TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS ALICIA MCCALLA! It took thirty years for Alicia McCalla to accept her calling as a writer of “unusual stories.” Always writing edgy tales that pushed the envelope. She learned to hide her violent, heart-pumping,and tragically romantic stories from family and friends. It wasn’t until she joined RWA that sheContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #7”
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BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #6
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS MAURICE BROADDUS! Maurice Broaddus has written hundreds of short stories, essays, novellas, and articles. His dark fiction has been published in numerous magazines, anthologies, and web sites, including Asimov’s Science Fiction, Cemetery Dance, Apex Magazine, and Weird Tales Magazine. He is the co-editor of the Dark Faith anthologyContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #6”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #5
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS VALJEANNE JEFFERS Valjeanne Jeffers is a graduate of Spelman College and the author of the SF/fantasy novels: Immortal, Immortal II: The Time of Legend, Immortal III: Stealer of Souls, and the steampunk novels: Immortal IV: Collision of Worlds and The Switch II: Clockwork (includes books 1 and 2). Valjeanne’s fictionContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #5”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #4
TODAY’S BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT IS CED PHARAOH! My name is Ced Pharaoh, I was born in Chicago, IL and was married in front of thousands at The African Festival Of Arts. I’m a lifelong bookworm; my earliest favorites were, of course comic books/graphic novels but that branched out into mysteries (Encyclopedia Brown, SherlockContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #4”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #3
TODAY’S SPOTLIGHTED AUTHOR IS SERESSIA GLASS! Seressia Glass is an award-winning author of more than twenty contemporary and paranormal romance and urban fantasy stories. Her current series (Shadowchasers, Sons of Anubis) (see below) are steeped in Egyptian mythology. She lives north of Atlanta with her guitar-wielding husband and two attack poodles. When not writing, she spendsContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #3”
BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #2
TODAY’S SPOTLIGHTED AUTHOR IS THE LEGENDARY STEVEN BARNES! Steven Barnes is an American science fiction writer, lecturer, creative consultant, and human performance technician. He was born in Los Angeles, CA and is married to writing peer and legendary speculative fiction author, Tananarive Due. The couple reside in California with their son. Barnes also has a daughter fromContinue reading “BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH SPOTLIGHT #2”
OCTOBER IS BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH!
EACH DAY WILL FEATURE A SPECULATIVE FICTION AUTHOR/ARTIST OF COLOR! Greetings Staunch Perusers! The month of October is BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH! During this time we celebrate the work and contributions to speculative fiction by People of Color. Many people are either unaware and/or simply choose to ignore the various creative works of ethnic minoritiesContinue reading “OCTOBER IS BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH!”
URBAN FANTASY HAS ROOTS
While I’m not a big fan of romance novels, I don’t mind them nearly as much when the characters are gritty and preternatural creatures are involved, downplaying the sappiness associated with most novels where the word romance is used. Paranormal romance novels are the next big thing and filling the bookstore shelves in record numbers.Continue reading “URBAN FANTASY HAS ROOTS”
MO*CON 2013: MIND & SPIRIT OF THE ARTIST
This week I interviewed Maurice Broaddus, an urban fantasy author with dozens of published short stories to his credit and a novel trilogy titled, The Knights of Breton Court. We discussed the annual writing convention he hosts called Mo*Con and held in Indianapolis, IN. How did Mo*Con come about? Mo*Con came about for 3 different reasons. First, myContinue reading “MO*CON 2013: MIND & SPIRIT OF THE ARTIST”
BLACK HISTORY MONTH BOOK REVIEW #3
This is the last book review in conjunction with Black History Month and even though Black History Month ended yesterday, I am honored to review Isabel Wilkerson’s “The Warmth of Other Suns.” In keeping with the common thread throughout my February blog posts, I found it poignant that this book dealt with the Great Migration.Continue reading “BLACK HISTORY MONTH BOOK REVIEW #3”
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