Black Sci-Fi Short Stories // (Gothic Fantasy)

A deluxe edition of new writing and neglected perspectives.

Dystopia, apocalypse, gene-splicing, cloning and colonization are explored here by new authors and combined with proto-sci-fi and speculative writing of an older tradition (by W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin R. Delany, Sutton E. Griggs, Pauline Hopkins and Edward Johnson) whose first-hand experience of slavery and denial created their living dystopia.

With a foreword by Alex Award-winning novelistTemi Oh, an introduction byDr. Sandra M. Grayson, author ofVisions of the Third Millennium: Black Science Fiction Novelists Write the Future(2003), and invaluable promotion and editorial support fromTia Rossand theBlack Writers Collectiveand more, this latest offering in the Flame Tree Gothic fantasy series focuses on an area of science fiction which has not received the attention it deserves. Many of the themes in Sci-fi reveal the world as it is to others, show us how to improve it, and give voice to the many different expressions of a future for humankind.

TheFlame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic Stories and Epic Talescollections bring together the entire range of myth, folklore and modern short fiction. Highlighting the roots of suspense, supernatural, science fiction and mystery stories, the books in Flame Tree Collections series are beautifully presented, perfect as a gift and offer a lifetime of reading pleasure.

Table of Contents:

• An Empty, Hollow Interviewby James Beamon
  
• The Cometby W.E.B. Du Bois
  
• lan Vitalby K. Tempest Bradford
  
• The Orbby Tara Campbell
  
• Blake, or The Huts of Americaby Martin R. Delany
  
• The Floating City of Pengimbangby Michelle F. Goddard
  
• The New Colossusesby Harambee K. Grey-Sun
  
• Imperium in Imperioby Sutton E. Griggs
  
• Seven Thievesby Emmalia Harrington
  
• Of One Blood: Or, The Hidden Selfby Pauline Hopkins
  
• Space Traitorsby Walidah Imarisha
  
• The Line of Demarcationby Patty Nicole Johnson
  
• Light Ahead for the Negroby Edward Johnson
  
• e-raceby Russell Nichols
  
• Giant Stepsby Russell Nichols
  
• Almost Too Good to Be Trueby Temi Oh
  
• You May Run Onby Megan Pindling
  
• Suffering Inside, But Still I Soarby Sylvie Soul
  
• The Pox Partyby Lyle Stiles
  
• The Regression Testby Wole Talabi

Temi Ohhas a BSci in Neuroscience and an MA in Creative Writing. Her degree, and a book-club she founded while at KCL called ‘Neuroscience-fiction’, provided great opportunities to write and learn about mind-centred science and science fiction. Her first novel,Do You Dream of Terra-Two, won the American Library Association’s Alex Award.

Dr. Sandra M. Graysonis a professor in English at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her publications include the booksVisions of the Third Millennium: Black Science Fiction Novelists Write the Future;A Literary Revolution: In the Spirit of the Harlem Renaissance; andSparks of Resistance, Flames of Change: Black Communities and Activism.

Tia Rossis the Founder of Black Writers Collective (BlackWriters.org), Founder/Managing Editor for Black Editors & Proofreaders (BlackEditorsProofreaders.com), Editor for ColorOfChange.org and Senior Editor for WordWiserInk.com. She is a polymath entrepreneur who is passionate about great writing, as well as forging successful businesses as an information architect and event organiser.

• Publisher:Flame Tree Collections (June 15, 2021)
• Language:English
• Hardcover:432 pages
• ISBN-10:183964480X
• ISBN-13:9781839644801
• Item Weight:1.75 pounds
• Dimensions:6.02 x 1.9 x 9.21 inches
• Alt: Black Scifi Short Stories, Black Sci Fi Short Stories