DarkEcho Horror Blowgun by Rick Berry TANANARIVE DUE: Unique
Name for a New Dark Star "...I'd had it drummed into my head in
creative writing workshop courses that one could not expect to
be a respected writer when writing commercial or genre books.
Legitimacy has always been very important to me...Finally,
though, I said the heck with all of it. I wasn't going to try to
be Toni Morrison or Joyce Carol Oates, I was just going to be
me, and I was going to write about the people I know..."--
Tananarive Due by Paula Guran July, 1997 (Originally published
by OMNI Online)  If you want to know the one new name in horror
that should become a household word, take note -- the name is
Tananarive Due. She tells stories -- rich, entertaining stories
full of characters who you get to know immediately and care
about; stories with a touch of exotic spice but as filling and
flavorful as down-home cooking. They appeal to people "who don't
read that scary stuff" and to lovers of horror alike.  In these
days of the "Hollywoodiza