Memorial Day Has African American Roots; First One Was Conducted By Former Slaves
by Kwik
Photo from: http://thegrio.com/2013/05/27/the-african-american-roots-and-civil-war-origins-of-memorial-day/
Seems like giving black folks credit for anythin
Read more…From the Black owned science fiction and fantasy press (SF/F)or the Culture!
Stirring, gritty, connected and epic. A great read!
-Miles Cameron
When medieval weapons become the only weapons a Blerd & his friends become unlikely heroes as they find new
Read more…AURELIA LEO presents Sovereign: An Anthology of Black Fantasy Fiction seeking authors from Africa and the African Diaspora exploring certain aspects of the genre.
More specifically, we want fantasy in the following sub-genres/themes:
What happens when androids confront concepts inconsistent with their programming? William Landis examines this question by means of flash fiction and haiku that you will find pithy, poignant, and amusing.
The Miseducation of the Androids: Landis, Wil
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Innovative Worlds Storybundle Available Until August 27th
Hey Everyone, I just wanted to let you know that the bundle above featuring Maurice Broaddus's steampunk/steamfunk novel, Chesya Burke's dope collection and more is out. It's only $5 for the ma
Read more…Submit a 3-minute short film, plus a behind-the-scenes film featuring a RØDE product.
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Hi, all!
I'm writing a blog post (posting date 6/16) on the use of science fiction as social criticism. I need to present 6-8 examples of indie authors who are fulfilling the role some have deemed to be dead. If interested, send me your name, the titl
Read more…Come join us for A Night of Mystery and Suspense.
A Warrior's Passage written by Steve Hyppolite.
Saturday November 16, 2019. Miami, Florida, Tickets are available for $25.00.
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For Immediate Release: October 14, 2019
AFROSCI, A CELEBRATION OF SCIENCE-BASED CINEMA FROM AN AFRICAN DIASPORIC PERSPECTIVE, ANNOUNCES ITS INAUGURAL FILM FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 2020, SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN
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Short Plays to Nourish the Mind and Soul
by Cesi Davidson
“In these fanciful, often hilarious plays you will discover a fantastic variety of characters—familiar nursery-rhyme figures who work in a ninety-nine-cent store and bet on horses
Read more…Since most comix collections are more mainstream, Asian and such my question is how indie Black could they be? Indie Black Age publishers have been producing great product for decades but the Manga, Mainstream Mania cleary has control of the minds s
Read more…Hey everybody, I'm new here. I guess this is appropriate enough for my first post. I'm an underground cartoonist and my comics just went for sale up on Comix Central.
Take a look and buy if you like.
Read more…I know that black erotic novels have a pretty good market. Does anyone think that said market could extend to comic books. Why or why not?
Read more…Greeting Black Sci-Fi Fam!
I've got an email list of about 2,600 people (growing daily), and am looking to do email swaps. If your list is smaller than 2,600 that's cool. And if your list is larger? Contact me and we can work something out.
Happy to s
Read more…Have you previously produced, directed and/or written at least one short film and now you're contemplating your first feature film? CineFAM is looking for 6 women of colour for their feature film incubator program. Key members of your crew must be Ca
Read more…Got info about this contest in my inbox and I thought it may be of interest to some members here on BSFS. The goal is to create a 3D artwork to celebrate the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo program. The one catch is that you have to use Adobe Dimen
Read more…I've started working on my novel again. I don't know what scares me about it. There are people who like what I'm doing but I still fear people more accomplished than I canning it. Does the fear ever go away though?
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