Black Women Are Scary
By Dusky Projects
Ignyte Award Winner 2023
Black Women Are ScaryNov 04, 2021
Happy Halloween!
Tune in to our special Halloween episode with Steven Broadnax III, author of the Black horror play "Bonez", as we discuss magic, men, and Black folx.
Stream this incredible play at People's Light until Nov. 3rd and check out the supporting podcast The Boneyard. This amazing work is part of the Queerways Residency hosted at People's Light Theater.
Shout out to Andrew, Nora, and Brent!
Music by Community Education
Produced by Dusky Projects
Season 3 Final Friday!
We conclude our third season with a Ariell R Johnson, owner of Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse. Tune in as we talk about longevity, community, and the ups and downs of making your lane.
Music by Community Education
Additional Music by Private Hell Productions
Flash Fiction Frenzy: Future Ancestors
Flash Fiction Frenzy: After Disaster
Check out Sara's work at saracentury.com and Monika on IG @audres.revenge.film
Music by Community Education
Additional track by Private Hell Productions
Flash Fiction Frenzy: Land and Place
Music by Community Education
Additional track by Private Hell Productions
Flash Fiction Friday: Tracy Cross
Tracy Cross is a BWAS alumni turned Flash Fiction guest and we're thrilled to have her. We talk about legacy, monkey butlers on deserted islands, and why horror writers are normal people. Follow Tracy on Twitter @Tracycwrites, IG @Tracycrosswriters or just check out her website here.
Music by Community Education
Additional Music by Private Hell Productions
Feature Friday: Akhim Alexis
Tune in for our Feature Friday episode with author Akhim Alexis as we discuss language death, saving the culture you love, and why dictionaries matter. Follow him on Twitter @akhimalexis1
Music by Community Education
Additional music by Private Hell Productions
S3 EP7: The Lexicographer and One Tree Island part 2
After an “oceanic rapture,” a lone survivor adapts to his new reality in ways both mental and physical. Written by Akhim Alexis, voiced by Bethany Harris, sound design by Gabe Castro, produced by Dusky Projects.
Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia.
S3 EP7: The Lexicographer and One Tree Island part 1
After an “oceanic rapture,” a lone survivor adapts to his new reality in ways both mental and physical. Written by Akhim Alexis, voiced by Bethany Harris, sound design by Gabe Castro, produced by Dusky Projects.
Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia.
Flash Fiction Friday pt 2: Surprise guest!
Tune in as we continue with part 2 of our Flash Fiction Friday episode with a very special guest.
Music by Community Education
Additional music by Private Hell Productions
Flash Fiction Friday pt 1: Richard Larson
Tune in as we speak with Richard Larson about memory, identity, and rivers vs. oceans. Find him on IG: @richlarsonwrites or learn more about his work at patreon.com/richlarson.
Music by Community Education
Feature Friday: Ebele Mogo
Join us as we speak featured author Ebele Mogo about Nollywood horror films, how spooky the sound of high heels are and our love/hate relationships with social media. Follow her on Twitter @ebyral
Music by Community Education
Additional music by Private Hell Productions
S3 EP6: Omaliyi
A young woman finds herself called back to her home, to help protect a river that nourished her and her community.
Written by Ebele Mogo, performed by Nancy Marie, sound design by Gabe Castro, and produced by Dusky Projects.
Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia.
Flash Fiction Friday: Ep 5
Join us as we talk with Nicole Shawan Junior, counter-storyteller and founder of SeaSalted Honey andRoots. Wounds. Words., and deputy director of Prison and Justice Writing at PEN America. We reflect on why water is a portal, looking at the future with hope, and mermaids.
You can find out more about Nicole's work at NicoleShawanJunior.com
Music by Community Education
Additional music by Private Hell Productions
Feature Friday: Nadine Tomlinson
Join us as we speak with our featured author Nadine Tomlinson about Caribbean vampires, the importance of metamorphosis, and how writing heals. Follow her on IG and Mastadon @nadinestorying to learn about her upcoming projects.
Music by Community Education
Additional music by Private Hell Productions
S3 EP5: The Metamorphosis of Marie Martin
A Jamaican woman takes more than she gives, until the sea teaches her a valuable lesson with implications for everyone around her.
Written by Nadine Tomlinson, performed by Bethany Harris, sound design by Gabe Castro, and produced by Dusky Projects.
Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia.
Final Friday : Amin Chehelnabi
Take a listen to our conversation with our featured author of the month Amin Chehelnabi (Twitter @TheGodintheBowl and IG @amin_chehelnabi01 ) as we discuss chosen family, the pros and cons of culture and community, and who is really gonna save us.
Music by Community Education
Flash Fiction Friday: Ep 4
Join us as we gab with Kat, co-host of The Ghouls Next Door, about living in fire, who we think will save the planet, and why this story needs six seasons and a movie.
Music by Community Education
Additional Music by Infraction
SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions
S3 EP4: Wandjina (part 2)
When the crew of a mobile rescue unit in a future Australia decide to break the law it’s a countdown for who will reach the sanctuary first; our heroes, the police, or the fire. We continue with our theme of Land & Place with part 2 of Wandjina by Amin Chehelnabi.
Performed by Nancy Marie
Sound design by Gabe Castro
Directed by Hannah Simms
Produced by Dusky Projects
Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia.
S3 EP4: Wandjina (part 1)
When the crew of a mobile rescue unit in a future Australia decide to break the law it’s a countdown for who will reach the sanctuary first; our heroes, the police, or the fire. We continue with our theme of Land & Place with part 1 of Wandjina by Amin Chehelnabi.
Performed by Nancy Marie
Sound design by Gabe Castro
Directed by Hannah Simms
Produced by Dusky Projects
Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia.
Final Friday: Taiyo Fujii
Tune in for our (early) Final Friday episode with featured author Taiyo Fujii as we speak about family, climate crisis, and why he writes sci-fi. We are honored to have "Becoming Martians" making its U.S. premiere on our podcast.
Music by Community Education
Flash Fiction Friday: Ep 3
Join us as we talk about space colonization, Octavia Butler, and what our lives on Mars would be like with Tira Adams, Mistress of the Imaginarium. Featuring flash fiction by Lii Xu.
Music by Community Education
SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions
Space Sounds by NASA
S3 EP3: Becoming Martians
When the human colony Mars reaches a point of no return, a father must reveal a life changing secret to his son that will transform their family for generations to come.
Written by Taiyo Fujii
Translated by by Toshiya Kamei
Performed by Kilusan Bautista
Sound design by Gabe Castro
Black Women Are Scary is now also airing Fridays @ 10pm on WPEB 88.1 FM
Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia.
Final Friday: Wi-Moto Nyoka w/ guest hosts Nightmare on Fierce Street
Join Shirai and Trent of Nightmare on Fierce Street as they guest host our Final Friday episode. They talk about complicated black female protagonists, annoying family members, and how ghosts can be mean.
Music by Community Education
Flash Fiction Friday: Ep 2
Join us as we talk survival, creature features, and what's it like to be the last woman standing with sci-fi and horror film director Eunice Levis.
Music by Community Education & "Dark Tension Rising" by Mattia Cupelli
SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions
S3 EP2: The Mountain
Diamond can't seem to die. No matter how hard she tries her dead best friend, Aida, won't let her rest until she destroys the monster that ruined their lives. But Diamond is no hero, just a survivor who wants nothing more than to pay her debt to the dead. No matter what it costs her.
Written by Wi-Moto Nyoka
Performed by Makeba Dixon-Hill
Sound design by Gabe Castro
Black Women Are Scary is now also airing Fridays @ 10pm on WPEB 88.1 FM
Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia.
Final Friday: Shweta Taneja
Join us as we speak with our featured author Shweta Taneja about Indian traditional storytelling, women in sci-fi, and why dolphins.
Music by Community Education
Flash Fiction Friday: Ep 1
Join us for our first Flash Fiction episode of season 3 as we speak to Lakase Cousino, founder and editor of The Seelie Crow Magazine, about writing magic to find courage in real life situations, Indian storytelling festivals, and why dolphins.
Music by Community Education
SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions
S3 EP1: The Songs Humanity Lost To Dolphins
In a near future where all the toddlers are called by the ocean, mothers all over the globe must come together to understand what’s happening to their children or risk losing them forever.
Written by Shweta Taneja
Performed by Joylyn Miller
Additional voices by Gabe Castro and Wi-Moto Nyoka
Sound design by Gabe Castro
Black Women Are Scary is now also airing Fridays @ 10pm on WPEB 88.1 FM
Special thanks to: Scribe Video Center, WPEB, Support Our Creatives, Bitches on Comics, The Last Girls Club Magazine, Kathryn Hoist, and The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in Philadelphia.
Season 2 Wrap Up!
Thank you for tuning in to Black Women Are Scary. Take a listen to what's on tap for the fall and please consider making a tax deductible contribution here. Your support will go towards production costs for season 3 where we will continue to celebrate BIPOC authors in the genre. See you in the fall!
Final Friday: Kim M. Munsamy
Join us for our Final Friday of season 2, as we discuss immigration, studying psychology while writing horror, and why we love monstrous women with our featured author Kim M. Munsamy.
Music by Community Education
Flash Fiction Friday Ep 8
Join us as we discuss late stage capitalism, supernatural pregnancies, and what makes a monstrous woman with special guest Sara Century, co-host of Bitches on Comics podcast. Featuring flash fiction written by myself and Sara, inspired by this month's story "Nature".
Music by Community Education
SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions and Burgh Records
TW: episode contains discussions around unwanted pregnancy, adoption, and reproductive rights.
S2E8: Nature
Rani’s pregnancy, though unwanted, seemed normal until a visit from a terrifying woman changed her future forever.
Written by Kim M. Munsamy
Performed by Alexa Gold
Directed by Kennedy Allen
Sound Design by Gabe Castro
And your humble host, Wi-Moto Nyoka
Project support by: The Velocity Fund administered by Philadelphia Contemporary with generous funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the Philadelphia Independent Media Fund administered by Scribe Video Center with funds provided by the Independence Public Media Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation.
Final Friday: Tracy Cross
Join us as we talk about growing up with ghosts, how to catch bad spirits, and Hoodoo with our featured author Tracy Cross.
Music by Community Education
Flash Fiction Friday: Ep 7
Join us as we discuss what makes a good friend, the role of community in mental health, and magic black women with special guests Kat & Jazz of Girl, That's Scary, a horror & sci-fi podcast that covers sub-genres, series, movies franchises, and everything in between.
Flash Fiction "Oh Baby" by Nadira X Rene
Music by Community Education
SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions
TW: episode contains discussions around suicide, suicide prevention and healing.
S2E7: One Drop
When Ava decides to embrace a family tradition to level up her love life, she ends up discovering just how terrifying getting what you want can be.
Written by Tracy Cross
Directed by Kennedy Allen
Sound design by Gabe Castro
And your humble host, Wi-Moto Nyoka
Project support by: The Velocity Fund administered by Philadelphia Contemporary with generous funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the Philadelphia Independent Media Fund administered by Scribe Video Center with funds provided by the Independence Public Media Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation.
Final Friday: Alicia McCalla
For this month's Final Friday episode we interview our featured author Alicia McCalla. Join us as we talk about Gen X vs. Millennials, the joy in writing horror, and what's up with stalker romance.
Music by Community Education
Flash Fiction Friday: Ep 6
Join us as we talk about survival skills we learn from video games, our favorite bad horror movies, and what do you if you find out you're dating an alien with special guest Kathryn Hoist, horror movie reviewer and hair stylist extraordinaire. Featuring flash fiction by Kathryn and myself, inspired by this month's story "Superhero Baby Boy".
Music by Community Education
SFX by Burgh Records
S2E6: Superhero Baby Boy
A story of gaming, resistance, and motherhood.
Written by Alicia McCalla
Directed by Kennedy Allen
Performed by Tiyana Smith
Sound design by Gabe Castro
And your humble host, Wi-Moto Nyoka
Project support by: The Velocity Fund administered by Philadelphia Contemporary with generous funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the Philadelphia Independent Media Fund administered by Scribe Video Center with funds provided by the Independence Public Media Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation.
Final Friday: Valjeanne Jeffers
For our first Final Friday episode we interview our featured author this month Valjeanne Jeffers. Join me and fellow misfit Gineiris Garcia, as we talk about Black folx in Speculative Fiction, the role of love in horror, and the cost of change.
Music by Community Education
Flash Fiction Friday: Ep 5
Join us as we talk about time traveling, what healing looks like, and when is black future month with special guest Monika Estrella Negra of Cinespeak & Audrey's Revenge Productions. Featuring flash fiction by Monika and yours truly, inspired by this month's episode "Outcasts".
Music by Community Education & Dusky Diana
SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions
S2E5: Outcasts
A Steamfunk story of liberation, magic, and love.
Written by Valjeanne Jeffers
Performed by Tiyana Smith
Directed by Kennedy Allen
Sound design by Gabe Castro
And your humble host, Wi-Moto Nyoka
Project support by: The Velocity Fund administered by Philadelphia Contemporary with generous funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the Philadelphia Independent Media Fund administered by Scribe Video Center with funds provided by the Independence Public Media Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation.
Flash Fiction Friday: Ep 4
Join us was we talk about visiting haunted places, dark magic for good deeds, and dangerous mushrooms with special guest Abigail from the Lunatics Radio Hour podcast.
Flash fiction by Katherine Quevedo
Music by Community Education & "Dark Tension Rising" by Mattia Cupelli
SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions and Burgh Records
S2E4: The Witching Hour
Good witches are in unlikely places.
Nommo Award Winner for Best Short Story
Written by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
Performed by Marguerite Nicholson-Schenk
Directed by Kennedy Allen
Sound design by Gabe Castro
And your humble host, Wi-Moto Nyoka
Project support provided by: The Awesome Foundation, The Velocity Fund administered by Philadelphia Contemporary with generous funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Special Ep: Interview with Nuzo Onoh
Join me as I speak with our featured author of the month, Nuzo Onoh, and we talk about dying, how to keep the dead from rising, and global healing.
TW: discussions regarding death, grief and Covid-19.
Music by Community Education
SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions
Flash Fiction Friday: Ep 3
Join us as we talk about monstrous women, how horror helps, and what justice could look like with Captain Nostalgia, host of the Victims and Villains podcast.
TW: episode contains discussions around sexual assault, suicide prevention and healing.
Flash fiction by Shirley Pesto
Music by Community Education & Dark Tension Rising by Mattia Cupelli
SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions and Free Sounds
S2E3: Ogali
When the village gather to mourn Ogali and help her spirit pass into the spirit realm they have no idea that Ogali has other plans and won't be going anywhere.
TW: this episode contains subject matter involving sexual assault.
Written by Nuzo Onoh
Performed by Marguerite NIcholson-Schenk
Directed by Kennedy Allen
Sound design by Gabe Castro
And your humble host, Wi-Moto Nyoka
Featured music (Standard License):
Dreams Become Real by Kevin MacLeod
Kalimba Relaxation Music by Kevin MacLeod
Unnatural Situation by Kevin MacLeod
Dark Walk by Kevin MacLeod
Blue Sizzle by Kevin MacLeod
Echoes of Time by Kevin MacLeod
Hush by Kevin MacLeod
Asian Drums by Kevin MacLeod
Featured Music (Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License):
The Chamber Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Drums of the Deep Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Project support provided by: The Awesome Foundation, The Velocity Fund administered by Philadelphia Contemporary with generous funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Flash Fiction Friday: Ep 2
Join us as we talk about the art of pumpkin chunkin', horror for young adults, and spooky bathrooms with young adult horror author Ally Russell from the FlashFrights podcast.
Flash fiction by Kimberly M. Munsamy
Music by Community Education
SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions and Sound Effect
S2E2: Best Friends
Growing up fae can be rough and Quiana knows this all too well. Even doing something as simple as giving your best friend their homework when they miss school can turn into a deadly adventure.
Written & Directed by Kennedy Allen
Performed by Kristina Hill
Sound Design by Gabe Castro
And your humble host, Wi-Moto Nyoka
Project support provided by: The Awesome Foundation, The Velocity Fund administered by Philadelphia Contemporary with generous funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Flash Fiction Friday: Ep1
Join us as we talk horror, fast food, and what it's really like to be a librarian, with Candace and Ariel of Not Your Final Girl Podcast.
Flash fiction by your humble host Wi-Moto Nyoka
SFX contributions by Private Hell Productions and Sound Effect