Beatrice Winifred Iker is a Southern Appalachian poet, author, and tarot reader. They are a Rhysling Award Finalist; cohost of the Ignyte Award--winning Afronauts podcast, which discusses and uplifts Black speculative fiction; and a Voodoonauts Fellowship alum. LJ talks with Iker about their debut novel, I'll Make a Spectacle of You (Run For It: Orbit), Black Appalachian history, and why they're drawn to writing horror fiction.
