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Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview With Errick Nunnally

• February 25, 2024
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What inspired you to start writing? It was a short journey from comic books to science fiction novels. My mother used to read comics to me along with Dr. Seuss… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Sylvester Barzey

• February 24, 2024
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What inspired you to start writing?  I’ve always been interested in telling stories, be it verbally or through poems, I even wanted to do comic books at one point. I… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview With P. Djèlí Clark

• February 23, 2024
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What inspired you to start writing? Reading. I read a lot. And eventually, I started wondering if I could recreate the things I loved so much about reading. My earliest… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Ness Brown

• February 22, 2024
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  What inspired you to start writing?  I started writing as a kid. While there was no single catalyst, I was largely inspired by online writers posting their stories to… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview With Lamar Giles

• February 21, 2024
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What inspired you to start writing? It was simply fun. I was young when I first started making up stories, maybe 7 or 8 years old and when I won… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Justina Ireland

• February 20, 2024
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    What inspired you to start writing?  When I was pregnant with my kiddo I was terrified of losing my identity as a person and being reduced to little… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview With Johnny Compton

• February 19, 2024
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  What inspired you to start writing? I got started in fourth or fifth grade and had some teachers encourage me as I got older, letting me know in one… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Eden Royce

• February 18, 2024
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  What inspired you to start writing? I’m from a storytelling family and culture. Exchanging stories at family gatherings, as we go about our chores, as we’re spending time together… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Jeff Carroll

• February 17, 2024
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  What inspired you to start writing?  I was inspired to start writing by seeing the 1999 movie The Mummy. I had made two horror movies but, they were low-budget… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview With Kenya Moss-Dyme

• February 10, 2024
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What inspired you to start writing?  Probably my love for reading! I’ve always loved books and learned to read at age four. I was one of the kids who read… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Nicole D. Sconiers

• February 8, 2024
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What inspired you to start writing? When I was a kid, I used to sit at the feet of my great-grandmother, Sallie, and listen to her tell stories. She had… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror Month 2024: An Interview with Kai Leakes

• February 6, 2024
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What inspired you to start writing? My inspiration to write came from just growing up and aching to see myself reflected in the stories that I loved. I used to… Read more

Celebrating Our Elders: Interview with Nisi Shawl

• May 18, 2023
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Nisi Shawl’s debut novel Everfair, an alternate history of Africa’s Congo region, was a Nebula Award finalist. They’re the author of the Otherwise Award-winning story collection Filter House. They edited… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror: Interview with Paula Ashe

• February 28, 2023
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Paula D. Ashe (she/her) is an author of dark fiction. Her debut collection — We Are Here to Hurt Each Other — was released in early ‘22 by Nictitating Books.… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror: Interview with Tracy Cross

• February 26, 2023
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Tracy Cross’s work has been featured in several podcasts and mass market anthologies. Her first book, Rootwork, was published by Dark Hart Publishing in 2022. She lives in Washington, DC,… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror: Interview with Candace Nola

• February 24, 2023
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Candace Nola is an award-winning horror & dark fiction author. Her work includes Breach, Beyond the Breach (2021 novel of the year from the Horror Authors Guild), Hank Flynn, Bishop,… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror: Interview with Ashon Ruffins

• February 22, 2023
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Ashon Ruffins is a native New Orleanian and a military Veteran. He earned a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, while also holding certifications for several other pro-fessions. He loves the… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror: Interview with Tonia Ransom

• February 20, 2023
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Tonia Ransom is the creator and executive producer of NIGHTLIGHT, an award-winning horror podcast featuring creepy tales written by Black writers, and Afflicted, a horror thriller best described as Lovecraft… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror: Interview with John Edward Lawson

• February 18, 2023
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While John Edward Lawson has been called “The forgotten black man of horror” he also regularly publishes science fiction, nonfiction, and literary fiction. His work has been nominated for the… Read more

Black Heritage in Horror: Interview with Kirk A. Johnson

• February 16, 2023
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Born in Trinidad in 1971, he credits his love for Sword & Sorcery and Heroic Fantasy from watching old movies with his dad. The very first novel he read was… Read more