Erin Brown

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Spec Fic Author. SFWA. Voodoonaut. Words in FIYAH Mag, Nightmare Mag, Baffling, Fantasy Mag, The Deadlands, EscapePod, Haven, Skull & Laurel, Psychopomp. A watched plot never thickens. http://ebrownwrites.com

A schedule of panels Erin Brown will be speaking on regarding costuming, horror, representation, and a reading of her personal work.
Erin Brown author pic, a smiling black woman in a large afro and green sleevelesss top, with Japanese painting prints on the wall in the background.
A meme of the Devil wears Prada scene where Emily is asking Angie if she is wearing the Mitch McConnell proof of life ensemble
Two smiling people standing together in a bookstore under a sign that reads “Tonight at Book Soup, P.C. Verrone and Natasha Deon, for Rabbit Fox Tar”
An open book. On the left page, a black and white illustration of a werewolf roaring and surrounded by a web of silver. On the right, text from the story "I Unlock the Cage" by Erin Brown. Author's fingertips can be seen at the bottom.
A picture of a rotting apple cross section. The words “The Night Market: a once bustling village market serves a new kind of clientele, who lives high in a castle and only comes out at night. What shoes she shop for? Our narrator is loathe to disclose…
Erin Brown, a black woman, with natural hair, sits in front of a cedar wood paneled wall holding a teal and orange African fan in front of her smiling face.
A screenshot from Avatar: the Last Airbender, with the boy Teo and his airsailing wheelchair, speaking with Sokka.
A grinning Klingon holding two big rainbow flags with a rainbow above his head, and a banner beneath his boots that says “Glory to you… and to your Identity!”
Purple ink stamping of lilacs and a banner that says “the glorious 25th of May. Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love, and a Hard Boiled Egg.”
Writing Horror and the Body: the Fiction of Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Anne Rice, by Linda Badley
A cartoon of a sheet of music where the notes have fallen off it's surface. It is gathering the notes and sticking them back on, saying "I need a moment to compose myself."
KitKat issued a statement about their ongoing investigation of 12 tons of KitKats that were stolen while traveling between Italy and Poland.
A skeleton in a shallow grave is being measured by scientists, and below it, the words Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race of Skeleton People
Text: Scientists discovered a caterpillar that murders insects and stitches their dismembered body parts onto its back as armor. Picture of carcass1encrusted caterpillar.
Artist Harmonia Rosales in a stage with two Getty Museum interviewers and curators, with a large projecting of the golden work “Portrait of Eve” projected behind them, of a dark skinned African Eve.
The words "They Swallowed the Sun" in gold against a black background, and a partially revealed cover also in black and gold, showing a solar eclipse
Prometheus says “hot take” and Greek gods respond “no give that back.”
Streaming live, an interview with Erin Brown at black fae day official on Instagram.
Senshi from Dungeon Meshi anime, and a walking mushroom, with the words "Violets are blue, roses are red, you're the slime noodle to my orc bread"
Black backdrop with the rim of a planet, and the words B.F.S.A. Longlist 2025 Best shorter fiction, Garden of the Bloodpotter, from Psychopomp magazine September 2025
Words on a green square with a synopsis of the short story "I Unlock the Cage," about a werewolf and its problematic partner. Story by Erin Brown.
Promo for my short story “the night market” with a rotten apple, and text blurbing the story.
My 2026 word of the year is Blissful
A wooden plate with deviled egg, pasta salad, Hoppin John, greens and turkey neck, shrimp, and libation, set in front of a lovely green plant dewed with rain.
Cover of the album “Urban Hymns” by The Verve, featuring all five young British band members seated on the grass, looking out of frame.
Tattered paper cover of a book called “The Wolfen” by Whitley Strieber, with two tiny cops on the top left and a weird drawing of a snarling dog face on the bottom right.
Dark brown background, metallic accents, and the question "what is the highest tech appliance you have ever used when cooking?"