Sumiko Saulson

Have I mentioned how much it means for me to be part of this Anthology? Being a part of this project is
important to me. Please join me in being part of this historical, ground-breaking project. bit.ly.com/blackenedroots #BlackenedRoots

One of our visions for this project is a future where we see ourselves, our stories, our history, and even
our fears represented in the zombie genre. bit.ly/blackenedroots #BlackenedRoots

I’m so excited! My publisher is putting out yet another ground-breaking anthology! This one seeks to reunite the zombie mythos with its African roots! bit.ly/blackenedroots #BlackenedRoots

Have you seen this? Mocha Memoirs Press is at again, smashing preconceptions and redefining genre
with yet another spine-tingling horror anthology. I can’t wait! bit.ly/blackenedroots #BlackenedRoots

Do you love tales of the undead? Me too! That’s why I’m part of the latest
anthology from Mocha Memoirs Press, Blackened Roots. Join us, before it’s too late!
bit.ly/blackenedroots #BlackenedRoot

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Excited that I am going to be a guest fiend host at Horror Film Salon at Old Devil Moon 3472 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California on Wednesday, October 5th. 7:00 pm – 9:00pm on the heated back patio

I will present a film with some context, and then we’d watch it together. The movie is a personal favorite of mine, Bones, a 2001 horror film starring Snoop Dog.

Horror Film Salon is a series of horror films that will be shown at Old Devil Moon throughout October, hosted by Elguyra, Dude of Darkness and Special Fiends such as me. The whole thing is a part of Halloween Town at the Old Devil Moon, fun times going down all October long!

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Hayward Public Library’s Halloween Haunting With the Horror Writers Association of San Francisco!

Visit the Fremont Public Library for More Details Here

Fremont Bank Foundation Room – Large Room Subdivided 1/2 (Room A)

Wednesday, October 26, 2022 – 5:00pm – 6:30pm

Bay Area members of the Horror Writers Association descend on Hayward! Come listen to horrifying excerpts from their recent and upcoming works, and have a chance to win a hoard of their books! Time permitting, a Q&A session will follow the reading.

This reading is appropriate for adults and older teens.

2Lani Dunn and Rex Reese

OCT 26 2022 WED

Fremont Bank Foundation Room – Large Room Subdivided 1/2 (Room A)

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

5:00pm – 6:30pm

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Program Type: Book Discussion, Special Events

Age Group: Teens , Adults , Seniors

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Bay Area members of the Horror Writers Association descend on Hayward! Come listen to horrifying excerpts from their recent and upcoming works, and have a chance to win a hoard of their books! Time permitting, a Q&A session will follow the reading.

This reading is appropriate for adults and older teens.

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Help to raise funds for Blackened Roots: An Anthology of the Undead Nontraditional zombie stories from the African diaspora’s Indie A Go Go campaign!

:SPECIAL PERK:: Help #BlackenedRoots reach $500 and get an e-book copy of In The Bloodstream, a #horror anthology edited by award-winning author, @EdenRoyce, published by @mochamemoirs by midnight EST (9/29/2022). Here’s the link to the Indiegogo: https://igg.me/at/blackenedroots/x/10573081#/

Blackened Roots is an anthology of stories written by Black writers from all over the world featuring tales of non-traditional zombies. Think The Girl With All The Gifts, not The Walking Dead.

The anthology is co-edited by Stoker-nominated and award-winning editor and writer Nicole Givens Kurtz at Mocha Memoirs Press, and award-winning producer and editor Tonia Ransom at NIGHTLIGHT. At least three stories from the anthology will air on the NIGHTLIGHT podcast.

Blackened Roots will debut during February 2023, during Black History Month.

Planned Authors for Blackened Roots include:

• Sheree Renée Thomas: Hugo Nominated Editor, 2001 & 2005 World Fantasy Award Winner, 2021 IGNYTE Finalist
• Eden Royce: Shirley Jackson Award nominee, Walter Award Honoree, and a Nebula Award Finalist
• Brandon Massey: Winner, Gold Pen Award for Best Thriller
• Craig Gidney, Winner, Bronze Moonbeam Medal, Lambda Literary Awards Finalist, Gaylactic Spectrum Finalist
• Zin E. Rocklyn: Nebula-nominated Best Novella 2021
• Sumiko Saulson: Amazon Top 1000 Horror Authors, Afrosurrealist Writer Award, HWA President’s Award
• Moustapha Mbacké Diop: Longlisted for the Nommo Award for Best Novel
• Steven Van Patten: Winner, African-American Literary Awards Best Science Fiction, Gamma XI Phi, Outstanding Achievements in the Arts
• L. Marie Wood: Stoker Finalist, Hollywood HorrorFest Winner, Shriekfest Quarterfinalist
• Milton Davis: British Science Fiction Association Award Nominee, Urban Action Showcase Award 
• Marc Abbott: African American Literary Award
• Errick Nunnally: Hugo nominee

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With the spooky season nearly upon us, this is a quick reminder that the Horror Writers Association’s Wellness Committee put together an incredible anthology of our member’s poems, flash fiction and personal reflections on mental health and horror — Of Horror and Hope — which includes my own poem “Generations of the Imaginarium” — is available for free download from the HWA website, or by clicking on the link to the PDF below. Featuring a beautifully harrowing Greg Chapman cover and a collection of writing to inspire and enlighten, we hope this booklet will offer solace and understanding around this important topic. Members with newsletters, we’d love it if you would share these links with to help spread the word.

Click to access HWA-MHI-Of-Horror-And-Hope-Wellness.pdf

For information about the work of the Wellness Committee, our Mental Health Initiative Charter is here. https://horror.org/mental-health-initiative-charter/

Thank you again for your kind support of our initiative.

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“The Hills Bled Gold,” a short story by Sumiko Saulson (from their Ladies of Horror Award Winning collection Within Me Without Me (DookyZines) has been featured as an audio-cast on the Nightlight Podcast. In the story, which features ghosts, vampires, and arcane witchcraft, a newly free man learns that there’s different kinds of slavery…in this world and the next. The audio story debuted on August 9, 2022 and is available to listen to on the website.

“The Hills Bled Gold” by Sumiko Saulson, Narrated by Devanté Johnson, Audio production by Jen Zink. Executive Producer and Host: Tonia Ransom.  A transcript is available on the NIGHTLIGHT website.

https://pod.link/nightlight/episode/c4c6eba3aedd72b5c172651664bcdddd

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Guess what? The 13th-anniversary issue of The Horror Zine – the Fall 2022 print magazine is now available in both paperback and kindle! It’s the one that has my artwork in it. You can pick it up here:

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