Dark Matter Reading the Bones Author:Sheree R. Thomas (Editor) This sequel to the award-winning Dark Matter anthology features another extraordinary collection of speculative fiction by black writers. Dark Matter: Reading the Bones is a second diverse anthology of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction by an array of African-American authors includes both original works and... more » previously published short fiction. Dark Matter is the first and only series to bring together the works of black SF and fantasy writers. The first volume, Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora, was featured in the "New York Times", which named it a Notable Book of the Year.
In the tradition of The Norton Anthology of Black Literature, Dark Matter: Reading the Bones, like its ground-breaking predecessor, will introduce black SF, fantasy, and speculative fiction writers to those who have not yet realized the depth and breadth of their work-or even, in some cases, that it exists.
Contents
Introduction (Dark Matter: Reading the Bones) • essay by Sheree Renée Thomas [as by Sheree R. Thomas]
Ibo Landing (1998) / short story by Ihsan Bracy
The Quality of Sand / short story by Cherene Sherrard
Yahimba's Choice [Dossouye] / short story by Charles R. Saunders
The Glass Bottle Trick (2000) / short story by Nalo Hopkinson
Desire / short story by Kiini Ibura Salaam
Recovery from a Fall / short story by David Findlay
Anansi Meets Peter Parker at the Taco Bell on Lexington (2000) / short story by Douglas Kearney
The Magical Negro / short story by Nnedi Okorafor [as by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu]
Jesus Christ in Texas (1920) / short story by W. E. B. Du Bois
Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (1974) / short story by Henry Dumas
'Cause Harlem Needs Heroes / short story by Kevin Brockenbrough
Whipping Boy / short story by Pam Noles
Old Flesh Song / short story by Ibi Zoboi [as by Ibi Aanu Zoboi]
Whispers in the Dark (2001) / novelette by Walter Mosley
Aftermoon / short story by Tananarive Due
Voodoo Vincent and the Astrostoriograms / short story by Tyehimba Jess
The Binary / short story by John Cooley
BLACKout / short story by Jill Robinson
Sweet Dreams / short story by Charles Johnson
Buying Primo Time / short story by Wanda Coleman
Corona (1967) / short story by Samuel R. Delany
Maggies / short story by Nisi Shawl
Excerpt from Mindscape / short story by Andrea Hairston
Trance / short story by Kalamu ya Salaam
The Second Law of Thermodynamics • essay by Jewelle Gomez
Her Pen Could Fly: Remembering Virginia Hamilton • essay by Nnedi Okorafor [as by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu]
Celebrating the Alien: The Politics of Race and Species in the Juveniles of Andre Norton • essay by Carol Cooper