109: The Power by Linda D. Addison

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NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast

Season: 1 Episode: 9

Warning: Content Marked Explicit.

Published on Aug 21st at 12:00pm

Nothing good can come of two girls playing with conjure magic. This week's episode comes to us from Linda D. Addison, who tells us what it means to have power in your blood without respecting it. Linda D. Addison is an award-winning author of four collections, including https://amzn.to/2BsQEJ3 (How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend,) and the first African-American recipient of the HWA Bram Stoker Award®. Her story, “The Power” was originally published in the 2004 anthology https://amzn.to/2BtY3b6 (Dark Dreams). Addison is a co-editor of https://amzn.to/2vWXj9s (Sycorax’s Daughters) (Cedar Grove Publishing), an anthology of horror fiction/poetry by African-American women. You can catch her work in the anthologies https://amzn.to/2w0anur (Dark Voices) (Lycan Valley Press), https://amzn.to/2MFESiU (Cosmic Underground) (Cedar Grove Publishing), https://amzn.to/2PqYBl9 (Scary Out There) (Simon Schuster), and https://amzn.to/2w0ay95 (The Beauty of Death) (Independent Legions Publishing). Her site: http://lindaaddisonpoet.com (www.lindaaddisonpoet.com). NIGHTLIGHT is entirely listener-supported. If you want to help keep NIGHTLIGHT from joining the undead, join the https://patreon.com/nightlightpod (NIGHTLIGHT Legion on Patreon). You can also https://paypal.me/NightlightPodcast (make a one-time contribution on PayPal). As always, reviews and shout-outs on social media are always appreciated.

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