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This new Indigenous horror anthology promises to 'kindle your worst imaginings'

Writer Waubgeshig Rice talks about contributing to the book Zegaajimo, a horror anthology.

Writer Waubgeshig Rice talks about his approach to writing horror with an Indigenous lens for Zegaajimo

The cover of Zegaajimo, an Indigenous horror fiction anthology book.
The cover of Zegaajimo, an Indigenous horror fiction anthology. (Don Chretien/Kegedonce Press)

There's a new horror anthology on a bookshelf near you, just in time to cap off this year's spooky season.

Co-edited by Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler and Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Zegaajimo: Indigenous Horror Fiction brings together 11 Indigenous writers to tell macabre stories of the monsters already in our midst, and more.

Today on Commotion, writer Waubgeshig Rice joins host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to talk about contributing his story Offerings to the book, and what it's like to adapt cultural stories for the page.

WATCH | Today's episode on YouTube (this segment begins at 15:33): 

You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.


Interview with Waubgeshig Rice produced by Jane van Koeverden.