Wehunt, Michael

NOMINATIONS:

The October Film Haunt (St. Martin’s Press), First Novel, 2025

BIO: MICHAEL WEHUNT has been a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award, multiple Shirley Jackson Awards, and the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts’ Crawford Award. In Spain, his translated works have garnered nominations for the Premio Ignotus and Premio Amaltea, winning the latter. He haunts the woods of Decatur, Georgia, with his partner and their dog. Together, they hold the horrors at bay. He is the author of two story collections and the novel The October Film Haunt. His second novel, Nightjars, crawls out of the woods in September 2026. Find him in the digital trees at www.michaelwehunt.com.