Psi Upsilon is pleased to include among our living alumni two icons of the horror literature genre; author Brian Asman, Phi Delta ’03 (Mary Washington), and Pseudopod.org horror fiction podcast editor and host Alex Hofelich Gamma Tau ’98 (Georgia Tech) . Both are decorated with genre awards spanning over a decade. Join them to learn about their ongoing projects and more.
Brian Asman is a writer, actor, and director from San Diego, CA. He’s the author of Good Dogs and Man, Fuck this House (And Other Disasters), both forthcoming from Blackstone. His other books include I’m Not Even Supposed to Be Here Today from Eraserhead Press, Our Black Hearts Beat as One, Neo Arcana, Nunchuck City, Jailbroke, and Return of the Living Elves. He’s recently published short stories in Pulp Modern, American Cannibal, and Kelp, and comics in Tales of Horrorgasm.
A film he co-wrote and produced, A Haunting in Ravenwood, is available now on DVD and VOD. His short “Reel Trouble” won Best Short Film at Gen Con 2022 and Best Horror Short at the Indie Gathering.
Brian holds an MFA from UCR-Palm Desert. He’s represented by Dunham Literary, Inc.
Find him on social media (@thebrianasman) or his website http://www.brianasmanbooks.com.
Alex Hofelich is Co-Editor of Pseudopod, a weekly horror podcast magazine. It is part of the pro-paying Escape Artists network, which has been delivering weekly short fiction in multiple genres since 2005. He has been involved with PseudoPod since 2009 and became co-Editor in 2015. He edited the anthologies For Mortal Things Unsung and Georgia Gothic. He is currently serving as President of the Atlanta Chapter of the Horror Writers Association and is a regular host of their Southern Nightmare Reading Series. He is currently serving as the Jury Coordinator/Co-Chair of the Bram Stoker Awards. You can learn about Pseudopod and the other Escape Artists Podcasts at https://pseudopod.org/ Alex is a 2023-24 Psi Upsilon Social Impact Fellow for his work preserving, promoting, and presenting vintage horror stories and authors.