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A ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers that explore growth, futurity, and joy.
This bold and innovative anthology of speculative short fiction reveals and uplifts the spectacular imaginings, reveries, reflections, experiments, and hopes of Black writers in Canada. A woman attends her mother's latest resurrection, only to encounter family she's never met. A postdoc instructor navigates an almost-life in an Elsewhere realm of safety and comfort. After social collapse, a former sex worker leaves her precarious station, and her memories, behind. A woman isolating from a new virus starts hallucinating. In lyrical fragments, a young nanny accepts a job with a peculiar employer. A medium is tasked with summoning a spirit that hits too close to home. And two teenagers test a friendship over magic carpet flying practice. These breathtaking stories explore natural and urban landscapes, living and dead relationships, economic catastrophe, love, and desire-all while celebrating the persistent and ever-changing self, and envisioning beautiful Black futures.
Featuring stories by:
Trynne Delaney
francesca ekwuyasi
Whitney French
Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga
Chimedum Ohaegbu
Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Chinelo Onwalu
Lue Palmer
Zalika Reid-Benta
A ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers that explore growth, futurity, and joy.
• STAR-STUDDED ANTHOLOGY: Featuring short stories from Zalika Reid-Benta, Whitney French, Chimedum Ohaegbu, and Suyi Davies Okungbowa, this anthology showcases the best in speculative fiction from established and emerging Black writers
• EXPERT EDITOR: Teres Mason Pierre is an esteemed figure in the realm of speculative fiction, serving as the co-editor-in-chief for Augur Magazine and as the co-director of AugurCon. She is also a frequent panelist on sci-fi and speculative fiction at conferences like World Fantasy, Nebula, and WorldCon
• HOUSE AUTHOR: Anansi published Terese Mason Pierre's debut poetry collection, Myth, in 2024.
• SPIDERLINE EXCITES: Another groundbreaking addition to House of Anansi's Spiderline imprint, which seeks to publish the unexpected and experimental from BIPOC and LGBTQ2S+ authors.
This bold and innovative anthology of speculative short fiction reveals and uplifts the spectacular imaginings, reveries, reflections, experiments, and hopes of Black writers in Canada. A woman attends her mother's latest resurrection, only to encounter family she's never met. A postdoc instructor navigates an almost-life in an Elsewhere realm of safety and comfort. After social collapse, a former sex worker leaves her precarious station, and her memories, behind. A woman isolating from a new virus starts hallucinating. In lyrical fragments, a young nanny accepts a job with a peculiar employer. A medium is tasked with summoning a spirit that hits too close to home. And two teenagers test a friendship over magic carpet flying practice. These breathtaking stories explore natural and urban landscapes, living and dead relationships, economic catastrophe, love, and desire-all while celebrating the persistent and ever-changing self, and envisioning beautiful Black futures.
Featuring stories by:
Trynne Delaney
francesca ekwuyasi
Whitney French
Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga
Chimedum Ohaegbu
Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Chinelo Onwalu
Lue Palmer
Zalika Reid-Benta
A ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers that explore growth, futurity, and joy.
• STAR-STUDDED ANTHOLOGY: Featuring short stories from Zalika Reid-Benta, Whitney French, Chimedum Ohaegbu, and Suyi Davies Okungbowa, this anthology showcases the best in speculative fiction from established and emerging Black writers
• EXPERT EDITOR: Teres Mason Pierre is an esteemed figure in the realm of speculative fiction, serving as the co-editor-in-chief for Augur Magazine and as the co-director of AugurCon. She is also a frequent panelist on sci-fi and speculative fiction at conferences like World Fantasy, Nebula, and WorldCon
• HOUSE AUTHOR: Anansi published Terese Mason Pierre's debut poetry collection, Myth, in 2024.
• SPIDERLINE EXCITES: Another groundbreaking addition to House of Anansi's Spiderline imprint, which seeks to publish the unexpected and experimental from BIPOC and LGBTQ2S+ authors.