Seers’ Table

The Seers Table! Kate Maruyama, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community Hi, this is Kate Maruyama, on deck for the Seers’ Table this month. We’ve come up with some very tasty summer reading for you to round out your August. Michael Gonzalez recommends Rios de La Luz is a queer xicana/chapina sci-fi-loving writer living in El Paso. Her first book, The Pulse between Dimensions and the Desert, is out now via Ladybox Books. Her debut novella, Itzá, is out now from Broken River Books. Her work has been featured in Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Entropy, The Fem Lit Magazine, St.…

The Seers Table! Linda Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community July has Build a Scarecrow Day, so find something scary to read! Michael Paul Gonzalez recommends Mira Grant was born and raised in Northern California, where she has made a lifelong study of horror movies, horrible viruses, and the inevitable threat of the living dead. In her guise as mild-mannered urban fantasy author Seanan McGuire, Mira was the recipient of the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Recommended reading: Into the Drowning Deep. The ocean is home to many myths, but some are deadly ……

The Seers Table! Linda Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community June has National Donut Day, why not get a box of your favorite and something to read! Andrew Wolter recommends Michael Rowe was born in Ottawa, and has lived in Beirut, Havana, and Paris. He is the author of the novels Enter, Night (2011), Wild Fell (2013), and October (2017.) A French edition of Wild Fell was published by Editions Bragelonne in Paris in 2016. An award-winning journalist and essayist, Rowe is also the author of the nonfiction books Writing Below the Belt (1995), Looking For Brothers (1999),…

The Seers Table! Kate Maruyama, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community Lauren Salerno recommends Justina Ireland enjoys dark chocolate, dark humor, and is not too proud to admit that she’s still afraid of the dark. She lives with her husband, kid, and dog in Pennsylvania. She is the author of Vengeance Bound and Promise of Shadows. Recommending: Dread Nation. Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville—derailing the War Between the States and changing America forever. In this new nation, safety for all depends on the work of a…

The Seers Table! Janet Holden, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community Spring is upon us, the daffodils and crocus are blooming. Here are our reading suggestions for the month of April. Ace Antonio-Hall recommends Michael Forsythe grew up in Harlem, the son of a preacher. He is a graduate of Yale College with a degree in English Literature. He is the author of the critically acclaimed novel, Hour of the Beast, and the children’s book, Brothers. He has written under multiple pseudonyms, including Mike Foster. http://freedomshammer.com/ Suggested reading – The Adventure of the Spook House. The year is 1922.…

Kate Jonez, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community Now that spring has arrived, it’s time to freshen up your reading list with these excellent suggestions. What’s that? It’s not spring where you live? You’ll love these suggestions even more! Linda Addison recommends Wrath James White is a former world-class heavyweight kickboxer, a professional kickboxing and mixed martial arts trainer, distance runner, performance artist, and former street brawler, who is now known for creating some of the most disturbing works of fiction in print. Wrath is the author of such extreme horror classics as The Resurrectionist (now a major motion…

Linda Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community February contains National Pizza Day, so why not snack and read! Janet Holden recommends C.J. Tudor lives in Nottingham, England, with her partner and three-year-old daughter. Over the years she has worked as a copywriter, television presenter, voice-over, and dog walker. She is now thrilled to be able to write full-time, and doesn’t miss chasing wet dogs through muddy fields all that much. The Chalk Man is her first novel. Recommended Reading: The Chalk Man – A riveting and relentlessly compelling psychological suspense debut that weaves a mystery about a childhood…

Linda Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community January is Self-Improvement Month—why not add new creative work to your life by exploring the following authors! Kate Maruyama recommends Owl Goingback served in the Air Force and is a former owner of a restaurant and lounge. He became a full-time writer in 1987 and since then has written numerous novels, children’s books, short stories, screenplays, and magazine articles. His novel, Crota, won the Bram Stoker Award® for Best First Novel, and was one of four finalists in the Best Novel category. His novel, Darker Than Night, was also a Stoker…

Linda Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community December is “Write a Friend” month—why not tell a friend about one or more of the following creators! Ace Antonio-Hall recommends: Helen Oyeyemi is a British novelist of Nigerian origin. She was born in Nigeria in 1984 and raised in London. She wrote her first novel, The Icarus Girl, while still at school studying for her A levels at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, and is the author of five novels. Oyeyemi won the 2010 Somerset Maugham Award and was nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award in 2009 for her work of…

The Seers Table! October 30, 2017 by HWA Web Kate Maruyama, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community Happy November! I love reading horror the most as Autumn turns to winter, and our Seers have some good reads lined up! Lauren Salerno recommends: Lauren kicks us off with a fantastic list of Latinx authors. Lauren also recommends: Aliya Whiteley was born in Devon, UK, in 1974. She writes novels, short stories, and nonfiction, and has been published in places such as The Guardian, Interzone, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Black Static, Strange Horizons, and anthologies such as Fox Spirit’s European Monsters and…

Kate Maruyama, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community Happy November! I love reading horror the most as Autumn turns to winter, and our Seers have some good reads lined up! Lauren Salerno recommends: Lauren kicks us off with a fantastic list of Latinx authors. These Hispanic Authors Will Make Your Halloween Extra Spooky Lauren also recommends: Aliya Whiteley was born in Devon, UK, in 1974. She writes novels, short stories, and nonfiction, and has been published in places such as The Guardian, Interzone, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Black Static, Strange Horizons, and anthologies such as Fox Spirit’s European Monsters and…

Linda Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community September is Self-Improvement Month, why not add new creative work to your life by exploring the following authors! Janet Holden recommends: Sandra Kasturi is a poet, writer, and editor, and the co-publisher of the World Fantasy and British Fantasy Award-winning press, ChiZine Publications. Born in Estonia to an Estonian mother and Sri Lankan father, she now lives in Canada. She is the co-founder (with Helen Marshall) of the Toronto SpecFic Colloquium and the national Chiaroscuro Reading Series. Sandra’s work has appeared in various venues, including ON SPEC, Prairie Fire, several Tesseracts…

The Seers Table Janet Holden, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community We're heading for the dog days of summer! Time to relax with a good book. Here are our suggestions for this month: Janet Holden recommends: Angela Slatter is the author of the urban fantasy novels Vigil (2016) and Corpselight (2017), as well as eight short story collections, including The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales, Sourdough and Other Stories, The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings, and A Feast of Sorrows: Stories. She has won a World Fantasy Award, a British Fantasy Award, a Ditmar, and six Aurealis…

The Seers Table! Linda Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community July is National Anti-Boredom month. How better to add excitement than to check out work by the following creators! Ace Antonio-Hall recommends: Award-winning gospel singer Evie Rhodes is the author of the psychological horror novels Expired, Criss Cross, Out "A" Order. Ms. Rhodes is the recipient of The Esther Award bestowed upon her for her Outstanding Contribution to Literature from the organization Purpose Driven Sisters in New York City, founded by a reporter of the historic Amsterdam Newspaper. Her novel, Expired, is recognized as an important work in…

The Seers Table Linda Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community June contains the longest day of the year. Happy Summer Solstice! Why not use the extra time to read some new authors. Janet Holden recommends: Kate Moore is the author of more than fifteen books, including The Radium Girls, across the genres of gift, humour, biography, history, and children’s brand publishing. A multiple Sunday Times bestselling author, her work has been published in national newspapers, translated into more than twelve languages, used in national advertising campaigns and performed at the South Bank Centre, London. The Radium Girls. The…

The Seers Table! Linda Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community May is Creative Beginnings month. Why not begin with checking out work by the following creators! Ace Antonio-Hall recommends: Dicey Grenor, the author of the Narcoleptic Vampire Series, explores dark, sexy stories of vampires and werewolves with her tough-as-nails protagonist, Sleepy Holly—much in the vein of Laurell K. Hamilton’s vampire/zombie novels featuring her Anita Blake character and sensual themes. The stories center around the settings of supernatural fetish clubs. The first book in her series has a 4.4 star rating on Amazon with 60 reviews. Recommended Work: Narcoleptic…

The Seers Table! Linda Addison, Member of the Diverse Works Inclusion Community April 27th is Tell a Story Day. Check out stories told by the following creators! Kate Maruyama recommends: Daughter to a U.S. Army father, K. Ceres Wright has lived in Anchorage, AK; Chicago, IL; Baltimore, MD; Frankfurt, Oberursel, and Munich, Germany; Seoul, Korea; and the Washington Metropolitan Area. She attended undergraduate school at the University of Maryland, College Park, with a double major in economics and finance, then worked for ten years as a credit and treasury analyst before deciding to change careers. Wright received her Master's degree…

The Seers Table! Janet Holden, Diverse Works Inclusion Community Member In many parts of the world, the snow is falling, the wind is blowing. Time to settle by a warm fire with a good book, and here are our suggestions for the month of March. Kate Maruyama recommends: Carmen Maria Machado’s debut short story collection, Her Body and Other Parties, is forthcoming from Graywolf Press this year. She is a fiction writer, critic, and essayist whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in The New Yorker, Granta, Guernica, Electric Literature, The Paris Review, AGNI, NPR, Gulf Coast, Los Angeles Review…

Before we dive into this month's column, we're pleased to announce that Andrew Wolter, Lauren Candia and Michael Gonzales recently joined the Diverse Works Inclusion Committee. We'd also like to bid a fond farewell to exiting committee members Tom Calen and Ari Drew - we thank them for their invaluable service, and we also extend gratitude to our newest DWIC members for stepping up. The Seers Table! Kate Maruyama, Diverse Works Inclusion Committee Member Happy New Year! One of my New Year’s resolutions is to step outside my reading comfort zones (I tend to go to the same authors over…