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Black Diaspora, Jessica Cage, L. Marie Wood, marginalised voices, Mocha Memoirs press, Nicole Kurtz, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Steve Van Samson, Vampire Month, Vampire stories
What’s this? A title mentioning vampires on this blog and it isn’t March?
Yes, it is true. I am breaking the usual rules of this site by not saving vampire month until March. However, if you noticed, we didn’t have a Vampire Month this March so I feel perfectly justified in running a sort of itinerant Vampire Month in October.
Besides, it makes a hell of a lot more sense to have it in October. What with Halloween and all…
Plus, this is an exciting prospect. On October 13th this year, Mocha Memoirs Press is releasing a vampire themed anthology that has been funded on Kickstarter. The aim was Mocha Memoir press’s usual mission statement which is to ‘amplify marginalized voices in the areas of speculative fiction (science fiction, horror, and fantasy).’ In particular, to explore the black diaspora in Vampire fiction.
So, Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire, edited by my old Worldcon panel buddy Nicole Givens Kurtz, will soon be available from the usual booksellers and contains stories from a range of talented writers including:
Over the next few weeks, we will have interviews with all these authors so you can have a chance to get to know them better…
