Black Sci-Fi Short Stories Tia Ross (Editor), Sandra M. Grayson (Introduction) 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…
Part 2: Science Fiction and Fantasy Books by Black Authors
Witches Steeped in Gold #1 Witches Steeped in Gold Ciannon Smart Divided by their order. United by their vengeance. Iraya has spent her life in a cell, but every day brings her closer to freedom - and vengeance. Jazmyne is the Queen’s daughter, but unlike her sister before her, she has no intention of dying to…
Part 1: Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Black Authors
Not all of these books are from 2023, but I want to highlight these series and books that feature either Black Authors or Black Characters (POC/Ownvoices) for Black History Month. I haven't done a list like this specifically before so that's also why I'm hightlighting books people might have already read. Deathless #1 The Gilded Ones…
New Releases I’m Excited About: January 2023
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4QbeCI1zYPfEsAz5yQOuIe?si=d15542c686af4ff1 How to Sell a Haunted House Grady Hendrix Our past and your family can haunt you like nothing else… A hilarious and terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Final Girl Support Group.Every childhood home is haunted, and each of us are possessed by our parents.When their parents die…
Rant – Why is diversity still so controversial?
I was having trouble finding an appropriate picture so I went with this stack of books. Listen, I have several blog posts I could write about this, but today’s post was inspired by a TikTok I was watching about the new Marvel movie. I’m not a huge Marvel fan though I do really like super…
The New Dune Movie Review
I saw the movie on Friday with a friend of mine. First off, I only started reading the book the other week and haven’t gotten very far into it. I’ve also never seen the OG movie so my knowledge of the book stems from what other people have said online. What I loved They did…
What I’m planning on writing for Nanowrimo this year.
I remembered suddenly the other day that November is coming up really fast and that means Nanowrimo. I tried to participate in Camp Nanowrimo in July and got a decent way into my book before being sidetracked by moving. So I have a couple of different ideas I’m playing around with for this fall. The…
Book Sale Haul: October 2021
Hey everyone, I wanted to use today’s Blogtober to share what I got from the Planned Parenthood book sale. There are over several hundred thousand books and media at this event every year. It took me several hours to look over most of the tables but I didn’t even get to all of them. It’s…
What I Wrote this week, 10/8/2021
I’ve been working recently on my newest novel, A Desolation of Angels, and I’m excited to share what I wrote this week. It’s been slow snippets here and there since I’ve been writing on my IPhone or IPad recently. I’m a faster writer on my laptop. However BOTH my laptops (one is about 12 years…
Book Review – Eona by Allison Goodman
Eona by Allison Goodman This is a repost of an old book review. I appreciate your patience as I continue to import old blog posts over to my new blog. Eon is now Eona, the Mirror Dragoneye - one of just two surviving Dragoneyes, the human links to the twelve energy dragons and their power.…
Sareh Lovasen 