Horror Copy Editing Services

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Parisa

Parisa

Brooklyn, NY, United States

Former Simon and Schuster editor with 15+ years of experience, specializing in all genres of fiction!


Work experience:

  • Self Employed
  • Simon & Schuster

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Young Adult, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Beth

Beth

Maineville, United States

Seasoned editor and proofreader with more than 20 years' experience in multiple genres. I have worked with several best-selling authors!


Work experience:

  • Self-Employed

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Action & Adventure, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, LGBTQ Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Science Fiction, Dystopian

Sara

Sara

Nashua, NH, USA

Flexible, fierce, efficient editor with decades of experience in editing everything from horror to science fiction to literary fiction.


Work experience:

  • Ascend Learning
  • Jones & Bartlett Learning
  • Self-employed

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

Genres: Short Story, Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, Time Travel, Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Military Science Fiction, Literary Fiction

Lauren

Lauren

New York, NY, USA

Specializing in genre and literary fiction since 2015, with publishers and imprints including Macmillan, Tor, St. Martin's, and Erewhon.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Hamilton College

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review Book Coaching

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Historical Romance, Romance, Horror, Thriller & Suspense

Shawna

Shawna

St Charles, MO, USA

Caring, supportive editor specializing in fantasy, horror, and sci-fi for traditional publishers (Tor, Nightfire) and indie authors.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Tor Publishing Group

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Epic Fantasy

Jaime

Jaime

Longview, TX, USA

Editor-in-Chief with 7+ years of content, copy editing, and proofreading experience. Let’s find your voice and make it loud!


Work experience:

  • Clean Reads Publishing
  • Champagne Book Group
  • Clean Reads
  • Crystal Lake Publishing
  • Eerie River Publishing

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Coming of Age, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Anthologies, Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction

Lisha

Lisha

Kansas City, MO, USA

I am a fiction, nonfiction, and technical editor and proofreader. I am also a traditionally published author of children's books.


Work experience:

  • Olsson
  • Self-employed

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Picture Books, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Fantasy

Benjamin

Benjamin

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Devoted publisher and editor specializing in horror, sci-fi, and literary fiction.


Work experience:

  • Apocalypse Party Press

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction, Short Story

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Hire the best horror copy editors


Imagine reading a tense horror story, knowing that a terrifying revelation is on the way, and then on the way encountering a ridiculous typo, or realizing the protagonist’s name is all of a sudden completely different. Takes you out of the experience, doesn’t it?


For your readers not to be distracted by anything and lean wholeheartedly into your spine-chilling story, you’ll need to hire a horror copy editor. Far from simply spotting simple spelling mistakes, copy editors can work with you to even out the tone of your writing, maximize suspense, and reword any sentences that subtract from the horror experience because of poor syntax or vagueness.


The horror copy editors for hire here on Reedsy have all been carefully vetted, so you can trust that they’ve got the necessary skills and experience to help your manuscript truly bare its teeth.

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