Tag: science-fiction
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28 Black Speculative Fiction Books For Black History Month
What is Black Speculative Fiction, anyway? For me, speculative fiction has two definitions. One overarching definition includes texts that use unreal elements in a story. This includes fantasy, alternative histories, magical realism, science fiction, some mysteries, and some horror. The second definition is more genre-specific and involves texts that propose a “what-if” scenario. I typically…
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Why Beginner Fantasy Readers Should Read Eve and the Faders by Berneta L. Haynes and Lornett B. Vestal: Book Review
Eve and the Faders has a complex, amazingly depicted main character in Eve Cooper. Eve is a queer woman in a Black polyamorous relationship, and I LOVED it so much. The couple (Eve, Zoe, and Gabriel) are not perfect, yet the authors explore the difficulties that can come with being in a poly relationship in…
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Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi: A Unique Postcolonial Fantasy Noir- Book Review
I wouldn’t call myself an arc reader because I rarely get to them in time, but I have two arcs I will have read and reviewed before they release! It’s the small wins in life that bring me joy these days. This first ARC is from Tor Books and is slated to be published on…
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Exploring Grief and Revenge in ‘The Lady Widow: Death Among the Stars’: Book Review
I saw it in a TikTok video. C.M. Lockhart was talking about her upcoming release about a woman who travels through space to get revenge for the murder of the love of her life. Naturally, I was interested. It took a while to unpack my feelings about this book, but overall, it did a great…
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Neon Moons Launch: A New Literary Community
Neon Moons launches today at Bindery, focusing on speculative storytelling by Black, Indigenous, and other Authors of Color. The initiative offers various storytelling mediums to foster community discussions, crafts, and possibly a book club. The monthly selection begins with “Ghost Roast,” exploring a girl’s challenges with her father’s ghost-hunting business.
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Recent Watches in Black Speculative Fiction
My mind has been hopping from topic to topic and doing a lot of research. About what, you ask? Abolition, Unreliable narrators, Black Speculative Fiction, the connection between music, art, film, and stories in Afrofuturism. Until then, why not talk about my current and recent watches?
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Supacell turns Disability into a Superhero
I love reading about Black people with supernatural powers and how it impacts race, class, and gender. So now that I have binged Supacell this past weekend, my interest in this conversation has been piqued yet again.