About the Collective

Nyx Horror Collective is a community of diverse woman-identifying horror creators, inclusive of BIWOC, LGBTQ+ women, disabled women, femmes, and nonbinary folx. Our mission is to celebrate and elevate original women-led horror content. Members are drawn from across the industry, transforming the genre through stories that explore race, gender, mental and chronic illness, body image and more. Like the goddess who serves as our namesake, we do not fear the darkness, but embrace it, recognizing that we cannot know the light without first knowing the dark ... Come explore the shadows with us.

MELODY COOPER is a 2021 Sundance Episodic Lab Fellow and winner of the Adobe Women at Sundance Fellowship. She is currently writing the feature adaptation of fantasy novel Beasts of Prey and creating an original genre TV series, both for Netflix. She is a co-producer on Power Book IV: Force for Starz.  While in the 2019 HBO Writing Program, she staffed on Two Sentence Horror Stories, then joined Law & Order: SVU

KELLY KRAUSE is an archaeologist turned screenwriter/producer via burlesque, who has earned several accolades for her horror work. She recently completed her first film, Storage, a supernatural horror short that was backed by Couper Samuelson, President of Feature Films at Blumhouse (Get Out, The Black Phone, M3GAN). Kelly is currently developing the pilot initiative for her co-op style production company, Dark Coven.

LISA KRÖGER holds a PhD in Gothic Literature and is the author of Monster, She Wrote and Toil and Trouble: A Women’s History of the Occult. She is also co-host of the Know Fear and Monster, She Wrote podcasts, and a winner of the Bram Stoker Award and the Locus Award. Her fiction and nonfiction work may be seen in Lost Highways: Dark Fictions From the Road, EcoGothic, and Horror Literature through History.

MO MOSHATY is a screenwriter, author, producer, and the creator and host of the Between the Bannisters Podcast.  Her literary work can be found in A Quaint and Curious Volume of Gothic Tales, published by Brigid's Gate Press, and in 206 Word Stories: A Horror Anthology  by Bag O' Bones Press. Her forthcoming two-volume short story collection, Clairviolence, will be released in 2024 via Spooky House Press.


13 MINUTES WINS THE 2022 RONDO HATTON HORROR AWARD FOR 'BEST SHORT FILM'

Friday, June 30, 2023

NYX HORROR COLLECTIVE is thrilled to announce that our 2022 anthology, 13 Minutes of Horror: Sci-fi, is the official "Best Short Film" winner of the 2022 Rondo Hatton Horror Award!

The Rondos are frequently cited as "the horror Oscars" within the entertainment industry, making this honor all the more special for us and our filmmakers. Additionally, 13 Minutes was the only women-led project nominated in the shorts category, highlighting the importance of the 13 Minutes of Horror Film Festival and our efforts to amplify woman-identifying and non-binary filmmakers. 

We remain immensely proud of our 2022 filmmakers and their shared accomplishment:

Robbie Barnes and Devi Bhaduri

Elaine Chu

Carla Grace Fajardo

JC Farris

Marilyn Flores

Kristine Gerolaga

Deanna Gomez

Olivia Hill

Izzy Lee

Megan Llewelyn

Bianca Malcolm

Sadie Walton and Meaghan Morris

Sara Werner

While our team was unable to attend the live awards ceremony at the 2023 WonderFest Convention in Louisville, Kentucky, we were able to prepare a video acceptance to thank our partners and filmmakers—watch it below! 

As we celebrate this honor and continue to plan for our expanded 2024 festival season, we are excited for what the future holds for us and other woman-identifying and non-binary creators in the horror space ... The future is bright!