JULY, 2025 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets (as reported to Horror Writers Assoc HWA, Los Angeles chapter) — “A selection of New or Reopening Market Listings this month paying minimum pro rates of 5 cents+ per word” ericjguignard.blogspot.com/2025/06/july-2…

Just ran the annual Anaheim Firecracker 5K / 10K with my son. Happy Fourth-of-July!

Great review for my latest fiction collection, A GRAVESIDE GALLERY! #reviewersrock #bookreview #Booklover #ericjguignard #AGravesideGallery #GravesideGallery

AVAILABLE NOW! PATTERNS - an anthology of pattern-themed HORROR. All 2025 profit to NAPS, a menstrual disorder charity. Paperback and e-book purchase link: mybook.to/patternspaperb…

Out to go backpacking the Eastern Sierras! Offline and untethered the next four days. :)

Great trip backpacking the Eastern Sierras for 4 days. I went with my son and Boy Scouts Troop 220. Hiked Cottonwood Lakes Trail to Old Army Pass trail to its summit (abt 12,300 feet) overlooking the Southwest Basin. Beautiful scenery, great weather, and maelstroms of mosquitoes!

Highlighting #BookChain 16! WHITE TRASH AND RECYCLED NIGHTMARES (Dead Sky Publishing) by Rebecca Rowland Tracked as ericjguignard.blogspot.com/2025/07/book-c… Where to next? Only chance and the last reader involved may determine! #BookChainChallenge

I'll be at #Comic-Con #SDCC #comiccon this Saturday and Sunday! Writers' Networking on Sat., and moderating a panel on Sun: “How Libraries Help Promote Creators” 2:00 p.m. at Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library. Lots of other panels to check out, too!

I got to moderate a great panel today at San Diego Comic-Con 2025: "How Libraries Help Promote Creators". Learned a ton of interesting programs relating to archives, acquisitions, and promotions.

AUGUST, 2025 Dark Fiction Short Story Markets (as reported to Horror Writers Assoc HWA, Los Angeles chapter) — “A selection of New or Reopening Market Listings this month paying minimum pro rates of 5 cents+ per word” ericjguignard.blogspot.com/2025/07/august…

How did I miss this newest offering!?! I really was disconnected for a bit!

Just got a box of these beauties! Coming Aug. 12: SCARING AND DARING anthology ed. by moi! ericjguignard.com/SacringandDari… #ericjguignard #horror #fantasy #anthology #shortstories #childrensbooks #funreading #middlegrade #HarperCollins #ScaringAndDaring #horrorwritersassociation

Thanks so much to David Agranoff and Postcards From a Dying World for this incredibly generous (and 1000% True!!) review of my latest short story collection A GRAVESIDE GALLERY!! davidagranoff.blogspot.com/2025/08/book-r…

Ghostland is LIVE on Kickstarter! This park is to die for... From the Ghoulish minds of author Duncan Ralston and author/game designer Jon Cohn, comes the Ghostland boardgame, based on the bestselling Ghostland novel by Duncan Ralston. Kickstart your nightmare here!

The August issue shipped out a little late this month but I've heard straight from the boss that it should be in your mailbox soon! All of you non-subscribers can pick it up here: bit.ly/4l6fOxT

New adv. review in from ALA’s BOOKLIST for my upcoming MG antho SCARING AND DARING. The review is behind a paywall, so which I’m not supposed to share, but what I “can” say is that I am very, VERY happy with it! Pull quote: “A win-win for any tween or teen bookshelf.”

Lookee here: Lookee here-- It's me and all of the great books coming from S&S this fall. S&S EducationLibrary simonandschuster.net/p/adult-librar…

For those in the Inland Empire, I’ll be selling books and signing anything at my table during Indie Author Book Market, as part of Riverside Artswalk! THURSDAY, August 7 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Riverside Main Library 3900 Mission Inn Ave. Thanks to Inlandia Institute for hosting!