Horror Copy Editing Services

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Oren

Oren

Los Angeles, California, USA

I'm an editor for a wide range of books across many genres, including NYT and WSJ bestsellers, sci-fi/fantasy/horror novels, and more.


Work experience:

  • Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
  • Self-employed

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

Genres: Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Mystery & Crime, Young Adult, Action & Adventure

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

James

James

Norman, OK, USA

Publisher-in-chief of Broken River Books, and freelance editor of crime, mystery, and horror fiction.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction

Erin

Erin

Boston, MA, USA

A former Scholastic editor with over a decade of experience, who loves kidlit and delights in text.


Work experience:

  • Scholastic Inc.
  • Self-employed
  • Viable Paradise

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Action & Adventure

Sean

Sean

Hanson, KY, USA

Proofreader/editor for 9+ years, reader for 40+, and as a lifelong fan, horror is my go-to genre.


Work experience:

  • JournalStone/Trepidatio
  • Bizarro Pulp Press
  • Raw Dog Screaming Press

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Story, Entertainment, Non-Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Literary Fiction, Anthologies

Stephanie

Stephanie

New York, NY, USA

Dedicated full-time and freelance editor, copy editor and proofreader with professional, creative publishing experience in numerous genres.


Work experience:

  • The MIT Press
  • Bedford/St. Martin's | Macmillan
  • Publisher's Weekly
  • Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC
  • Page Street Publishing Co.
  • Bedford/St. Martins | Macmillan
  • Bedford St. Martin's | Macmillan
  • Ploughshares
  • Clarion, Boston University
  • University Press of Florida
  • First Second
  • Scholastic
  • Applewood Books
  • Springer Nature
  • Penguin Random House
  • Inkyard Press/HarperCollins

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Short Story, Middle Grade, Children's

Angela

Angela

Los Angeles, United States

Editor of more than 800 books. I specialize in sci-fi, fantasy, supernatural, horror, mystery, thriller, YA, and dystopian fiction.


Work experience:

  • Alyson Books
  • Self-employed

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

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, LGBTQ Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Bryan Thomas

Bryan Thomas

Ottawa, KS, USA

Hugo nominated and 10 time #1 bestselling author and editor of 21 anthologies, and over 200 novels—let’s make a great story together!


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • 25 and Y
  • Wordfire Press

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Technothriller, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Writing & Publishing, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Women's Fiction

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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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