Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar

Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar (she/her/hers) is a writer and associate English professor who teaches creative writing, composition, and composition theory courses. A member of the Horror Writers Association, she holds a Doctorate of Education with a Literacy Specialization from the University of Delaware and an MFA in Creative Writing with a focus in horror fiction from Wilkes University. She is the author of the Regal Summit Book Award-winning dark suspense novel Darkness There but Something More (Wicked House Publishing, 2024), the short horror story collection Keeper of Corpses and Other Dark Tales (Velox Books, 2024), the middle-grade mystery The Hidden Diary (Baynam Books Press, 2024), the horror novella Close the Door (Baynam Books Press, 2025), and the young adult thriller Lake of Secrets (Horrorsmith Publishing, 2025). Additionally, she is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated editor of the multi-author volume of horror scholarship No More Haunted Dolls: Horror Fiction that Transcends the Tropes (Vernon Press, 2024) as well as the editor of Wicked Universe: A Wicked House Publishing Anthology (Wicked House Publishing, 2024). Her shorter work has appeared in more than fifty creative publications including The Horror Zine, The Stygian Lepus, Wyldblood Magazine, and Tales from the Moonlit Path. She has traveled to almost sixty countries and enjoys incorporating diverse settings into her work … when she’s not writing about Pennsylvania, her favorite state. Read and find out more about her work at https://cassandraosullivansachar.com/

Read Sachar’s short story “Squish” in Horrific Scribes.

Description: A recent graduate with a theatre degree, Macey hates the cramped confines and chaos of the NYC subway but needs to get to an interview for a stagehand position. Will she successfully brave the crowd and face her fears, or will her ambitions be skewered?

At our sister site L. Andrew Cooper’s Horrific Scribblings, you can find an exclusive interview with Sachar.