As part of The Pixel Project’s Read For Pixels campaign, we interview authors from genres as diverse as Science Fiction and Fantasy to Romance to Horror about why they support the movement to end violence against women and girls.
For Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2024, we present an interview with Read For Pixels author Errick Nunnally who contributed his original story Devil’s Hollow to our 1st charity anthology, GIVING THE DEVIL HIS DUE. Errick was raised in Boston and served in the USMC before earning an art degree. His latest novel is THE QUEEN OF SATURN AND THE PRINCE IN WAITING from Clash Books; and he has multiple short stories in anthologies and magazines. Visit erricknunnally.us to learn more about his work.
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- Why did you decide to contribute a story to The Pixel Project’s GIVING THE DEVIL HIS DUE charity anthology and what is your story about?
I enjoy supporting causes with my work, when I can—especially more modern organisations. For no reason other than rationality, I want to help eradicate or at least alleviate violence against women and girls of all ethnicities, creeds, and religions.
My story is about the wife of an abusive, alcoholic “alpha male” husband. Her fear for her son, her trials, and the ultimate solution she finds. I am a huge fan of both revenge and comeuppance as they are most often made real in fiction rather than reality. I was inspired by the Italian ghost of a woman who took matters into her own hands several times.
- Why do you think book lovers should read or listen to GIVING THE DEVIL HIS DUE?
The raw satisfaction of a resolution to these stories about abused women!
- Any final thoughts about why everyone should support stopping violence against women?
Men often cite their relationships to women as inspiration to support stopping violence against women. I think rational empathy is good enough. For instance, even if I weren’t married to a woman and had two daughters, I believe boys should be raised differently. There’s a serious deficit in EQ and other guidance that allows violence against women to blossom and flourish. Let’s raise our boys differently to start and go from there.