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Throwback Press Clip from 1987!

From the Tenderloin Times, October 1987 Demonic Art Possesses the 509 by Preston Brady HI Art was frightening, so scary that I some passers-by were afraid to enter, ^even in broad daylight. But three neighborhood artists, Mars, Saito, and Sumiko Saulson weren’t about to settle for simply hanging some paintings on the walls. They completely transformed the 509 Cultural Center on Ellis Street…

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Come See Me at BayCon!

Here’s my BayCon Panel Schedule: Panel TitleDateStart TimeEnd TimeLocationIt was a Dark and Stormy Night: The Birth of Frankenstein7/4/202514:45:0016:00:00SierraPerforming Speculative and Horror Poetry7/4/202516:15:0017:30:00Newport BeachQuoth the Raven: Historical and Contemporary Speculative Poetry7/4/202522:00:0023:15:00SequioaDEI and the History of…

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The Green Hornet & Kato: Detroit Noir City Kickstarter Launching Soon!

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My Schedule at Necronomicon!

Friday August 16, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Gender and Weird Fiction, Gender As Weird Fiction — Biltmore Ballroom, Graduate 17th Floor.  A discussion of the intersection of gender identity and presentation with weird fiction, film, gaming, and arts. Panelists: Juicy Garland, Khôra Martel (M), Sumiko Saulson, Trisha Wooldridge Saturday August 17, 9:30 – 10:45 AM Freaky Black Art: History and…

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My schedule at Readercon!

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Melancholia is Out!

Dark rhymes and deep thoughts send you on a dive through the void as you read this intensely personal poetry collection. Melancholia will send you into worlds both beyond and within, opening your eyes to truths often left untold in this world and challenging you with the harsh realities and injustices of life, without abandoning the darkly comforting magic that can be found in the…

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My Final BayCon Schedule

BoF Urban Fantasy4 Jul 2024, Thursday 16:15 – 17:30, Ponderosa (Santa Clara Marriott)Birds of a Feather gathering for fans of the Urban Fantasy genre. Julie, Sumiko Saulson Which Dystopia Are We In? Thursday 17:45 – 19:00, Sierra (Santa Clara Marriott) Many say that 1984 came true, with constant surveillance…and an end to fact-checking as well! Likewise, Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 was written…

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The Doormouse is Dreaming

Dark clouds settled around  the Hansen home Frightened children ran up to their rooms.  Grandma barked out commands  to the older ones,  her shaky vibrato  rumbling with authority “Lock the windows”  “Close the doors” “Set the sugarbowl out in the foyer.” The Doormouse peeped out  from under the sugar bowl lid Where his dreamer’s gear Was entirely hid Blankets and pillows All…

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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…

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Singing While Black

Last Sunday, I had to deal with a microaggressive white woman at my favorite karaoke bar. It’s not the first time she’s been microaggressive. She has a fetishizing relationship with the men of color that she dates and a generally fetishizing relationship with people of color. She frequently corners me and forces me to endure her endless very cringeworthy racial monologues. It’s damned near…

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The Case of the Confounded Chiropterologist

As promised, here is the complete story in three rounds of the “The Case of the Confounded Chiropterologist,” a work of flash fiction written at MileHighCon in three rounds during Flash Fiction Chopped, a contest hosted by Meg Ward. I tied for first place with the marvelous Stace Johnson. Here is my winning piece, along with all of the prompts we were given. Round 1 Character:…

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Join us at Oakland's A Great Good Place for Books

Bay Area friends, join me, Tamika Thompson, T.E. MacArthur – Author and Nikki Blakely at Oakland’s A Great Good Place for Books  6120 La Salle Ave – Oakland, CA – 94611 on Thursday, October 26th at 7pm for a spooky reading. We’ll share our work and Halloween treats.

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"Missing" by R.L. Merrill, Excerpt from Manor of Frights

HorrorAddicts.net Presents:  Manor of Frights Imagine a Victorian house where every room is cursed with a frightful existence. Are monsters in the halls? Ghosts left to fester in the library? Or are the rooms themselves enchanted with malevolent energy? What was summoned long ago and what doorways were left open? Manor of Frights is a collection of tales all set in different rooms of the same…

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Author Interview: B.F. Vega / Manor of Frights / Lanai

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I was profiled in the Chronicle as a poet when I was 20 (back in 1988)

This is me in 1988 at the age of 20, in the San Francisco Chronicle where I was profiled in an article called “The Bay Area Is Still A Magnet for Poets” by Carlos Vidal Greth. “Thirty years after the Beat Generation held literary court in North Beach, young poets still flock to the Bay Area seeking a spiritual home.” was the subtitle of the May 16, 1988 article. The segment about me begins by…

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“The Dessicated Heart”  has been published in Manor of Frights

Sumiko Saulson’s short story  “The Dessicated Heart”  has been published in Manor of Frights, which was edited by Emerian Rich and released on HorrorAddicts on Jun 23, 2023. Additionally, an audio podcast of the story was released on the HorrorAddicts.net Podcast Episode 222 on June 24, 2023 (read by Read by Emerian Rich and Rish Outfield). Hear the podcast at:…

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So excited to be a part of Manor of Frights! I had so much fun writing this story. Both the anthology Manor of Frights and a podcast featuring my short story "The Dessicated Heart" are coming soon!

Manor of Frights : Sumiko Saulson