FAQ

Lauren Spear (that's me) is the owner, head editor, head writer, website manager, graphic designer, podcast host, video editor, audio editor, transcriber, and social media manager for HorrorFam.com. There's probably a few other roles that I'm forgetting at the moment, but basically: If you write into HorrorFam.com via email or through any of our social media accounts, you'll be talking to me!

That said, I'm fortunate enough to have wonderful friends who contribute fantastic articles for HorrorFam.com readers to enjoy! You can read about each of them (and see photos of their beautiful faces) on HorrorFam.com's About Page. ♥

HorrorFam.com is always accepting horror-relevant guest posts! Check out our guest post guidelines.

Guess what! That’s illegal.

Since I’m based in Los Angeles, that means I’m within the FTC’s jurisdiction. Endorsing a client’s site/link without disclosing that I was paid to do so goes against FTC’s endorsement guidelines since this link to the client’s site would be considered an advertisement.

So, NO. I will not be doing that. Frankly, I'm disappointed this has been asked so often I had to create an FAQ for it.

All affiliate links and sponsorships on HorrorFam.com are disclosed to the public. Period.

Probably! As long as a link is relevant, I’m pretty easygoing!

Affiliate links will be a part of your author bio (and disclosed AS affiliate links!), but any other links are usually fine so long as they’re relevant to what you’ve written.

For example, Isaiah Swanson who writes the Izzy’s Eerie Indies column here on HorrorFam.com will occasionally link to a related article he wrote over on his own website, The Bitter Wolf, within his reviews. You welcome to do that too with your own horror-related website/articles if you write a guest post for HorrorFam.com!

Yes, they do! The main one is Zander, the mutant ant, but you can read about all of our monster mascots HERE.

Our website banner & social media avatars were illustrated by Heather Landry AKA SandpaperDaisy.

Robert Tharp created and painted monsters and masks for horror fans for 50 years (1974 – 2024) and is now happily retired.  He’s always extremely flattered that people love his previous work, but he’s now focusing on being a loving husband and father as well as finally getting to live out his lifelong dream of being a published writer – right here on HorrorFam.com!

His wife and fellow artist, Cathy Tharp, is also retired. Neither are accepting commissions of any kind. Thank you for respecting their wishes.

Behind-the-scenes photos from movie projects were almost always extremely limited. Whatever we have that we feel like sharing, we’ll share. The best way to not miss out on seeing something cool is to bookmark our site and follow HorrorFam.com on our social media platforms.

Robert Tharp has given his autograph as a giveaway prize on HorrorFam.com before and probably will again sometime in the future. Cathy Tharp may as well! If that’s something that interests you, bookmark our site and follow HorrorFam.com on our social media platforms so you don’t miss out when we do another giveaway.

Don’t panic! Just send Lauren (that's me!) an email!