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Nisi Shawl is an African American writer, editor, and journalist. They are best known as an author of science fiction and fantasy short stories who writes and teaches about how fantastic fiction might
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Daniel H. Wilson in conversation with Nisi Shawl at the Seattle Library on Oct. 16, 2025.
Dark Matter is an anthology series of science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories and essays produced by people of African descent. The editor of the series is Sheree Thomas. The first book in the se
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…2006, by feminist science fiction publisher Aqueduct Press) and within African American speculative fiction collections, notably the groundbreaking Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora (2000). Dark Matter spawned two follow-up entries, including 2022's Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction. They live in Seattle, Washington…
Cover of first edition (hardcover)
Cover of first edition (hardcover)