Congratulations to Black Women in Horror Erin E. Adams, Paula Ashe and RJ Joseph for the Shirley Jackson Awards nominations! Erin E. Adams was nominated in the novel category for Jackal. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, it has was also a finalist for the Edgar Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the Lefty Award. RJ Joseph... Continue Reading →
6 More Black Women in Horror!
Just when you thought the list was over, 6 more Black Women in Horror! February is African American History Month here in the United States. In 2013, when this series began, it was also Women in Horror Month (WiHM) which is now celebrated by many in March during Women's History Month. In 2013, as an Ambassador for Women... Continue Reading →
160 Black Women in Horror
February is African American History Month here in the United States. In 2013, when this series began, it was also Women in Horror Month (WiHM) which is now celebrated by many in March during Women's History Month. In 2013, as an Ambassador for Women in Horror Month, Sumiko Saulson put together the original book 60 Black Women in Horror at... Continue Reading →
160 Black Women in Horror Part 2 (Baptiste – Campbell)
February is African American History Month here in the United States. In 2013, when this series began, it was also Women in Horror Month (WiHM) which is now celebrated by many in March during Women's History Month. In 2013, as an Ambassador for Women in Horror Month, Sumiko Saulson put together the original book 60 Black Women in Horror at... Continue Reading →
Congratulations to Cerece Rennie Murphy on The Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award!
Upward and onward for Black Women in Horror! Yet another award will be coming home to one of the many talented writers on our list. The Science Fiction Writers Association (SFWA) just announced that the 2023 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Awards will be presented to Cerece Rennie Murphy (and posthumously to Greg Bear) at the 58th... Continue Reading →
160 Black Women in Horror Part 1 (Adams – Banks)
February is African American History Month here in the United States. In 2013, when this series began, it was also Women in Horror Month (WiHM) which is now celebrated by many in March during Women's History Month. In 2013, as an Ambassador for Women in Horror Month, Sumiko Saulson put together the original book 60 Black Women in Horror at... Continue Reading →
The Secret Life of Randolph James
February 24, 2024 would have been Carolyn Saulson's 75 birthday. This is an excerpt from her novella "Living A Lie," which also appeared in Wickedly Abled. In the introduction to Wickedly Abled, Seruus Ualerium Tristissima Liber (Emily Flummox) says of the piece: “Carolyn Saulson’s ‘The Secret Life of Randolph James’ shows the problem with the... Continue Reading →
My Mother Lived Through Nightmares
By Sumiko Saulson Carolyn, Sumiko, and Eleanor The first poet I ever loved was my mother, Carolyn Saulson. When I was a little one still in pigtails back in the Seventies, she had already been published as a poet, whose poem about the darker sides of love graced a velvet poster sold in record stores... Continue Reading →
2023 Black Women in Horror List – Part 4
February is African American History Month here in the United States. In 2013, when this series began, it was also Women in Horror Month (WiHM). In 2013, as an Ambassador for Women in Horror Month, the original book 60 Black Women in Horror was born during the intersection of the two. . Over the next five years, the world women writing... Continue Reading →
2023 Black Women in Horror List – Part 3
February is African American History Month here in the United States. In 2013, when this series began, it was also Women in Horror Month (WiHM). In 2013, as an Ambassador for Women in Horror Month, the original book 60 Black Women in Horror was born during the intersection of the two. . Over the next five years, the world women writing... Continue Reading →
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