The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of horror! We’re joined by Tracy Cross to discuss her new novel, A Gathering of Weapons. Tracy is in conversation with her sister, poet Teri Ellen Cross Davis.
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Tracy Cross is a celebrated horror fiction author known for her powerful storytelling and complex characters. Her debut novel Rootwork has garnered critical acclaim for its deep exploration of societal issues through the horror genre. Tracy’s newest novel, A Gathering of Weapons, pushes the boundaries of horror fiction even further. Her works have been featured in numerous anthologies and she has received prestigious awards from the Ladies of Horror Fiction and the Horror Writers Association. Based in Washington, DC, Tracy is an active member of the HWA and a passionate fan of Prince and disco.
Teri Ellen Cross Davis is the author of a more perfect Union, awarded the 2019 Journal/Charles B. Wheeler Poetry Prize and Haint, which won the 2017 Ohioana Book Award for Poetry. She is the recipient of the Poetry Society of America’s Robert H. Winner Memorial Award and a Maryland State Arts Council award. Her work has appeared in print, online, and in many journals and anthologies including: Harvard Review, PANK, Poetry Ireland Review, and Kenyon Review. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland with her husband, poet Hayes Davis and their two teens.
About the Book
Nearly four years have passed since the events of Rootwork (the first book in The Conjure Series), and the youngest Conway sister, Pee Wee, is now thirteen years old and on the cusp of magical greatness. Ever since the tragedy of 1889, she’s worked tirelessly to practice her Hoodoo and hone her conjure skills so as to right the wrongs done to her family. But as a young Black girl living in the post-Reconstruction era of the segregated South, her growing powers do not go unnoticed. Strange and malevolent forces have descended upon the small Louisiana parish Pee Wee calls home, and she must use her newly acquired conjure skills to fight back. Will she use them for good? Or will she pledge herself to the ghost of a dead Voodoo priestess and the darkness the woman serves in exchange for unlimited power and the promise of generational revenge?
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