already familiar!
Duh, *not* already familiar!