The Fire Inside Anthology
The Zora’s Den anthology is here! Twenty-one contributors, twenty-six offerings of fiction, poetry, and memoir. It’s been a long time coming!
These Black women writers harness the adventure and spirit of Zora Neale Hurston to bring you THE FIRE INSIDE, our first collection, with the foreword from Ms. Lucy Anne Hurston, Zora’s niece!
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(cover artwork by Derrick Adams, “Family Portrait 8”)
The Contributors
Jacqueline Johnson “Finding Zora"
Kokahvah Selassie-Zauditu “The Other Side of the River"
Chenise Lytrell “I Am My Mother’s Child”, "More Than We Could Bear”, "Legacy"
A.R. Bey “The Tragic Hunt for the Mighty Djinn"
Cheryl R. Hopson, PhD. “Alice Carmelia"
Claire Dorsey “Oatmeal"
Leslie J. Sherrod “Four Years to Life"
Ashley James “Black Woman Blues"
Karen Sullivan “The AlterNATIVITY"
Jessica McGinnis “Woman”, “Inside”, “Glory”
C.T. Goodman “These Three Minutes”
Landis Lain “Gossamer Voodoo”
Marita Berry “The Other Woman”
Tracy Chiles McGhee “The Chair”
RaShell Smith Spears “Their Undoing”
C.A. Woods “Emancipation”
Rev. Sadie A. Woolford “My Mother Carrie”
Stephanie J. Gates “Moving Toward Peace”
Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman “Zora Past the Sun”
D. Trinidad Hanks “Bluesman”
Sheon Little "Damn, I'm Good" (A Woman's Affirmation)