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100-word nightmares from 13 Texas horror authors

Thirteen San Antonio- and Austin-area writers conjured up bite-sized bits of horror for your Halloween enjoyment.

Edited by Max Booth IIIOctober 30, 2025October 30, 2025

Thirteen San Antonio- and Austin-area writers conjured up bite-sized bits of horror for your Halloween enjoyment.

Murderbot Diaries author Martha Wells appearing at San Antonio’s Nowhere Bookshop this week

‘I like to try to write characters that in a different story would be the bad guy,’ the best-selling Texas author told the Current.

by Sanford Nowlin October 21, 2025October 21, 2025

Arts

The new memoir by Sam Kindrick, San Antonio’s chronicler of ‘outlaw country,’ is one wild ride

Outlaw Country Reporter: Misfits, Madams, and Hangin’ with Willie was recently released by Texas A&M Press.

by Bill Baird September 26, 2024July 29, 2025

Arts

10 notable 2023 books from Texas authors

In 2023, Lone Star State authors showed their skills at blending genres, giving chills and shifting between funny and bleak.

by Max Booth III December 22, 2023July 22, 2025

Arts

Pulitzer winner Jericho Brown, Judge Nelson Wolff among guests for San Antonio Book Festival

A slate of nearly 100 authors will participate in the May 21 event.

by Kelly Nelson March 21, 2022July 29, 2025

News

Renowned playwright and novelist Josephina Niggli’s former home in King William is for sale

by San Antonio Current Staff October 29, 2021

Arts

Late San Antonio writer Gregg Barrios celebrated at Gemini Ink fundraiser over the weekend

by San Antonio Current Staff October 18, 2021March 21, 2025

Arts

San Antonio author David Liss holding online talk Thursday about new novel The Peculiarities

by Sanford Nowlin September 8, 2021April 20, 2024

Arts

Remembering San Antonio writer Gregg Barrios and the stories that won’t die

by Bírbara Renaud González August 27, 2021July 14, 2025

Arts

San Antonio playwright, poet and journalist Gregg Barrios has died

by Sanford Nowlin August 23, 2021July 7, 2025

Arts

Prolific San Antonio horror author Joe McKinney has died

by Sanford Nowlin July 16, 2021August 5, 2025

Arts

IFC Midnight picks up San Antonio author’s horror movie We Need to Do Something for distribution

by Sanford Nowlin May 12, 2021June 25, 2025

News

First annual Southside San Antonio Book Fair will launch in May

by Nina Rangel March 19, 2021August 17, 2023

Arts

Saint Sadist Straps Readers in for a Nihilistic Descent into Hell

Max Booth IIIMay 23, 2019July 19, 2024