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I have an idea for sci-fi screenplay
Hi My name is Marcellus white I am a writer director looking to collaborate with other writers interested in fantasy sci-fi. My idea has to deal with a paradigm shift of earth has forced the spiritual world to come back and take over earth as a new
Read more…So I want to make a science fiction story...
So I want to make a science fiction story involving African Americans or Africans but I don't know how to go about doing it. Any suggestions. Also I'm at the starting point. I don't have any ideas yet but I was hoping if I could get some inspiration
Read more…Call for submissions: Short Story Award For New Writers May 15 – July 15
The Short Story Award for New Writers is open from May 15 – July 15, 2016 and will award $2000 to the winner — the best piece of fiction by an emerging writer. Second and third place prizes will be $200 and $100, respectively, and all three stories w
Read more…CB’S POV: May The 4th Be With You… Again (“Independence Day: Resurgence”)
It was twenty years ago today that beings from another planet attacked the Earth. Earth won and in the two decades since, we have united, rebuilt, adapted their technology and prepared for their return. And on the day we were celebrating our victory,
Read more…Call for submissions: Wicked Ink Books sci-fi/fantasy anthology Deadline: August 31, 2016
Wicked Ink Books (est. 2015), an indie publisher of sci-fi/fantasy anthologies, announced the editors are accepting stories for a new anthology to be published in 2017. The theme is Songs. Writers are challenged to create a spectacular speculative fi
Read more…Happy Juneteenth
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United
Read more…Muhammad Ali: 1942-2016 May he Rest in Peace!
On Friday, June 3, 2016, the legendary Muhammad Ali passed away at the age of 74. As a baby boomer, I felt a deep sadness when I read the Yahoo headline that he had died after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. During the 1960s and 70s, Ali was
Read more…Has anyone read The Pack?
I fell down the rabbit hole in search of something different and good to read. While checking out the synopsis of one book i stumbled on a graphic novel series, The Pack by Paul Louise-Julie
"The Pack" is a Graphic Novel about a motley group of Nubia
Read more…Deadpool
i was looking at this video at a friends place and everything was cool / normal (no Black charters) but thats expected. then out of nowhere in the Bar scene / fight, the ONLY BLACK GUY IN THE BAR GETS BEAT TO HELL!!??!!?? I said (out loud) god
Read more…Digitally rebuild Soane’s Bank of England, $30,000 in prizes, June 6
Create a digital rendering of the Bank of England for prizes.
See more info here:
http://www.redsharknews.com/post/item/3500-recreating-the-original-bank-of-england-for-hp
and here:
Read more…Google will pay $15,000 for your TV and movie script.
The submission process starts now and ends July 15th with the lucky grant winners getting their money in the fall. The grant win-ners will keep the rights to their script, but they will also have to explain to Google how they spent the $15,000 to cre
Read more…Retro Video: ‘Pool Party (“Deadpool”)
What can you say about a movie that’s filled with graphic, gratuitous violence, substance abuse, a constant stream of profanity and inappropriate dialogue, sexual humor on the most juvenile level, and cynical characters who don’t seem to care for any
Read more…CB’S POV: Choosing Sides To Save The World (“Captain America: Civil War”)
It’s not too much of a stretch to say that the root causes of the events in Captain America: Civil War are the same as the root cause of that other Civil War, servitude verses self-determination. The United Nations decides that despite saving the wor
Read more…Black Fantasy, Scifi, or Horror Movies, anyone?
So can anyone recommend me some films featuring black characters in the genres of scifi, fantasy adventure, and horror, etc? So far, I have:
SCI-FI:
- Attack The Block
- Men In Black
- Brother From Another Planet
HORROR:
- Leprechaun In The Hood
- Leprechau
Read more…From the Caribbean or Caribbean Diaspora? Win funding for your pilot. Deadline May 29, 2016
Website: http://www.caribbeantales.ca/CTI/?page_id=3970
See the attached pdf for details.
Read more…Looking for anyone interested in a PNR(Paranormal Romance) in exchange for an Amazon review
I recently released a Paranormal Romance New Adult novel, that has some thriller, horror and erotic elements. It's New Adult, so the characters are college aged. New Adult gets a bad wrap for a number of reasons, but I do my best to avoid some of the
Read more…Book Reviews Needed For Newly Released Space Opera
Hi and good day,
Well, I’ve spent the best part of 3 years forging my first novel called The Black Guard: Quest For The Inviolable Man. It’s a military space opera that blends science and fantasy together and it’s currently available on amazon. It was
Read more…Identified by 'Brainprints'
In the Future We’ll All Be Identified by Our 'Brainprints'
In the Future We’ll All Be Identified by Our 'Brainprints' Written by SARAH EMERSON CONTRIBUTING EDITOR April 18, 2016 // 03:56 PM EST COPY THIS URL Have you ever encountered an innovation in
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