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Tonya Liburd

Goodreads Author

Born

in Toronto, Canada

Website

http://www.Spiderlilly.com

Twitter

somesillywowzer

Genre

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror

Influences

Chinua Achebe, Michael Anthony, Merle Hodge, Kahil Gibran,

Member Since

September 2013

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Tonya Liburd shares a birthday with Ray Bradbury and Simeon Daniel, which may tell you a little something about her; and while she has an enviable collection of vintage dust bunnies to her credit, her passions are music (someday!) and of course, words. One day she hopes, when introducing herself as a writer, she won't feel all weird about it.

She has been nominated for the 2017 and 2018 Rhysling Awards, and has been longlisted in the 2015 Carter V. Cooper(Vanderbilt)/Exile Short Fiction Competition. Nisi Shawl and Tananarive Due both use her work in their workshops and courses.

Her story “A Stitch In Time” in the Survivor anthology, co-edited by Mary Anne Mohanraj, has been called a “Standout story” by Publisher’s Weekly;
her story “Superfr ...more

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Guess what’s live! My eBook!

Hey, FOLKS!
I got a short story eBook of mine, that’s out now! The Ace Of Knives!
Here’s the cover!

a black woman in a dark shirt stands before a wheel os knives, holding a knife in one hand.
If you like Caribbean-centred, Toronto based, dark urban fantasy, this is for you!
Originally published back in 2015 in Postscripts To Darkness 6, the Ace Of Knives tackles violence, trauma, homelessness, mental illness, dysfunctional and found family, and healing!
It’s got blurbs from people like Nisi S

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Average rating: 4.04 · 280 ratings · 124 reviews · 20 distinct works

	Shades Within Us: Tales of Migrations and Fractured Borders (Laksa Anthology Series: Speculative Fiction) by Susan Forest (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lucas K. Law (Editor), Vanessa Cardui (Contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing Without Us by Cait Gordon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Talia C. Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Myriad Augustine (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.16 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chiral Mad 5 by Michael Bailey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Seth Brown (Illustrator), Paul Michael Anderson (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 58 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mosaics: A Collection of Independent Women (Mosaics #1) by Susan Kaye Quinn (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Keyan Bowes (Goodreads Author), Caroline M. Cao 4.32 avg rating — 34 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Question of Faith 3.57 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	UnCommon Minds: A Collection of AIs, Dreamwalkers, and other Psychic Mysteries by Jessica West (Goodreads Author) (Editor), P.K. Tyler (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jess D. Astra (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apex Magazine Issue 124 by Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), E. Catherine Tobler (Goodreads Author), R. Gatwood 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Came From Miskatonic University: Weirdly Fantastical Tales of Campus Life by Scott Gable (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Matt Maxwell (Goodreads Author), Tonya Liburd (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apex Magazine Issue 131 by Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lesley Conner (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Hannah Yang (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Suite as Sugar and Other Stories

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A Rogue's Tale: A Memoir

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