Have you always wanted to learn how to draw, but never thought you could? Well, now is your opportunity! I offer private art lessons to individuals aged 10 and up! Lessons are one on one for local students and via Skype, email and postal delivery for correspondence lessons! I offer a range of lessons inContinue reading “ALLEN ART STUDIO OPEN FOR BUSINESS”
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BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #16
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS LASHAWN M. WANAK! LaShawn M. Wanak is a graduate of Viable Paradise XV and has been published in Daily Science Fiction, Ideomancer, and Escape Pod. Her work has also appeared in the anthologies Dark Faith: Invocations, edited by Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon and What Fates Impose, editedContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #16”
IN THE BLOODSTREAM IS NOW AVAILABLE IN PRINT!!!
IN THE BLOODSTREAM Published by Mocha Memoirs Press, LLC Edited by Michael LaRocca Includes my short story, HOODRATZ. Other stories throughout the anthology by Rie Sheridan Rose, Eden Royce,James S. Dorr and more! Synopsis: In 1979, a young woman named Charlene Harris longs for an escape from her bleak existence. She catches the eye of the local drug dealer and thinksContinue reading “IN THE BLOODSTREAM IS NOW AVAILABLE IN PRINT!!!”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #15
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS LINDA ADDISON! Linda D. Addison grew up in Philadelphia and began weaving stories at an early age. She moved to New York after receiving a bachelor of science in mathematics from Carnegie-Mellon University and has published over 280 poems, stories and articles. Ms Addison is the author of “How ToContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #15”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #14
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS CHYNA MCCOY! Andre’ Milan McCoy also known as Chyna McCoy, moved to Los Angeles, California in ‘1995’ to pursue his dreams in acting. Landing on the shores of Venice Beach, Ca, he got his first start at doing Extra work for Television Shows such as Baywatch, Charmed andContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #14”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #13
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS NISI SHAWL! Nisi Shawl is an American writer who when she was little, I told her middle sister Julie convoluted tales of how she was a mermaid that had come to dwell in the small midwestern town of Kalamazoo, Michigan. This odyssey involved the Saint Lawrence Seaway, severalContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #13”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #12
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS JIBA MOLEI ANDERSON! Jiba Molei Anderson was born in the city of Detroit, MI on August 17, 1972. The son of Liberian mother and and African American father from the Motor City. He was the product of two environments that were similar, but too different for him toContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #12”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #11
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS TANANARIVE DUE! Tananarive Due is an American author and educator born in Tallahassee, Florida. She is the oldest of three daughters of civil rights activist Patricia Stephens Due and civil rights lawyer John D. Due Jr. Tananarive was named her after the French name for Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. She wentContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #11”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #10
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS CORY WILLIAMS! A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cory attended the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA), enrolling in the school’s first year hen it was a fledgling program, where he majored in Creative Writing and minored in Videodrama, becoming an award-winning director ofContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #10”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #9
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS CAROLE MCDONNELL! Carole McDonnell holds a BA degree in Literature from SUNY Purchase and is a writer of Christian, speculative fiction, and multicultural stories. Her writings appear in various anthologies including “So Long Been Dreaming: Post-colonialism in science fiction,” edited by Nalo Hopkinson and published by Arsenal PulpContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #9”
