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Four Questions with Zachary Rosenberg

I met author Zachary Rosenberg at StokerCon 2023 in Pittsburgh, where he and I participated in the same author reading.

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What I’m Watching: Dead Billy (2016)

Dead Billy is arthouse horror at its finest.

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Feature: IBRs list of Kindle Unlimited gems

Making it on this list was a pleasant surprise!

Tamika Thompson 7/11/23 Tamika Thompson 7/11/23

Feature: 160 Black Women in Horror

I’m grateful to Sumiko Saulson and Kenya Moss-Dyme for including me in their publication featuring the breadth and depth of black women’s contributions to the horror genre.

Tamika Thompson 7/10/23 Tamika Thompson 7/10/23

Diversity in Horror review

I appreciate this review because the reader did not agree with the conclusions that many of the character’s drew, but the text was able to make them think deeply about many issues.

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Four Questions with Jonathan Louis Duckworth

I’m delighted that author Jonathan Louis Duckworth took the time to stop by Tamika Talks Terror ahead of the summer release of his debut speculative story collection from JournalStone Publishing.

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Required Reading

The list includes novels, collections, and anthologies. Some texts have been around for decades; others are just out this year.

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2023 Bram Stoker Awards Banquet and Ceremony

They called it Horror Prom, and I would have to agree.

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StokerCon Panel – A Decade of Black Women in Horror

The event was love and support and every wonderful feeling I had hoped for.

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StokerCon Author Reading

I had the pleasure of reading from my collection alongside authors Sarah Read, Stephanie Feldman, and Zachary Rosenberg.

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StokerCon Mass Author Signing

The literary gods were looking out for me at StokerCon because someone placed me at an author signing table with THE Gabino Iglesias.

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StokerCon Panel — Anthology: More Than the Sum of Its Parts

I participated in a panel about my creation of and contributions to anthologies.

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StokerCon Opening Ceremony

The highlight of the evening was the picture I captured of Linda D. Addison, the first African American to win a Stoker Award, posing with five of this year’s finalists.

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StokerCon Schedule

I’m headed to Pittsburgh tomorrow to attend the Horror Writers Association’s StokerCon, and to say that I’m excited would be an understatement.

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What I’m Watching: The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)

A wonderful balance of emotion and action.

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Four Questions with Wrath James White

Author Wrath James White was kind enough to stop by and share his thoughts on, among other topics, the differences between the Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror sub-genres.