Set your radios to spooky, then crank the dial all the way past that into full-on

Bloods out screaming horror. Welcome to Sudapod.

Sudapod Episode 835, October 28th, 2022. This week's story is Tricken by Nicole Givens Kurtz.

Hi, I'm Tanya Ransom, your host for this week, and creator and executive producer of Nightlight,

the award-winning podcast featuring creepy tales written and performed by Black Creatives,

as well as afflicted, a new horror audio drama premiering this Halloween that's best described as

Lovecraft Country meets True Blood. Our author this week is Nicole Givens Kurtz. Nicole is an

author, editor, and educator. She's the recipient of the Ladies of Horror Grant in 2021,

the Horror Writers Association's Diversity Grant in 2020, and the two-time Atomicon Paul Meadows

Scribe Award winner in 2021 and 2022. She's a Bram Stoker finalist for her contribution to

Sikker Axe's daughters. She's also the editor of the groundbreaking anthology Slay,

Stories of the Vampire Noir. She's written for White Wolf, the Realms Lavela, Salvation Series,

and Vine. Nicole has over 50 short stories published as well as numerous novels in three

active speculative mystery series. She enjoys reading scary stories and watching True Crime.

Nicole and I are also currently co-editing an anthology called Black and Roots, featuring

non-traditional stories of the undead written by Black writers. It will debut during Black History Month

in February of 2023. Nicole's latest story, Tricking, is a pseudopod original.

Your narrator this week is Devante Johnson. Devante is an American voice actor and motion

capture artist based in Atlanta, Georgia. He is known for his work in video games, podcast,

anime, audiobooks, and commercials. With a passion for all things fiction and pop culture,

he has taken this love and poured it into his love for acting. Beginning his career with theater

in improv work in 2014, Devante is equally comfortable on stage or behind a microphone.

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