Awards:
Richard Laymon President’s Award, 2009
Unspeakable Horror, Anthology, 2008
Nominations:
“The Horror of Donna Berzatto and Her Feast of the Seven Fishes” (You’re Not Alone in the Dark) (Cemetery Dance Publications), Short Non-Fiction, 2024
“Slasher Films Made Me Gay: The Queer Appeal and Subtext of the Genre” (LGBTQ+ Horror Month: 9/1/2019, Ginger Nuts of Horror), Short Non-Fiction, 2019
Author Website: www.VinceLiaguno.com
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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/VinceLiagunoBIO: Vince Liaguno is the Bram Stoker Award®-winning editor of Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet (Dark Scribe Press 2008), an anthology of queer horror fiction, which he co-edited with Chad Helder. Other notable works include Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology (William Morrow Paperbacks, 2022), an anthology of short fiction that he co-edited with Rena Mason. That collection received widespread critical acclaim, including starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Kirkus Reviews. It was nominated for both the Shirley Jackson and World Fantasy Awards.
His debut novel, 2006’s The Literary Six, was a tribute to the slasher films of the 80’s and won an Independent Publisher Award (IPPY) for Horror and was named a finalist in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards.
Most recently, he released his debut poetry collection, Demo Reels and Arthouse Madness (Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2025).
Healthcare administrator by day, pop culture enthusiast by night, his jam: books, slasher films, and Jamie Lee Curtis. He is a member—and former Secretary—of the Horror Writers Association, International Thriller Writers (ITW) and the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC). Vince currently resides in the mitten-shaped state of Michigan with his husband and dogs.
