Science Fiction Short Stories African American

Doing Time: For the prison writers whose work is included in this anthology, it means more than "serving a sentence"; it means staying alive and sane, preserving dignity, reinventing oneself, and somehow retaining one's humanity. For the last quarter century the prestigious writers' organization PEN has sponsored a contest for writers behind bars to help prisoners face these challenges. The contest honors the best short stories, plays, essays, and poems among hundreds submitted annually by men and women nationwide.

In this anthology, everybody is Black. Filled with epic battles, complicated families, soft kisses, and sharpened blades, Magic in the Melanin is an adult fantasy anthology that showcases Black authors who write magical stories of all kinds.

An approaching alien armada towards Earth typically does not bode well for the inhabitants of the planet. This one is no different. Depending on your perspective.

Latasha Lee has always been extraordinary. The proud byproduct of her genius Botanist Mother Lola Lee, and her father, Commander Joseph Lee. However, she craved freedom within her chin-up and the shoulders-back world she lived in. Her idea ... to do something she'd never seen done before. Latasha wanted to pick her afro in space. Follow her wild ride with her group of friends to see if she can turn her dream into a reality.

The ocean hides its secrets well, but some secrets refuse to stay buried. Amara, a seasoned deep-sea explorer, embarks on a perilous expedition into the Atlantic's abyss, searching for the legendary underwater city of Olokun. But something stirs beneath the waves—an ancient power that should have remained undisturbed. As her crew inches closer to their discovery, the ocean itself begins to rebel, unraveling in ways that defy nature. Strange currents pull them deeper, violent storms brew without warning, and the once mythic Olokun reveals far more than ancient ruins. With the world above ...

The Other Kate's (TOK) African American short stories: three from the plantation and one from the space station The Right Reverend Doctor 44's Floaters Legend Uncle Texas Pete's Missing Gold Legend The Wailer and the Sea Breeze Dancer Mystery Needs of MIT Mars Institute of Technology Love Experimenters

Tales of the Out & the Gone reflects the astounding evolution of America's most provocative literary anti-hero. The first section of the audiobook, War Stories, offers six stories enmeshed in the vola-tile politics of the 1970s and 1980s. The second section, Tales of the Out & the Gone, reveals Amiri Baraka's increasing literary adventurousness, combining an unpredictable language play with a passion for abstraction and psychological exploration.

Negus: A Compilation of African-American Science Fiction short stories and flash fiction will satisfy conspiracy theorists, sci-fi lovers, and urban fiction fans. Whether you're obsessed with aliens, astronomy, pineal gland decalcification, crystals, or life before birth and after death, Negus hits a home run with out-of-this-world content that'll leave you in deep thought about life and this planet we call home.

What if the stories you grew up with were never just stories? In Life Ain't No Nursery Rhyme, author Montrel Powell reimagines beloved nursery rhymes and fairy tales through the lens of adulthood, transforming familiar childhood classics into powerful, relatable stories about real life. From The Ugly Duckling and The Three Little Pigs to Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Pinocchio, and more, each chapter explores the lessons hidden beneath the surface of the tales we've known for generations.

Kyle Kanter wanted to know who the greatest boxer of all times was, and he had just the way to do it. In a world where Mike Tyson in his prime, could slug it out with Jack Johnson, and Cassius Clay could fight Muhammad Ali, ALL boxers, separated by decades upon decades could meet and be matched. Young boxing phenom Damian Harrison, was determined to prove that HE was the one who deserved that title, but as he pursued the title, he was confronted with something far bigger! This TENTH installment in the Keepin' it a BUCK series - stories from the Paradigm VOID, is a time bending tale of hope ...

The first collection in the ongoing series of fantasy stories from the world of Esowon. You'll find dastardly beasts, tortured monks, and unexpected lovers in a set of tales that'll transport you to lands lost to time. Delve into these companion novellas to The Kishi, an African fantasy based on Angola folklore.

Ancient folklore and modern myth come together in these stories by author Craig Laurance Gidney. Here are found the struggles of a medieval Japanese monk seduced by a mischievous fairy, and a young slave who finds mystery deep within the briar patch of an antebellum plantation. Gidney offers a gay teen obsessed with his patron saint, Lena Horne, and, in the title story, an ailing tourist seeks escape at a distant shore but never reckons on encountering an African sea god. Rich, poetic, dark and disturbing, these are distinctive tales not soon forgotten.

An exquisite collection of speculative fiction stories depicting an alternate future as lived by the African diaspora. In his sharply crafted, unnerving first collection of speculative short stories, Courttia Newland envisages an alternate future as lived by the African diaspora. Robots driven...

A Blackburn Legacy Short Romance Timberlyn Blackburn, a skilled werewolf hunter, is thrown into chaos one night when she receives an unexpected invitation from the elusive vampire Matthias Devereux. In the shadow-laden alleys of Philadelphia, Timberlyn stands at the crossroads between her lethal calling and the forbidden allure of Matthias, a figure from her past whose mere thought stirs a tumultuous mix of dread and desire. Torn between her duty to hunt and the seductive pull of a vampire’s touch, she’s drawn into a whirlwind of passion and peril, where the line between predator and ...