On this episode of Mic'd Up, Mika chats with the fantastic author, Eden Royce from her home in Kent, England. Eden discusses her Gullah roots, her thoughts on the genre that is Southern Gothic and how she weaves her Freshwater Geechee heritage into her writing.

A Short List of Work from Eden:
For Southern Girls When the Zodiac Ain't Near Enough
https://www.apex-magazine.com/for-southern-girls-when-the-zodiac-aint-near-enough/

Every Good-bye Ain't Gone
http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/every-good-bye-aint-gone/

Witches for Mars (Read by the amazing Gullah-Geechee writer Sara Daise)
https://www.drabblecast.org/2019/04/20/drabblecast-404-witches-for-mars-2/

Recommended reading:
The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington by P. Djeli Clark
https://firesidefiction.com/the-secret-lives-of-the-nine-negro-teeth-of-george-washington

J. California Cooper
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/31571/a-piece-of-mine-by-j-california-cooper/9780385420877/readers-guide/

"Sweat" - short story by Zora Neale Hurston
https://biblioklept.org/2013/01/21/sweat-zora-neale-hurston/

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