Synopses & Reviews
Black From the Future: A Collection of Black Speculative Writing encompasses the broad spectrum of Black speculative writing, including science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, and Afrofuturism, all by Black women writers. Editors Stephanie Andrea Allen and Lauren Cherelle have gathered the voices of twenty emerging and established voices in speculative fiction and poetry; writers who've imagined the weird and the wondrous, the futuristic and the fantastical, the shadowy and the sublime.
Review
"...Allen and Cherelle have gathered works by some of the best and boldest voices in African-American speculative writing...There's something for everyone in this outstanding anthology. " Publisher's Weekly (Starred Review)
About the Author
Stephanie Andrea Allen, Ph.D., is a native southerner, writer, scholar, and educator. She is a Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender Studies at IU-Bloomington, co-directs a literary non-profit for Black women writers, and is publisher and editor-in-chief at BLF Press. Her work can be found in
Lez Talk: A Collection of Black Lesbian Short Fiction,
Sinister Wisdom, and in her debut collection of short stories and essays,
A Failure to Communicate. She is also co-editor of
Solace: Writing, Refuge, and LGBTQ Women of Color, and
Black From the Future: A Collection of Black Speculative Writing. She is a Hurston/Wright Foundation Workshop Alum.
Lauren Cherelle uses her time and talents to traverse imaginary and professional worlds. She manages Resolute Publishing, an independent publisher that helps transform dreams into realities for women of color writers. Lauren is the author of the f/f novel The Dawn of Nia, and her short stories have appeared in Lez Talk: A Collection of Black Lesbian Short Fiction and G.R.I.T.S: Girls Raised in the South: An Anthology of Queer Womyn's Voices & Their Allies. Her stories reflect the lives of Southern Black girls and women. In 2017, she co-edited Solace: Writing, Refuge, and LGBTQ Women of Color, and she co-directs the Black Lesbian Literary Collective — a literary non-profit for Black lesbian and queer women of color writers.