About
Del Howison is an author, journalist, actor (see IMDB), and the Bram Stoker Award-winning editor of the anthology Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre by the World’s Greatest Horror Writers. He has written articles for Fear.net, Gauntlet Magazine, and Writers Digest among others. Del’s short story Cul-de-Sac appeared in Weird Tales Magazine #369. His western short story The Lost Herd was turned into the premiere (and highest rated ) episode, The Sacrifice, for the series Fear Itself. His book of collected shortworks What Fresh Hell Is This? was published in March 2025. His dark western novel The Survival of Margaret Thomas was shortlisted for the Peacemaker Award given out by the Western Fictioneers. He has been shortlisted for over half a dozen awards including the Shirley Jackson Award and the Black Quill. He is the cofounder and owner (with his wife, Sue) of Dark Delicacies, a book and gift store known as “The Home of Horror,” located in Burbank, California. The store won the “Il Posto Nero” award from Italy and has been inducted into the Rondo Hatton Hall of Fame.
Featured Work
What Fresh Hell Is This?
Collected short dark tales published through 2023 and collected in one place for the first time. "These tales push boundaries, bending the supernatural with psychological terror, and invite readers into worlds where the unimaginable becomes real." - Crystal Lake Publications
Other Works
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The Survival of Margaret Thomas
2019
Awards and Recognition
- Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award Bram Stoker Award as year's best editor Shortlisted for the Shirley Jackson Award Shortlisted by the Western fictioneers for Best First Novel
