Welcome to the International Order of Horror Professionals site! Our organization caters to creatives working in all disciplines related to horror, including, but not limited to: agents, authors, publishers, writers, editors, artists, filmmakers, screenwriters, actors, special FX, make-up, music and more.

We offer monthly chats and podcasts open to the public, as well as a members-only message boards. In 2007, we unveiled online workshops and plans into motion for a book imprint, Raven's Claw Books.

In 2008, we will publish our first IOHP anthology, Sibilant Shadows. In latter 2008, we'll be launching a showcase gallery encompassing literature, artwork and film samples from our members.

Our members-only newsletter, The Bloodied Quill, is published quarterly in Adobe PDF format. To read a public sample, visit this link.

We also offer monthly podcasts featuring news, interviews and reviews.
In addition, the future of IOHP will include members-only contests, conferences, lit/art anthologies and a yearly DVD that showcases our members' short horror films.

Due to circumstances, the IOHP is not accepting applications for new members at this time.
 

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I am asked repeatedly, “Why are you so obsessed with the horror genre?” This is never an easy question for me to answer because my affection for horror exists on several levels.

The first and easiest answer is that horror offers me a thrill ride, not unlike a rollercoaster. I can push my limits, challenge myself to see how much I can take, but in reality I am never really in any danger. After all is said and done, I go about my business a little more exhilarated for the experience, but safe after all.

Strangely enough, another reason would be the feeling of belonging. It is easy enough to find people who enjoy a good scary movie every once and a while. It is quite another thing to find people who truly enjoy horror as a part of their daily lives. Now, by horror I do not mean the day-to-day repugnance we are forced to witness on the news, or in many cases, right outside our windows. By horror I am referring to that intangible “something” that storytellers have been trying to tap into since humanity first banded together in small groups seeking to pool resources, as well as find safety and peace, when the nights were long and the storms raged just beyond whatever sparse shelter they could find or construct. Out there, just beyond the ring of firelight where a thousand fiends. They waited for our forbears to become careless and stray too far from the safety and companionship of their fellows. There, in the shadows, they would visit innumerable cruelties upon the unwise who wondered into their domain, or so the spinners of yarns would say.

It is a rare breed who delights in these tales. Rarer still are those who enjoy a study of the history of scary tales, be they spoken, written in books, sung about in songs, viewed in films or interacted with via video games. Horror, dear friends, is a way of life for many of us and in many cases, a way of making a living.

Even though I don’t have the opportunity to speak in person with many of my ilk, I feel closeness and a sense of community with these good people that transcends geographic boundaries.

And that, as they say, is that. We are very excited about the new opportunities this new kind of organization will open up. In addition, we are excited we get to do something to show our love and appreciation for a genre that has given us so much through the years.

Thank you very much for being here with us, and believe us when we say that the best is yet to come.

Yours in all-consuming horror,

Paulzuzu
Paul T. Sninchak
Founder, International Order of Horror Professionals

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