She spends her days writing computer programs and nights writing such strange things.

LATEST NEWS:

New collection available September 2007:

BEING FULL OF LIGHT, INSUBSTANTIAL is an exciting new collection of 100 poems, most never seen before, written by the first African-American recipient of the Bram Stoker Award. The collection has original photography and art by Brian J. Addison. Space & Time Books

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

Recent Publications:

DEAD CAT TRAVELING CIRCUS OF WONDERS AND MIRACLE MEDICINE SHOW anthology; Addison's poetry is the introduction and farewell sections; art by GAK, Alan Clark, Erik Wilson, Chad Savage; fiction by Gerard Houarner, Tim Lebbon, Michelle Scalise, Wraith James White and others. Bedlam Press

DARK DREAMS I AND II anthology; collection of supernatural stories by African-Americans. Kensington Publishing Corp

DARK THIRST anthology; collection of vampire stories by African-Americans. Pocket Book

EPITAPHS anthology. Padwolf

Twilight Tales Presents: SPOOKS (edited by Tina L. Jens and John Everson, Twilight Tales)

Linda Addison's work has made frequent appearances over the years on the honorable mention list for Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin Grant) and Year's Best Science fiction (edited by Gardner Dozois).

Each year, the Horror Writer's Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in several categories, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work, Dracula.

Linda's poetry collection, Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes, published by Space & Time in 2001, received a Bram Stoker Award for superior achievement in poetry.

Congratulations to Colleen Crary for her cover, for interior art and Charlee Jacob for her insightful introduction.

Some work by Linda Addison is in stock at http://store.yahoo.com/shocklines/lindaaddison.html.

Linda's collections: Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes, and Animated Objects, are also available from Space & Time.

She is a member of SFWA, SFPA and HWA.

UPCOMING: poetry in ANANSI: Fiction of the African Diaspora.