We’re pleased to announce the authors included in our upcoming anthology: Afrofuturism Short Stories! Earlier this year, we opened for submissions that explore the many angles and interpretations of Afrofuturism, a genre and an aesthetic that envisages all kinds of Black futures, alternative pasts and possibilities. Award-winning author of Everfair, Nisi Shawl, provides the foreword, alongside an insightful introduction by Associate Editor Dr. Sandra M. Grayson and invaluable editorial support from Sistah Sci-Fi founder Isis Asare. We’re delighted to have chosen the stories below for inclusion:
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Forward Agenda by Abíọ́dún Abdul
Twice, At Once, Separated by Linda D. Addison
Revolution in the Soil by Aishatu Ado
The Grief Pilgrim by Aishatu Ado
Flight Pattern by Azure Arther
The Adoration of Random Strangers by Azure Arther
The Water Runner by Eugen Bacon
Danakil by Steven Barnes
Easel Isle by Kayla Baskins
The Migration Suite: A Study in C Sharp Minor by Maurice Broaddus
Kemi and the Sacred Amulet: Collected Pataki Vol. 1 by Alan Ceaser
Nikki’s Rockin’ Rocket Curls and Cuts by Tiffany M. Davis
Eyes of a Living Planet by Yazeed Dele-Azeez
Like Daughter by Tananarive Due
The Heartware Protocol by Christian Emecheta
The Seventy-year-old Corpse Harvester by Naomi Eselojor
The Worth of a Nation by Minister Faust
Familiar Planet by Gabrielle Emem Harry
Invocations and Car Songs by Akua Lezli Hope
Timbuctoo by Akua Lezli Hope
Hum by Melissa Jackson-Wagner
Foundling by Tenea D. Johnson
Gilded Throne on a Mound of Ash by B.T. Karuma
The Devil’s Metamorphosis by B.T. Karuma
The Underground Railroad of Entanglement by Astra Lee
Comfort by Kyoko M.
Progenitor by Kay Mabasa
A Manual on Different Options of How to Bring a Loved One to Life by Oyedotun Damilola Muees
Our Soil by Masimba Musodza
The Long Way Home by Kortney Nash
The Night Market by Chinelo Onwualu
To Have Your Beans and Eat Them Too by J.V. Sadler
Are We Yet Worthy by T.M. Sayed
New Action by Nisi Shawl
Ten Pieces by Ran Walker
These selected stories will appear alongside classic Afrofuturist examples by John Akomfrah (Director), Samuel R. Delany, Pauline E. Hopkins and George S. Schuyler.
• Browse the full series of anthologies here.
• Some of our recent anthology publications are Black Sci-Fi Short Stories and African Ghost Short Stories: you should check them out!
• Watch out for future submission calls via our newsletter, website and social media pages (Facebook, Twitter).
