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Photo by Stu Jenks Linda D. Addison is an award-winning poet and author who uses words and phrases the way artists use the tiniest of brushes - subtle nuances abound in her writing, which can range from bright and colorful to dark and somber, often in the space of a single phrase.To date, she has more than 200 poems to her credit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What It Takes to Write Strange Stuff by Linda D. Addison So here we are in February, Black History Month and I’m a triple threat: Black, Woman, Horror Writer. I’m old enough to remember a time when these descriptions weren’t celebrated. The thing is that I’m a quietly, stubborn person. I realize now that I was like that as a child so I wrote my weird stuff regardless. I wish there wasn’t a need for a Black History Month or Women In Horror Month or Black Women in Horror Month, but unfortunately it’s sadly clear that they are needed. Too many peop

Marge Simon is a multi-award-winning poet and author whose works have appeared in dozens of magazines, ezines, and anthologies. She’s also had several of her collections published. She frequently blends horror and science fiction and has a talent for taking the ordinary and twisting it into something dark and bizarre. As you can imagine, I love it! Women in Horror by Marge Simon Visit Amazon page here I’m the odd one –the woman who doesn’t write novellas or novels. I write flash fiction and poetry with a bite.   I’d like to think it’s literary flash, and there is a very small paying market venue at best. Yet it suits what I enjoy writing and publishing, besides dark poetry. Much of my dark fiction has SF or surreal overtones or undertones, depending on the scope of the magazine or anthology. Poetry plays into the creative call. I often will take a poem and turn it into a flash fiction, since my poems are often mini stories or part of a story. For example, las