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K. Tempest Bradford is an African-American writer of Science Fiction and Fantasy.  She has also described her work as Interstitial, Fabulist, and Magical Realism.
K. Tempest Bradford, also known as just Tempest, is an African-American speculative fiction writer born in Cincinnati, Ohio, currently residing in New York, NY.  She attended New York University’s Gallatin School for Individualized Study where she had the opportunity to write and produce several plays and performance pieces (under the name K. T. Bradford) in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway spaces.


She is also known as just Tempest, has published under the name Finley Larkin, and is the writer behind the Angry Black Woman blog.
Since 2000 she’s concentrated on fiction and in 2003 she attended the [[Clarion West]] Writers Workshop. Prior to that was a member of the [[OWW]] (SF&F Online Writing Workshop) for many years. She's currently a member of the Altered Fluid and Black Beans writing groups and co-coordinates the Ohayo Mountain Retreat in New York State.  
 
K. Tempest currently lives in New York, NY.


Bradford is the main writer behind the Angry Black Woman blog.


== Works ==
== Works ==
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*"Why I Don't Drink Anymore" (as Finley Larkin) in Abyss & Apex, 2003.
*"Why I Don't Drink Anymore" (as Finley Larkin) in Abyss & Apex, 2003.
*"Elf Aware" (as Finley Larkin) in Cafe Irreal, 2002.
*"Elf Aware" (as Finley Larkin) in Cafe Irreal, 2002.
*"What We Make Of It" (as K T Bradford) in Peridot Books, 2000.
== Editorial Positions ==
*Non-Fiction Editor, [[''Fantasy'' Magazine]] (current)
*Assistant Editor, Sybil's Garage #5
*Editor, ForteanBureau.com, 2001 - 2006
*Associate Editor, PeridotBooks.com, 2000 - 2006
== Affiliations ==
*[[The Carl Brandon Society]]
*[[The Interstitial Arts Foundation]]


== Projects ==


[http://sfbookswap.wordpress.com/|SFBookswap]
[http://theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com/|The Angry Black Woman]


== External Sources ==
== External Sources ==

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K. Tempest Bradford, also known as just Tempest, is an African-American speculative fiction writer born in Cincinnati, Ohio, currently residing in New York, NY. She attended New York University’s Gallatin School for Individualized Study where she had the opportunity to write and produce several plays and performance pieces (under the name K. T. Bradford) in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway spaces.

Since 2000 she’s concentrated on fiction and in 2003 she attended the Clarion West Writers Workshop. Prior to that was a member of the OWW (SF&F Online Writing Workshop) for many years. She's currently a member of the Altered Fluid and Black Beans writing groups and co-coordinates the Ohayo Mountain Retreat in New York State.

Bradford is the main writer behind the Angry Black Woman blog.

Works

  • "Black Feather" in Interfictions, 2007.
  • "The Seventh Reflection" in Thou Shalt Not... a horror and dark fantasy anthology.
  • "Change of Life" in Farthing, 2006.
  • "Hard Rain" in Farthing, 2006.
  • "Why I Don't Drink Anymore" (as Finley Larkin) in Abyss & Apex, 2003.
  • "Elf Aware" (as Finley Larkin) in Cafe Irreal, 2002.
  • "What We Make Of It" (as K T Bradford) in Peridot Books, 2000.

Editorial Positions

  • Non-Fiction Editor, ''Fantasy'' Magazine (current)
  • Assistant Editor, Sybil's Garage #5
  • Editor, ForteanBureau.com, 2001 - 2006
  • Associate Editor, PeridotBooks.com, 2000 - 2006

Affiliations

Projects

[1] Angry Black Woman

External Sources

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