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Photo Credit: Charlie Iker, Beatrice Winifred Iker, and Sydnee Monday

Beatrice Winifred Iker (EYE-kurr) (they/them) is an Appalachian storyteller, trail hiker, and tarot reader from Knoxville, Tennessee, currently residing in New Hampshire.

Beatrice has a forthcoming adult horror novel, I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU, to be published in the fall of 2025, and a picture book, CHARLEY'S HONKY TONK MISSION, illustrated by Miguelina Milien. It celebrates Charley Pride, America's first Black country music star, and is forthcoming in spring 2026. Beatrice co-hosts the Ignyte Award-winning Afronauts Podcast, which discusses and uplifts Black speculative fiction. They are a Voodoonauts Fellow and enjoys mentoring in writing programs. 

 

 Beatrice is a Rhysling & Dwarf Star Award-nominated poet who was in The Australian Shadows Award-winning anthology Death in the Mouth. They are a member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and the Horror Writers Association (HWA). You can find their work in issues of Anathema Magazine, The Deadlands, FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative FictionNightmare Magazine, & others. ​

Beatrice is represented by Chelsea Hensley at Mad Woman Literary Agency.

 

​Socials:

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Afronauts Podcast: 

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