Expanded Horizons seeks submissions!While we are always looking for speculative fiction by authors of color and/or featuring protagonists of color, in particular we are seeking at this time:1. Stories about, or which feature, Mami Wata/Yemaya/Yemoja2. Stories featuring spirits/fae/faeries as inspired by traditional African folklore3. Stories which explore African/African diaspora cultural contexts for/interpretations of clairvoyance/telepathy/psychokinesis4. Stories which explore from a PoC perspective the rebirth of traditional magic in urban contexts, amidst the challenges of modern urban life5. Stories which radically challenge and re-conceptualize the "magical mentor" tropes, in particular:a) In order to study with your "magical mentor" you do not have to leave your home family (or have them all conveniently killed);b) "Magical mentors" do not have to be hermits and can have spouses and children of their own at the same time as they are "magical mentors" to others (and those spouses and children do not have to be themselves magical);c) Those who study with "magical mentors" do not have to become "magical mentors" some day themselves, but if they do so, that does not mean they cannot also have spouses and children of their own;d) "Magical mentorship" does not have to take place in some secluded region away from the village/city/real world and can indeed take place right in the middle of all that and in connection with all that. That might even make what you're doing much more practical and effective. (Wow, you mean magic used to benefit the community??)((Then I want to see some cultural context framed for understanding the layers of, and tensions inherent in, these different sorts of family relationships, with blood family as one sort of family relationship and the magical/mystical/spiritual etc. bond being another. In other words, don't erase everybody's other families as a way not to have to deal with jealousy, confusion, competition, cooperation. And please, TAKE THIS OUT OF EUROPE. Or any tradition where magic is practiced, and taught, by hermits.))
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