Celeste Rita Baker wins World Fantasy Award….!!!

Someone I discovered (this feels so weird to say!), and whose career I kicked off, just won the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story.

To know that you’re kinda responsible for someone starting a career after putting them on the map is, um, hm… a LOT to fucking take in.

I get a bit intimidated by the implications and importance of this occurrence, when it hits me in waves.

And I also secretly want to it to happen again, i.e. to do this again with someone else…

Here’s the link to the official announcement:

http://www.worldfantasy.org/world-fantasy-awards℠-2021/

Horror Podcast Interview!

Tell Us What’s In The Box interviewed me, and we talked vampires, Caribbean or no; my fiction, especially the one over at Fantasy Magazine (“10 Steps To A Whole New You”); and mental health.
I had a great time.
Go listen:

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Celeste Rita Baker, someone I LITERALLY broke into the industry, is nominated for a World Fantasy Award…!

Someone I LITERALLY broke into the industry is nominated for a WORLD FANTASY AWARD…!!!
CELESTE RITA BAKER!

https://locusmag.com/2021/07/2021-world-fantasy-awards-finalists/

Someone banned me from their stream earlier because they thought I was advertising my going to stream on their channel, and now this… all in one day. I had a shrink appointment.
Oh my gooodddd…
I can’t.
What a WAY to shock you out of a depressive FUNK…!

I have nonfiction upcoming in the next issue of Apex Magazine!

Behold the cover:

My article will be called “Dialog, Patois: If It’s Good Enough For Anthony Burgess, It’s Good Enough For You”.
https://www.apexmagazine.com

CBC Ottawa’s All in a Day interviews me!

All in a Day show with Alan Neal interviews me and bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice!
We did a Can-Con virtual convention panel titled “Tales from Home” afterwards.
Check out the CBC interview:
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-92-all-in-a-day/clip/15836290-tales-home-tonya-liburd-waubgeshig-rice

Newest Patreon Patron!

Let’s all take this moment to welcome out newest patron, Risa Wolf!
We appreciate you!
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Oh, my GOD…

Holy… SH*T…
“’10 Steps to a Whole New You’ by Tonya Liburd
“This story left me breathless. Broken into ten parts, it progresses through the arrival of a suspicious new neighbour to an intense rebirth. It’s as sharp as a wolf’s bite and as unforgiving as death. I don’t even know how else to explain it other than to say it must be read.”
*faints*
https://www.tor.com/2021/03/09/must-read-speculative-short-fiction-february-2021/

Nightlight podcasts my story “The Drunken Tree”!

Nightlight Podcast podcasted my story that made Richard Thomas’ and Tonia Thompson’s (publisher and narrator), SKIN CRAWL…
(trigger warning: self-harm, suicide):
https://t.co/ug0EgnkjZx

NIGHTLIGHT Podcast said:
“NEW EPISODE – ‘The Drunken Tree’ A story of an obsessed dead twin and a magical tree from @somesillywowzer”

Canadian Authors – Toronto events featuring me

Canadian Authors – Toronto branch had an open mic on Friday that I ALMOST didn’t attend…
Holy Geez;

imagine if I didn’t go…?

Then I got invited to talk in the Women In Horror Month episode of their podcast!

You can find the podcast episode at:

PODBEAN: Episode # 10: The Women in Horror Show (podbean.com)
GOOGLE PODCAST: Words with Writers Podcast – Episode # 10: The Women in Horror Show (google.com)
APPLE PODCAST: ‎Episode #10 : The Women In Horror Show