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Ask Me Anything: Daniel José Older ‏(@djolder)

LINK: In Case Yall Missed It

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Teenage fantasy author Kaivallya Dasu publishes ‘Enchantress of Elektra’

LINK: A beautiful story with heart wrenching twists!

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How About An African ‘Game of Thrones’?

LINK: Author Marlon James says: YES

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Laxmi Hariharan: speculative fiction on the rise in YA

LINK: Author says now is the time

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Sci-fi author Yoss: the chaotic and frustrating reality writers face in Havana

LINK: Talking to the UK’s Guardian

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New Video Game Inspired by 20 Haruki Murakami Stories Is Coming Your Way: Help Kickstart It

Check it out at Openculture.com.

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#POCtober: Get To Know TANANARIVE DUE

Our lovely friend Tananarive Due is noted for her work in many fields, genres and media but for Dark Matters’ POCtober, we want to draw your attention to her work in horror- on the page and on the screen.

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Here’s a profile of Tananarive in The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror

Check out her films, videos & more at Tananarive Due’s YouTube Channel
And have a look at Tananarive Due’s official blog: Reading Circle
And her website TananariveDue.com

Watch and read about the horror short she made with Steven Barnes: Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes’ Horror Short ‘Danger Word’, an adaptation of their novel “Devil’s Wake”.

And finally take a listen to this in-depth interview Tananarive had with Farai Chideya for National Public Radio in 2006:

A Conversation with Tananarive Due PART ONE
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A Conversation with Tananarive DuePART TWO

#POCtober: Robin R Means Coleman on Blacks in Horror Film (1890s-Present)

TheoFantastique Interviews Author of Horror Noire

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#POCtober: “Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai” Japanese Ghost Stories & More

Site Rec: 百物語怪談会 Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai aka Translated Japanese Ghost Stories & Tales of the Weird and the Strange

This blog showcases work translated by @ZackDavisson- who, in and of himself, is pretty impressive.

Zack Davisson is an award winning translator, writer, and scholar of Japanese folklore and ghosts. He is the author of Yurei: The Japanese Ghost, The Ghost of Oyuki, and The Secret Biwa Music that Caused the Yurei to Lament (Chin Music Press). He has also contributed to Weird Tales Magazine, Japanzine, Metropolis Magazine and the comic book Wayward (Image comics).”

And that’s just the headlines.

Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai brings together Japanese folklore, art, history, ghost stories and other mythic and mystical aspects of Japanese culture. Presented in an engaging style that both informs and delights, Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai also accepts inquiries from readers looking to track down and identify “yōkai” and discover the stories behind them.

Big ups.

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#POCtober: LOCUS Talks With Author Daniel José Older

Excerpts From Locus Magazine’s Conversation With Daniel José Older

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