C.H. Pearce

Hello friends! It’s that time of year again... I don’t blog often but when I do I blog about the entire year in review (this is why I cannot have a newsletter) including awards eligibility/all spec fic and horror writing or art I’ve published in 2025. Author A.C. Wise maintains a fantastic list of awards eligibility posts ( “What have you done, what have you loved 2025” ) if you want a refresher! Short fiction I had one (1) short story published in 2025 and I’m really proud o

*updated August 2025 to reflect Ditmar Award eligible work I admittedly forgot to include until a post by Kaaron Warren reminded me......

Querying, it's the worst! Querying in a post-2020 publishing landscape, especially. Let's get that out of the way up front. However, cold...

With the Publishable manuscript development program currently open for submissions, I thought I’d write a post about my experience in the...