{"product_id":"black-sci-fi-short-stories-hardcover","title":"Black Sci-Fi Short Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTemi Oh\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eSandra M. Grayson\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eTia Ross\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"With topics ranging from slavery to space travel, the impressive breadth of this anthology makes for a well-rounded survey. Readers, writers, and scholars alike will find great value here.\" -- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Starred Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA deluxe edition of new writing and neglected perspectives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDystopia, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a foreword by Alex Award-winning novelist \u003cb\u003eTemi Oh\u003c\/b\u003e, an introduction by \u003cb\u003e Dr. Sandra M. Grayson\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eVisions of the Third Millennium: Black Science Fiction Novelists Write the Future\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), and invaluable promotion and editorial support from \u003cb\u003eTia Ross\u003c\/b\u003e and the \u003cb\u003eBlack Writers Collective\u003c\/b\u003e and 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eFlame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic Stories and Epic Tales\u003c\/b\u003e collections 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Empty, Hollow Interview\u003c\/i\u003e by James Beamon \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Comet\u003c\/i\u003e by W.E.B. Du Bois \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eÉlan Vital\u003c\/i\u003e by K. Tempest Bradford \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Orb\u003c\/i\u003e by Tara Campbell \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlake, or The Huts of America\u003c\/i\u003e by Martin R. Delany \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Floating City of Pengimbang\u003c\/i\u003e by Michelle F. Goddard \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Colossuses\u003c\/i\u003e by Harambee K. Grey-Sun \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eImperium in Imperio\u003c\/i\u003e by Sutton E. Griggs \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeven Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e by Emmalia Harrington \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOf One Blood: Or, The Hidden Self\u003c\/i\u003e by Pauline Hopkins \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpace Traitors\u003c\/i\u003e by Walidah Imarisha \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Line of Demarcation\u003c\/i\u003e by Patty Nicole Johnson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLight Ahead for the Negro\u003c\/i\u003e by Edward Johnson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ee-race\u003c\/i\u003e by Russell Nichols \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiant Steps\u003c\/i\u003e by Russell Nichols \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlmost Too Good to Be True\u003c\/i\u003e by Temi Oh \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou May Run On\u003c\/i\u003e by Megan Pindling \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuffering Inside, But Still I Soar\u003c\/i\u003e by Sylvie Soul \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pox Party\u003c\/i\u003e by Lyle Stiles \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Regression Test\u003c\/i\u003e by Wole Talabi\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTemi Oh\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword) graduated with a BSci in Neuroscience. Her degree provided great opportunities to write and learn about topics ranging from 'Philosophy of the Mind' to 'Space Physiology'. While at KCL, Temi founded a book-club called 'Neuroscience-fiction', where she led discussions about science-fiction books which focus on the brain. In 2016, she received an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh. Her first novel, DO YOU DREAM OF TERRA-TWO?, was published by Simon \u0026amp; Schuster in 2019 and won the American Library Association's Alex Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Sandra M. Grayson \u003c\/b\u003e(Introduction) is a tenured Full Professor in the English Department at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 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