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 Linda D. Addison who contributed her story Finding Water to Catch Fire to our 1st charity anthology, GIVING THE DEVIL HIS DUE. Linda is an award-winning author of five collections, including How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend. She is the first African-American recipient of the HWA Bram Stoker Award®, received the HWA Mentor of the Year Award and the HWA Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a co-editor of Sycorax’s Daughters, an anthology of horror fiction/poetry by African-American women.
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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?
It’s very important to put attention on violence done against children and women, to help victims find ways to come to terms with their pain and to do anything possible to prevent more violence.
My story, Finding Water to Catch Fire, basically follows the journey of a woman, Fanya, who died a violent death and was brought back by two goddesses (one Taino and the other African) to be given the option to see the truth of her life that led up to her death. They show Fanya how to look at herself using her heart and discover her power when they encounter a force of darkness.
- Why do you think book lovers should read or listen to GIVING THE DEVIL HIS DUE?
To begin with, the anthology, GIVING THE DEVIL HIS DUE, contains fantastic fiction by excellent authors. There’s no preaching involved in real storytelling and that’s what you find in our book. Then there’s the added gift of knowing that by purchasing the book they are helping support ending violence against women.
- Any final thoughts about why everyone should support stopping violence against women?
I can’t think of one reason anyone wouldn’t want to support stopping violence against women. We are born from women, have sisters, daughters, cousins, friends that could be impacted by this initiative.