# Black Sci-Fi Short Stories - Hardcover

by **Temi Oh** (Foreword by), **Sandra M. Grayson** (Introduction by), **Tia Ross**

_"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." --_ **_Publishers Weekly Starred Review_**

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 novelist **Temi Oh**, an introduction by **Dr. Sandra M. Grayson**, author of _Visions of the Third Millennium: Black Science Fiction Novelists Write the Future_ (2003), and invaluable promotion and editorial support from **Tia Ross** and the **Black Writers Collective** 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.

The **Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic Stories and Epic Tales** 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.

**Table of Contents**:

_An Empty, Hollow Interview_ by James Beamon

_The Comet_ by W.E.B. Du Bois

_Élan Vital_ by K. Tempest Bradford

_The Orb_ by Tara Campbell

_Blake, or The Huts of America_ by Martin R. Delany

_The Floating City of Pengimbang_ by Michelle F. Goddard

_The New Colossuses_ by Harambee K. Grey-Sun

_Imperium in Imperio_ by Sutton E. Griggs

_Seven Thieves_ by Emmalia Harrington

_Of One Blood: Or, The Hidden Self_ by Pauline Hopkins

_Space Traitors_ by Walidah Imarisha

_The Line of Demarcation_ by Patty Nicole Johnson

_Light Ahead for the Negro_ by Edward Johnson

_e-race_ by Russell Nichols

_Giant Steps_ by Russell Nichols

_Almost Too Good to Be True_ by Temi Oh

_You May Run On_ by Megan Pindling

_Suffering Inside, But Still I Soar_ by Sylvie Soul

_The Pox Party_ by Lyle Stiles

_The Regression Test_ by Wole Talabi

### Author Biography

**Temi Oh** (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 & Schuster in 2019 and won the American Library Association's Alex Award.

**Dr. Sandra M. Grayson** (Introduction) is a tenured Full Professor in the English Department at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her numerous publications include the books _Visions of the Third Millennium: Black Science Fiction Novelists Write the Future_; _Symbolizing the Past: Reading Sankofa, Daughters of the Dust, and Eve's Bayou as Histories_ ; A _Literary Revolution: In the Spirit of the Harlem Renaissance_; and _Sparks of Resistance, Flames of Change: Black Communities and Activism._

**Tia Ross** (Associate Editor) is 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.

**Number of Pages:** 432

**Dimensions:** 1.7 x 9.5 x 6.25 IN

**Publication Date:** June 15, 2021

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