Business

1. Welcome and introduction 
2. HWA news (taken from HWA emails to members)
   1. The January 2026 HWA Market Report includes recent calls for magazines and anthologies.
   2. There’s a call for academic papers for the 9th Annual Ann Radcliffe Conference (coincides with StokerCon.)
   3. The StokerCon 2026 souvenir book will be published by eSpec Books and edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail. The cover was revealed.
   4. Check out the HWA Cybersecurity Check-Up and FAQs email for useful tips and warnings.
   5. 2025 Bram Stoker Awards (held at StokerCon 2026)
      1. Renew your membership if you want to vote
      2. 01/15/2026: Deadline for recommending works (Supporting Ally, Affiliate, Academic, Associate, or Active Member)
      3. 01/20/2026: Preliminary ballot announced
      4. 02/01 – 02/15/2026: Voting on preliminary ballot (Active and Lifetime Members)
      5. 02/23/2026: Final ballot announced
      6. 02/28 – 03/15/2026: Voting on final ballot (Active and Lifetime Members)
      7. Our newsletter chapter update
3. Upcoming November & December Chapter Events
   1. Next book club meeting: Sunday, January 25 at 6:00 p.m. on Google Meet to discuss The Devil by Name by Keith Rosson
   2. Join us Thursday, January 29th at 6:00 p.m. on Google Meet for HWA Oregon’s Vision Night. We will be discussing chapter goals and events for 2026. 
   3. COLD Themed Horror Reading at Beaverton City Library on Saturday, January 31, 2026
      1. One opening if you’d like to read something. Let us know.
   4. Social hangout or movie in February
   5. February book: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
   6. Next chapter meeting: Sunday, February 15 at 6:00 p.m. on Google Meet with Caitlin Starling

Member News & Announcements

1. Niyyah, Tom, and Richard will have new flash fiction in Weird Fiction Quarterly: Artificial Intelligence 2025, coming out later this month.
2. Tom has had a short story accepted in Black Sheep Magazine; he’ll be reading it at the COLD Themed Horror reading event at the Beaverton City Library on Saturday, January 31.
3. Dan is a quarter of the way through the first draft of a novel.
4. Niyyah’s short story “White Veil” has been accepted.

Guest Speaker

• Keith Rosson is the author of the novels Coffin Moon, The Devil by Name, Fever House, Smoke City, Road Seven, and The Mercy of the Tide as well as the Shirley Jackson Award–winning story collection Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons. His short fiction has appeared in Southwest Review, Nightmare, Cream City Review, PANK, Redivider, December, and more. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
• Keith provided a short summary of his publishing journey from punk music fan and musician and fanzine writer and editor of punk, poetry, and creative nonfiction to successful novelist.
• Q&A session