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Afrofuturism Short Stories | Successful Submissions & Selected Stories

Posted by Catherine Taylor

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. DelanyPauline 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).

Topics: Gothic Fantasy, Short Stories, submissions, anthologies

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