Summer Horror Reading
BOLD Coffee & Books • Portland, Oregon
Friday, August 14, 2026 • 7:00–8:30 p.m.
Join HWA Oregon for a night of dark, speculative stories told around the metaphorical campfire! Local PNW writers J.S. Douglas, Andrew Fuller, Iris Harris, Richard Leis, Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq, and H. A. Spector will be reading their works in whole or in part for what will be a night of spooky chills and thrills.
Chapter Meeting
Google Meet
Sunday, August 16, 2026 • 6:00–7:00 p.m.
We’re hosting a virtual mixer and social event via Google Meet. Bring a beverage of your choice and log in for an hour of connecting with your fellow HWA Oregon members. This will be an open-mic social event. Heath will come ready with a few questions/talking points to kick off conversation but the floor will be open for you all to share your exciting news, or bring up writing related topics to discuss with the group as a whole.
The Jump (Scare) to Horror: Speculative and Horror Poetry for Literary Poets
Garden Home Community Library • Portland, Oregon
Saturday, August 22, 2026 • 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Registration required.
Katherine Quevedo and Richard Leis are teaching an in-person workshop on dark poetry where literary poets can combine the craft they already know with horror tropes and conventions for frightening and effective results.
Anthology Reading: Clocks with Editor Elizabeth Mitchell and Authors Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq, Erin Hall, Rose Wilde-Hall, and Sarah Walker
BOLD Coffee & Books • Portland, Oregon
Saturday, August 29, 2026 • 7:00–8:00 p.m.
Join local authors reading their speculative and dark fiction stories in Clocks, the latest Little Key Press anthology.
Book Club
Google Meet
Sunday, August 30, 2026 • 6:00–7:00 p.m.
We’re reading The October Film Haunt by Michael Wehunt — WINNER OF THE 2026 STOKER AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT NOVEL — in August and getting together online to discuss it at the end of the month.