Dark Matter A Century of Speculative Fiction

For the first time, 40 short stories from past and present black science fiction and fantasy writers have been collected in a one-of-a-kind anthology. Authors include Steven Barnes, Octavia E. Butler, Samuel R. Delany, Tananarive Due, and Walter Mosley.

Sheree R. Thomas edits the literary journal Anansi: Fiction of the African Diaspora and has contributed to national publications including the Washington Post, Black Issues Book Review, and QBR: The Black Book Review.

Introduction: Looking for the Invisible

ix

Fiction

Sister Lilith

1

(4)

Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

The Comet

5

(14)

W. E. B. Du Bois

Chicago 1927

19

(16)

Jewelle Gomez

Black No More (excerpt from the novel)

35

(16)

George S. Schuyler

separation anxiety

51

(18)

Evie Shockley

Tasting Songs

69

(17)

Leone Ross

Can You Wear My Eyes

86

(5)

Kalamu ya Salaam

Like Daughter

91

(12)

Tananarive Due

Greedy Choke Puppy

103

(10)

Nalo Hopkinson

Rhythm Travel

113

(3)

Amiri Baraka

Buddy Bolden

116

(8)

Kalamu ya Salaam

Aye, and Gomorrah...

124

(10)

Samuel R. Delany

Ganger (Ball Lightning)

134

(18)

Nalo Hopkinson

The Becoming

152

(6)

Akua Lezli Hope

The Goophered Grapevine

158

(13)

Charles W. Chesnutt

The Evening and the Morning and the Night

171

(26)

Octavia E. Butler

Twice, at Once, Separated

197

(13)

Linda Addison

Gimmile's Songs

210

(16)

Charles R. Saunders

At the Huts of Ajala

226

(9)

Nisi Shawl

The Woman in the Wall

235

(25)

Steven Barnes

Ark of Bones

260

(13)

Henry Dumas

Butta's Backyard Barbecue

273

(2)

Tony Medina

Future Christmas (excerpt from the novel The Terrible Twos)

275

(15)

Ishmael Reed

At Life's Limits

290

(22)

Kiini Ibura Salaam

The African Origins of UFOs (excerpt from the novel)

312

(7)

Anthony Joseph

The Astral Visitor Delta Blues

319

(7)

Robert Fleming

The Space Traders

326

(30)

Derrick Bell

The Pretended

356

(16)

Darryl A. Smith

Hussy Strutt

372

(11)

Ama Patterson

Essays

Racism and Science Fiction

383

(15)

Samuel R. Delany

Why Blacks Should Read (and Write) Science Fiction

398

(7)

Charles R. Saunders

Black to the Future

405

(3)

Walter Mosley

Yet Do I Wonder

408

(7)

Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid

The Monophobic Response

415

(2)

Octavia E. Butler

Contributors

417

(7)

Copyrights and Permissions

424

(2)

Acknowledgments

426

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Dark Matter A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora

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