Del Howison

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Del Howison
Born (1953-06-03) June 3, 1953 (age 72)
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Occupations Film actor, author, editor, business owner
SpouseSue Duncan

Del Howison (born June 3, 1953) is an American horror author, editor and actor. [1] [2]

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Life and career

Howison was born in Detroit, Michigan but moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting; he appeared in low-budget horror films.

In 1995, Howison and wife Sue Duncan started Dark Delicacies, a store in Burbank, California devoted entirely to horror books, films and gifts. [1] [2] The store has also published a number of charity anthologies, including The Altruistic Alphabet and Conjuring Dark Delicacies (a horror-themed cookbook).

In January 2019, when Dark Delicacies had to move, film director Guillermo del Toro backed a fundraising campaign to save the bookstore. [2]

In 2005, Howison and co-editor Jeff Gelb published Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre (Carroll and Graf), which included stories by Ray Bradbury, Clive Barker, F. Paul Wilson, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, David J. Schow, Steve Niles, Roberta Lannes and Gahan Wilson. In 2007, Howison and Gelb published Dark Delicacies II: Fear (Carroll and Graf).

Howison also co-edited The Book of Lists: Horror with Amy Wallace and Scott Bradley which was released in September 2008 by HarperCollins.

Howison has written non-fiction horror articles and interviews for such publications as Gauntlet and Rue Morgue magazine.

In 2010 he co-authored the book Vampires Don't Sleep Alone with Elizabeth Barrial under the pseudonym of D. H. Altair. That year he also released the book When Werewolves Attack under his own name. Both books were published by Ulysses Press.

In 2019 he wrote the hardback western novel The Survival of Margaret Thomas, published by Five Star Books.

In 2025 "What Fresh Hell Is This?" was released by Crystal Lake Publications. It is a collection of Howison's dark horror short stories through 2023.

In 2025 Howison and Duncan were honored with the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. [3]

Filmography

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Meet Del Howison of Dark Delicacies in Burbank". Voyage LA. June 5, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Collis, Clark (January 20, 2019). "Guillermo del Toro backs campaign to save horror bookstore Dark Delicacies". Entertainment Weekly .
  3. ↑ "2024 Stoker Awards Winners" . Retrieved July 9, 2025.
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