Make a donation
Click the PayPal button to sponsor K. Tempest Bradford:
Excerpt
I had developed this tendency to treat her like a doddering old woman. She was only 53 and would always be 53. She never aged, just backed up from death a few steps before going ahead again. The resurrection process didn't work very well on cancer patients, particularly cancers of the blood. She was perpetually sick-seeming, though the pain wasn't as bad. That made it easy to fool myself by thinking she was getting old and forgetful when her memory was as sharp as ever.
Bio
I am, in no particular order, a writer of speculative fiction, a reader of same, a woman, a black person, famous on the Internet, incredibly lucky, a Clarion West alum (2003 in da house!), personally and professionally interstitial, a blogger, a recovering playwright, loath to make a hard distinction between science fiction and fantasy, not a fan of horror, willing to stand on my head for pledges. (Okay, that last one is a lie... or is it?)
Publications
My latest publications:
"Enmity" - Electric Velocipede 17/18
"Elan Vital" - Sybil’s Garage #6
"Different Year" - Federations
"Until Forgiveness Comes" - Strange Horizons
Writing Description
Some people have described a lot of it as interstitial -- that is, pushing and flouting the boundaries of "established" genres. Right now my goal is to be able to describe it as the result of an open vein with a side of liver. I write best when I'm willing to put it all on the page, even if it happens to make me woozy and in need of OJ.
Goals
My theme this year is: Finishing Things. I have several stories that are in need of light-to-intermediate editing so I can start sending them out to markets. I'll choose my 6 favorite and finish one every week.
I'm going to again attempt to raise $1000 which will be split evenly between Clarion West and the Octavia E. Butler Scholarship fund (which provides financial aid to writers of color who've been accepted to Clarion and Clarion West).
