#black speculative fiction

[jazzywazzy89]

Hey All! The second episode of my podcast has launched! Please follow, share, heart, and listen! This really is a labor of love and I would appreciate the support! This episode I chat with author of Drinking from Graveyard Wells, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu!!!

#signal boost #bonnie bennett #podcast #misogynoir #fandom stuff #black speculative fiction #writing advice #creative writing #black women #podcasting #podcast recommendations #writing #Spotify

[bantuotaku]

@rakiyahinspace- The Cosmic Queen EP 

Available on all streaming platforms here

#rakiyah #the cosmic queen ep #space #black tumblr #afrosurrealist #afrosurrealism #afrofuturism #afrofantasy #r&b music #r&b #the cosmic queen #kpop #afrofuturistic #afrocentric #african american #music #black speculative fiction #black culture #neo soul #neosoul #SoundCloud #Spotify #soundcloud

[deadassdiaspore]

#Samuel Delany #black writers #black science fiction #black speculative fiction

[wizardteampod]

Looking for books to get this World Book Day?

Check out our #WizardTeam Reads list on @blacknerdscreate's Bookshop - there you can get all the books we've covered so far on the podcast plus support us & indie bookstores!

#world book day #wizardteam #black magical stories #black fantasy #black science fiction #black speculative fiction #support black creatives #support indie bookstores #podcasts #black podcasters #books #black authors #bookshop affiliate

[asg-stuff]

Writes Okorafor: “Afrofuturism: Wakanda builds its first outpost in Oakland, CA, USA. Africanfuturism: Wakanda builds its first outpost in a neighboring African country.” (via Afrofuturism, Africanfuturism, and the Language of Black Speculative Literature | Los Angeles Review of Books)

#Afrofuturism #Africanfuturism #scifi #future #imagination #fiction #speculative fiction #Black speculative fiction #white Western gaze #Nnedi Okorafor #Hope Wabuke #Black Speculative Literature #Africanjujuism #science fiction

[makedakb]

Publication News!

“If joy could be kept, I would preserve this with the finest of salts, the sweetest of sugars, and the most acidic of vinegars. I would keep this forever.”

My Gothic Romance short story has been published in the new anthology from Brigids Gate Press, “Crimson Bones.”

#gothic #gothic romanticism #gothic romance #publication #short fiction #original story #original fiction #black gothic #speculative fiction #bipoc representation #writers on tumblr #female writers #writeblr #new writers on tumblr #horror fiction #romantic horror #black speculative fiction #black stories

[doormouseetcappendix]

My Summer Audiobook Log pt 10

The Trees (2021) by Percival Everett read by Bill Andrew Quinn

Moon Witch, Spider King (2022) by Marlon James read by Bahni Turpin

Rosewater (2016) by Tade Thompson read by Bayo Gbadamosi

Peaces (2021) by Helen Oyeyemi read by Ben Allen, Intae Kim, Deana Taheri, Rosa Escorda, and Deepti Gutpa

Sorrowland (2021) by Rivers Solomon read by Karen Chilton 

Noor (2021) by Nnedi Okorafor read by Dele Ogundiran

Flowers From The Sea (2021) by Zin E. Rocklyn read by Amina Koroma

The Black God’s Drums (2018) by P. Djelia Clark read by Chani Waites

The Memory Librarian & And Other Stories Of Dirty Computer (2022) by Janelle Monae, Alaya Dawn, Danny Lore, Eve L. Ewing, Yohanca Delgado, and Sheree Renee Thomas. Read by Janelle Monae and Bahni Turpin. 

Black Stars: A Galaxy Of New Worlds (2022) by Chimamanada Ngozi Adiche, Nnedi Okorafor, Nisi Shawl, C.T. Rwizi, Nalo Hopkinson, and Victor LaValle. Read by Levar Burton, Naomi Ackie, Nyambi Nyambi, Indya Moore, Brian Tyree Henry 

#books #novels #afroturusim #afrosurrealism #horror #sci fi #black speculative fiction #african futurism #short stories #anthologies #new books #2022 #percival everett #marlon james #tade thompson #helen oyeyemi #rivers solomon #nnedi okorafor #p djeli clark #zin e rocklyn #janelle monae #alaya dawn #danny lore #eve l. ewing #yohanca delgado #sheree renee thomas #chimamanda ngozi adichie #nisi shawl #ct rwizi #nalo hopkinson

[mikahorror]

#HoA wip #grim dark #sci fantasy #black speculative fiction #horror

[whatmakesagod]

#black speculative fiction #black ya fantasy #black ya sci-fi #black author #black american author #black american literature

[rye-bread-soda-iceberg]

something about how sampo and black swan seem to be really connected to each other (as seen in these leaks). how they both call us the same way. but "us" as in the main character? hmm doubt.

something about how black swan acts in the new trailer and what she says and does

like she's an outsider or knows something we don't. the way she's flipping through the star rail story "chapters" like it's something she could easily have control over, almost pulling the strings of the whole thing (this may be a reach but she literally moves the whole ass train so leave me alone)

as if she's always watching and knows what will happen. plus this is not the first trailer she's in and she seems to have a somewhat important role, or at least it's teased enough to make me think that she will

there's nearly not enough information about black swan (that I have seen) to make some sort of theory, but her connection and similarities to sampo can tell us just enough about him as they can about her

and also bring yk even more questions but like that's how it always is

anyways I said what I needed to say, feel free to add anything else pls n thx

#this stupid blue con man had me become an avid theorist #never speculated on a fictional character's identity this much before #hsr #honkai star rail #star rail #hsr sampo #sampo koski #black swan #hsr black swan #hsr thoughts #hsr leaks

[puddinginthemix]

Since I finished watching The Terror I've been thinking about "The Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell to The Terror Pipeline" (cf. Tumblr user pudentilla). I came to the show because a number of people I followed for JSAMN posts were also posting about The Terror, and naturally I was like, dudes on ships looking very cold and rather gay, what is this. Of course, I liked it immediately, but the reason for the "pipeline" still seemed fuzzy.

I joined this conversation about Tuunbaq's role in the story--how The Terror would still be a great show without the demon bear, but his presence definitely adds a certain whatsit--but things didn't really crystallize for me until I was reading an article that discussed speculative fiction as a form of resistance to the Western, colonialist, capitalist, masculinist model of literature that is often unfortunately dubbed "realist" fiction.

It would be easy to write The Terror as a "realist" narrative about the doomed Franklin expedition. All you do is take out Tuunbaq. It would still be excellent. And yet Tuunbaq--the entity that turns the story into speculative fiction--is the force that overwhelms the entire Western, colonialist, capitalist, masculinist enterprise.

I was fascinated by the end of Mr. Hickey: on the one hand, he appears to reject his native culture in favor of reinventing himself as a wild cannibal shaman of the frozen north. On the other hand, everything about what Hickey wants/tries to do is colonialist, exploitative, and driven by the urge to dominate. He fantasizes that he's connecting with Tuunbaq, but he doesn't understand it at all. And then it eats his face.

That was the fantasy moment that made me think ohhhh, what a beautiful connection. Magic in Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is always and forever the enemy of colonialist, capitalist, masculinist domination. Lots of other people have blogged about this (recently @fluentisonus, good stuff), and I won't rehash that in detail here. But in JSAMN, magic puts itself into the hands of a Black man, servants, women, people who reject conquest and domination as a way of living. It rescues and sustains those people (like Tuunbaq brings Silna a nice fat seal). But those who would use it to dominate others, it utterly crushes.

tl;dr: 1) The Terror isn't The Terror without Tuunbaq; 2) I rode the JSAMN to The Terror Pipeline and I think I get it now

#long post #speculative fiction #the terror #amc the terror #the terror amc #jonathan strange and mr norrell #jsamn #cornelius hickey #tuunbaq #stephen black #john segundus #lady pole #henry lascelles #the gentleman with the thistledown hair

[bantuotaku]

Rakiyah - The Cosmic Queen EP

From going Into The Cosmos to becoming The Cosmic Queen herself, Rakiyah continues to guide her fans along her cosmic love odyssey in this concept album. With a hike in musical maturity, The Cosmic Queen exudes the confidence gained through a journey of self-growth, empowered through divine femininity.

Genius Lyrics

Available on all streaming platforms here

Follow @rakiyahinspace

Tracklist & Credits

1. Cosmic Queen prod by Dablackmic👑

2. Deserve it prod by Koa Ho 💅🏿

3. 1-800-MLKYWAY ft DaVionne prod by Koa Ho, co-produce by Rakiyah ☎️

4. Naughty x Nature prod by Dablackmic, BeatButcha, Hue Strother 😈😇

5. Care For Me When I Call prod by Nes 📱

6. Lay U Down Again prod by Koa Ho , co-produce by Rakiyah 🙇🏿

7. To The Moon prod by Koa Ho🌕

Mixing & mastering engineer Nick "Squids" Squillante @mixedbysquids, assisted by Harry Backer @hbacker94.

Cover creative director & editor by yours truly

Cover Shot by @shamellmason

#Rakiyah #The Cosmic Queen EP #space #black tumblr #afrosurrealism #afrofuturism #afrocentric #kpop #r&b music #r&b #alternative #neo soul #neosoul #jazz #electronic music #black speculative fiction #The Cosmic Queen #Youtube #slow jams #rnb #soul music #soundcloud #youtube #apple music #hip hop #smooth #vocals #ethereal #r&b song #r&b singer

[deadassdiaspore]

#black comics #black speculative fiction #black artist #Fiyah Magazine

[wizardteampod]

As we come to the end of our latest season, we wanted to take a moment to remind you where to find us!

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[the7thmatrix]

#sciencefiction #dystopian #racisim #history #black lives matter #speculative fiction

[have-you-read-this-short-fiction]

#short story collection #short story collections #africa risen: a new speculative fiction #sheree renée thomas #oghenechovwe donald ekpeki #zelda knight #various authors #21st century literature #english language literature #black literature #have you read this short fiction? #book polls #completed polls