Horror and sci-Fi often travel together. W
orld building sometimes requires the donning of GENRE colored glasses.&nbs
p\;We&rsquo\;ll \;survey the characteristics of the genres and sub gen
res of horror and futurisms \;we&rsquo\;re \;interested in writing
. As a reader of the genre\, what are your expectations? What are the cons
equences and dangers of writing new and old worlds? How do we create world
s that allow hope when it feels like the world is on fire? If this&hellip\
; then what&hellip\; \; \;
We can talk about things tha
t have personally bothered us in a genre we \;other wise \;enjoy\,
how the political shows up in the personal choices characters make\, and
what kind of \;hard questions \;we \;have to \;answer in c
reating and revising a world. \; \;
We&rsquo\;ll \;
also have fun doing some writing. &ldquo\;Unbridled storytelling is just a
s important as storytelling with a direct message.&rdquo\; -Quinta Brunson
to Trevor Noah on his podcast\, What Now? \;
Andrea L. Rogers writes in a variety of genres\, creating work for all ages. She is a \;citizen of the Cherokee Nation and a graduate of the Low Rez MF A program at the Institute for American Indian Arts. \;She has a B.A. in English from the University of Tulsa and an MFA in Creative Writing-Fic tion. \;She grew up in Tulsa\, Oklahoma\, but currently \;lives in Arkansas where she is pursuing a Ph.d in English at the University of Ark ansas. \;She is the \;mom of three daughters.
\nAt IAIA\, sh e was mentored by strong Indigenous writers and teachers. While there\, sh e completed her short story collection \;Man Made Monsters\, a meditat ion on love\, loneliness\, family\, and the monsters in society. Cherokee people are centered in this collection\, along with a cast of vampires\, w erewolves\, zombies\, aliens\, ghosts\, two handsome Princes\, and a Goatb oy. Her short stories \;have been published \;in \;Transmotion \; Kweli Journal\; Yellow Medicine Review\; The Santa Fe Literary Review\; Waxwing\, \;The Massachusetts Review\, \;and forthcoming from&nbs p\;The River Styx. Capstone published her children&rsquo\;s book Mary and the Trail of Tears which was included on the best books of 2020 by both NP R and American Indians in Children&rsquo\;s Literature. Her essay &ldquo\; My Oklahoma History&rdquo\; was included in \;You Too? 25 Voices Share Their \;#MeToo Stories. \;Her short story &ldquo\;The Ballad of M aggie Wilson&rdquo\; is included in \;Ancestor Approved: Intertribal S tories for Kids\, a MG short story Anthology from Heartdrum\, an imprint o f Harper Collins. Her picture book called\, \;When We Gather \;and illustrated by Madeline Goodnight (Chickasaw) for Heartdrum will be publi shed in May 2024. Her Cherokee futurism \;The Art Thieves \;will b e out in Fall 2024. Her picture book Chooch Helped\, illustrated by Rebecc a Kunz (Cherokee)\, won the 2025 Caldecott Medal. \;
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