Manuscripts Burn


MANUSCRIPTS BURN

"Manuscripts don't burn"
- Mikhail Bulgakov

Hi, I'm Splatterpunk Award-winning horror and science fiction author Steve Kozeniewski (pronounced: "causin' ooze key.") Welcome to my blog! You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, and Amazon. You can e-mail me here, join my mailing list here, or request an e-autograph here. Free on this site you can listen to me recite one of my own short works, "The Thing Under the Bed."

Monday, February 23, 2026

Scares That Care Or Bust!

Hi everyone!

AuthorCon VI is quickly approaching (it's this weekend, in fact!) and I just wanted to tell you all I'll be there and I'm hoping to see you. For readers, feel free to find me, get your books signed, and have some great conversation. Preferably at the bar...

AND I will be exclusively releasing my new book at this event.

THE HEMATOPHAGES: SPLATTERINGS is a collection of shorts (and loads of bonus content) set in my Hematophages universe. Body horror, sci-fi, parasites, pirates...even some space werewolves can be expected. Be among the first to feast your eyes (and hopefully hold on to them...) on this new volume.

For authors, I'm participating in a number of panels and events, including not one, not two, but THREE pitching sessions. If you have a manuscript and you're looking for a home for it, my indie press, French Press Publishing could be a good fit. We generally want horror and science fiction (and even better, a combination of the two.)

Click on the banner below for more information about the event or to get your tickets.


Dates: Friday through Sunday February 27 - March 1
Location: DoubleTree by Hilton 
50 Kingsmill Road 
Williamsburg, Virginia 23185 
Panels: 
Friday, 6:30 pm - "French Press Publishing Pitch Session" - 2nd Floor, Room E
Friday, 10:00 pm - "Who's Line is it Anyway?" (w/ Clay MacLeod Chapman, Nat Cassidy, CJ Leede, Bitter Karella, Shane McKenzie, Wile E. Young, and Jeff Strand) - First Floor Auditorium
Saturday, 11:30 am - "French Press Publishing Pitch Session" - 2nd Floor, Room E
Saturday, 2:15 pm - Reading (w/ Jonathan Gensler) - 2nd Floor, Room 8
Saturday, 10:00 pm - "Gross-Out Contest) (w/ Wile E. Young) - First Floor Auditorium
Sunday, 11:00 am - "French Press Publishing Pitch Session" - 2nd Floor, Room E
Sunday, 11:45 am - "Weird Westerns, Grimdark, and Military Honor" (w/ M - Robert Whitmore, Daniel J. Volpe, Jonathan Gensler, Andrew Najberg)
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