So January ushered in a seriously wonderful surprise: my Nightscript, Volume 2 story, “Reasons I Hate My Big Sister,” made it onto the 2016 Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot!

Now it’s important to note that appearance on the preliminary ballot is not a nomination. The official nominations will be coming in February! But even making it this far and sharing the company of such fantastic authors are truly the biggest honors I’ve had in my writing career.

If you’re an Active or Lifetime Member of Horror Writers Association and would like to read “Reasons I Hate My Big Sister,” please email me at gwendolyn@gwendolynkiste.com, and I will be thrilled to send you an electronic copy of the story!

And if you’re not an HWA member (and really, you should be!), then consider picking up a copy of Nightscript, Volume 2. The anthology “of strange and darksome tales” includes so many amazing stories from the brilliant likes of Kristi DeMeester, Michael Griffin, Rebecca J. Allred, Ralph Robert Moore, Malcolm Devlin, Matthew M. Bartlett, Jose Cruz, and many more.

Happy reading!