About UsBlack
Fox Literary Magazine was founded by Racquel Henry, Pamela Harris, and
Marquita Hockaday. The three writers met during an MFA program at
Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey.
Here
at Black Fox, we publish both established and new writers. We welcome
all fiction, but we especially like fiction from under-represented
genres and styles.
The Editors:
Racquel Henry
Racquel Henry is first and foremost a writer. In order to pay the
bills, she is also a part time Administrative Assistant at a law firm in
Tampa, FL., where she currently resides. Much to her own surprise, she
actually enjoys the job that helps put food on the table. Racquel writes
literary fiction in hopes of being published sometime in the near
future. She also enjoys reading a variety of genres, and is currently
obsessed with flash fiction. Some of her favorite authors include,
Lorrie Moore, Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike, Sophie Kinsella, and Toni
Morrison. She is currently an MFA student at Fairleigh Dickinson
University, where she is preparing to graduate in the Fall of 2011. At
the moment she is searching for a new school to call home, and to
pursue a Ph.D. degree. You can follow her journey on her very own blog
entitled, “Racquel Writes.”
Pam Harris
Pam
Harris lives in Carrollton, VA where she works as a middle school
counselor. When she isn't wiping tears and helping kids study for tests,
she's writing contemporary YA fiction. Some of her favorite authors are
Ellen Hopkins, Courtney Summers, Jodi Picoult, and Stephen King. You
can also find her at the movie theaters every weekend or pretending to
enjoy exercising. She will receive her MFA in creative writing in 2011,
and is currently thinking long and hard about pursuing a Ph.D. in
English Literature.
Marquita Hockaday
The
name's Marquita "Quita" Hockaday and she lives in Carrollton,
Virginia (a small honky tonk town near Hampton and Newport
News). She is a high school history teacher who has never been
able to shake her love of writing and reading. There is always,
always a book near her. Marquita is currently enjoying
writing Young Adult (historical and contemporary) and every now and
then she enjoys writing a contemporary adult short story. In
the same vein, she loves reading Young Adult (YA) literature now
and also really enjoys contemporary, paranormal, and historical YA. Some
of her favs so far are Laurie Halse Anderson, Blake
Nelson, Justine Larbalestier, Suzanne Collins, Maggie Stiefvater,
and Lauren Oliver. Marquita also enjoys reading adult
contemporary-she so wants to write like Cormac McCarthy and Joyce Carol
Oates-and enjoys her Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris
and John Grisham and Dean Koontz. She loves watching movies (one
day she WILL watch every scary movie ever created) and TV. Like,
seriously her cousin Pam and her schedule everything
around their TV shows. Marquita is expected to graduate
with an MFA in Creative Writing from Fairleigh
Dickinson University in 2011, and is considering a Ph.D.
degree in English Literature.
