Author Booted From Horror Writers Association Over Racist, Transphobic Rants

Daily Beast ^ | February 1, 2023 | Dan Ladden-Hall

[Angelino97]

Horror fiction fans are used to being disgusted, but the hate-filled words of one of the genre’s leading writers have left many feeling truly sickened this week.

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) announced it had decided to expel Thomas F. Monteleone, 76, who has written dozens of novels and edited the popular Borderlands horror anthology series since the 1980s.

[M]uch of the outrage began when Monteleone posted on Facebook why he believed author Stuart David Schiff deserved his own Lifetime Achievement Award, writing: “Despite the last few LAA years looking very much like a very obvious DEI project, I am compelled to nominate a smart, old white guy: Stu Schiff…”

On a YouTube livestream titled Facebook has AIDS, Monteleone said he would not apologize and intended to attend HWA’s upcoming StokerCon. He went on to bemoan the “odd posturing” he’d seen at previous iterations of the event, where one award was given to “a fat Black chick,” calling his words an “honest, reportorial description… This is who she is.”

The person described by Monteleone identifies as non-binary and does not have she/her pronouns.

“Diversity is great as long as it’s not diversity of opinion,” Monteleone continued. “I’m not allowed to believe the last three years of these awards have been severely skewed towards people that have been in the past called quote ‘marginalized,’ ...‘Oh wow, you’ve been writing while Indian? We’re going to give you an award. You’ve been writing while Black? You get an award, no problem. You’re a female and you’re not a white male? You get one!’”

He went on to brag that he won’t call “anybody that’s a single entity ‘they,’ ... Whoever came up with this nonsense needs to be taken out into the back and beaten with a rubber hose because it’s bullshit.”

[Codeflier]

He should start his own Association. I bet he can pull a couple of writers with him. In a few years, I bet it would be bigger than HWA.

[Bubba_Leroy]

I have never heard of him before and I am not a fan of the genre, but I feel an overpowering urge to buy one of his books.

I won’t buy it from Amazon, though. I never buy books from Amazon.

[Bubba_Leroy]

He went on to bemoan the “odd posturing” he’d seen at previous iterations of the event, where one award was given to “a fat Black chick,” calling his words an “honest, reportorial description… This is who she is.”

I am a fat White guy. I'm old too. I am not offended by it. I proudly own it. It overcame a lot in life to get me to the point where I am now an old, fat White guy.

I think I am going to make it my pronoun.

[StormEye]

I read a book his in the mid 1970's called
"The Time Connection." I wanted to read it again
so I purchased an old copy I found on Amazon last year.
Actually I didn't think I would find a copy.

Glad to see the author is still alive and kicking and not
surrendering to the 21st century woke lunatics that are
trying to crash and trash American society.

[Angelino97]

Here's Monteleone's interview on the podcast, Facebook Has Aids, Episode 158 which is one reason he got booted.

[JustaTech]

You get old, you don’t give a crap anymore.
I hope he blows that little group of tight holes apart.

[Rummyfan]

“Diversity is great as long as it’s not diversity of opinion,” Monteleone continued. “I’m not allowed to believe the last three years of these awards have been severely skewed towards people that have been in the past called quote ‘marginalized,’ ...‘Oh wow, you’ve been writing while Indian? We’re going to give you an award. You’ve been writing while Black? You get an award, no problem. You’re a female and you’re not a white male? You get one!’”

Sounds like Mr Monetleone has had enough and at 76 he doesn't give a damn.

What's more, he's right.

[Rummyfan]

He went on to brag that he won’t call “anybody that’s a single entity ‘they,’ ... Whoever came up with this nonsense needs to be taken out into the back and beaten with a rubber hose because it’s bullshit.”

LOL! Right again.