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Interview with a Storyteller: Tonia Ransom artwork

Interview with a Storyteller: Tonia Ransom

Tales from the Hearth
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Tonia Ransom is the creator and executive producer of NIGHTLIGHT, a multi-award-winning horror podcast featuring creepy tales written by Black writers, and Afflicted, a horror thriller best described as Lovecraft Country meets True Blood. Tonia has been scaring people since the second grade, when she wrote her first story based on Michael Myers. She's a World Fantasy Award Winner, and This is Horror Award runner-up. She lives in Austin, Texas. You can follow Tonia @missdefying on all the socials. Risen is her debut book. Transcript auto-generated via Descript. The next audio folk tale experiment will run beginning March 1st. Stay tuned by signing up to our newsletter, or wherever you find your hearth!

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