2023 in Writing, Sumiko Saulson

2023 in writing:

-THE RAT KING: A Book of Dark Poetry was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award, and Elgin Award

-“Survivor,” a poem from THE RAT KING: A Book of Dark Poetry, tied for third place for the Dwarf Stars poetry award

– I was Toastmaster at MileHighCon and received a Toastmaster Award (my first GOH Appearance anywhere!)

– 160 BLACK WOMEN IN HORROR was released with the assistance of the incredible Kenya Moss-Dyme

– BLACK WOMEN IN HORROR MAGAZINE was released with the assistance of Kenya Moss-Dyme

– a BLACK WOMEN IN HORROR panel took place at StokerCon, and one took place at AfroComicCon

-“All Hail the Queen” a short story was published in HorrorZine’s Book of Monsters.

– “The Denounment of Freeze Dried Coffee” a short story was published in We’re Here: An Anthology of LGBT Horror

– “The Ballad of Faerie Garcia,” short story, In Trouble (Omnium Gatherum) edited by EF Schraeder and Elaine Schleiffer

– “A Confusion of the Gods,” a short story, was published Blackened Roots edited by Nicole Givens Kurtz and Tonia Ransom

– “The Dessicated Heart” was published in “Manor of Frights” edited by Emerian Rich

– the poems “The Queen of Death, Perplexed”. “Syndrome of the Impostor” and “Mercurial Creature” were published in The Horror Zine, November 2023 issue

– the comic zine AND WE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO BURY OUR DEAD was published on Dooky Zines

– the comic zine GHOST CAT IS BEST CAT was published on Dooky Zines

– the comic zine THE DRAIN MONSTER was published on Dooky Zines