Nothing good can come of two girls playing with conjure magic. This week's episode comes to us from Linda D. Addison, who tells us what it means to have power in your blood without respecting it.

Linda D. Addison is an award-winning author of four collections, including How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend, and the first African-American recipient of the HWA Bram Stoker Award®. Her story, “The Power” was originally published in the 2004 anthology Dark Dreams.

Addison is a co-editor of Sycorax’s Daughters (Cedar Grove Publishing), an anthology of horror fiction/poetry by African-American women. You can catch her work in the anthologies Dark Voices (Lycan Valley Press), Cosmic Underground (Cedar Grove Publishing), Scary Out There (Simon Schuster), and The Beauty of Death (Independent Legions Publishing). Her site: www.lindaaddisonpoet.com.

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Nothing good can come of two girls playing with conjure magic. This week's episode comes to us from Linda D. Addison, who tells us what it means to have power in your blood without respecting it.

Linda D. Addison is an award-winning author of four collections, including <a href="https://amzn.to/2BsQEJ3">How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend,</a> and the first African-American recipient of the HWA Bram Stoker Award®. Her story, “The Power” was originally published in the 2004 anthology <a href="https://amzn.to/2BtY3b6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dark Dreams</a>.

Addison is a co-editor of <a href="https://amzn.to/2vWXj9s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sycorax’s Daughters</a> (Cedar Grove Publishing), an anthology of horror fiction/poetry by African-American women. You can catch her work in the anthologies <a href="https://amzn.to/2w0anur" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dark Voices</a> (Lycan Valley Press), <a href="https://amzn.to/2MFESiU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cosmic Underground</a> (Cedar Grove Publishing), <a href="https://amzn.to/2PqYBl9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scary Out There</a> (Simon Schuster), and <a href="https://amzn.to/2w0ay95" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Beauty of Death</a> (Independent Legions Publishing). Her site: <a href="http://lindaaddisonpoet.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.lindaaddisonpoet.com</a>.

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The Power by Linda D. Addison

You can read Alicia’s YA sci-fi thrillers, "<a href="https://amzn.to/2BSNUF5">The Underminers</a>" and its sequel, "<a href="https://amzn.to/2Lv2JNC">Cellblock Earth</a>" on Kindle or paperback. Members of <a href="https://amzn.to/2BTpJGG">Kindle Unlimited</a> can read both novels for free.

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“Sweet Justice” was previously published in Black Magic Women: Terrifying Tales by Scary Sisters.

You can learn more about Kenesha Williams on Amazon and by checking out Black Girl Magic Lit Mag.

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Sweet Justice by Kenesha Williams

Never steal from a conjure man. And if you do, you better hope he lives long enough to undo is root.

Thanks to librivox.org for the narration audio for this episode, and Jen Zink of the Skiffy and Fanty Show for the audio production.

You can read more of Chesnutt’s work on http://www.gutenberg.org/

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