Animated Objects

by Linda D. Addison, Brian J. Addison (Illustrator), Maya Anderson (Illustrator)

This collection of science fiction, fantasy and horror poetry and short stories includes an introduction from Barry N. Malzberg and the short story, Little Red in the Hood, which appeared on Ellen Datlow's Honorable Mention list in Tenth Annual Year s Best Fantasy & Horror. Animated Objects takes you from the Outside to deep Inside Linda Addison s imagination. Each chapter invites the reader to journey into a universe of the fantastic. The path is paved with light and darkness, like life, but the true center lies in The Prelude. The last section, journal entries, is a peek into the workings of a writer s mind. In entries from 63 hand-written journals lie the beginnings of poems, starts and endings to stories, observations and life lists. Become part of the journey. In the end, love is all that matters.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Poetry

117 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Linda D. Addison was born in Philadelphia in 1952. She is the oldest of nine children and received a bachelor of science in mathematics from Carnegie-Mellon University. She is the author of three collections: “Being Full of Light, Insubstantial”, “Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes” and “Animated Objects” (Space & Time Books). Her work has also appeared in numerous publications, including Essence magazine, Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine and Doorways magazine,.

In 2001, Addison was the first African-American to win the HWA's Bram Stoker Award for superior achievement in poetry for “Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes”. Other prominent recipients of this distinguished award include authors, Alice Sebold (Lovely Bones) and J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter Series).

She was honored with her second Bram Stoker Award for her third collection of poems titled “Being Full of Light, Insubstantial” (Space & Time Books).

She is the only author with fiction in three landmark anthologies that celebrate African-Americans speculative writers: the award-winning anthology Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction (Warner Aspect), Dark Dreams (Kensington), and Dark Thirst (Pocket Book).

Her work has made frequent appearances over the years on the honorable mention list for Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror and Year’s Best Science-Fiction.