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Welcome to Sudapod.

Sudapod, episode 971, April 11th, 2025.

This week's story, Tree of the Forest Seven Bells Turns the World Round Midnight.

Written by Shari René Thomas, narrated by Prieman Muhammad,

audio production by Chelsea Davis, hosted by Alistair Stewart.

Welcome to Sudapod, the Weekly Horror Podcast.

I'm Alistair, your host.

This week, our story comes from the excellent Shari Renée Thomas. Shari is a multi-a'm Alistair, your host. This week our story comes from the excellent Sheree

Renee Thomas. Shari is a multi-award-winning writer, poet, editor and curator. Her work is

inspired by myth, folklore, natural science, music, and the genius of the Mississippi Delta.

She is the author of four collections of fiction, including Mojo Rhythm, Nidebar Blues,

Stories from an Ancient Future, Sleeping Under the Tree of Life, and Shotgun Lullivis.

She is also the co-editor of several anthologies, including Africa Risen, A New Era of Speculative

Fiction, Trouble the Waters, Tales of the Deep Blue, Dark Matter, a century of speculative fiction from

the African diaspora, and Dark Matter, reading the bones.

Thomas is the first Black writer honoured with the World Fantasy Award, and has also

received the Ignite Ember Award and the Octavia E. Butler Award.

She was a Hugo Award finalist twice, and was honored with the Locus Award. As a

Marvel writer, she wrote the novel Black Panther, Panthers Rage, stories in Black Panther Tales of

Wakanda and Captain America, the shield of Sam Wilson, and also collaborated with Janelle

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