Tag archives: anthology

The Best of World SF: Volume 1

by Lavie Tidhar (Editor)
  • “What the Dead Man Said” by Chinelo Onwualu ★★★
  • “Delhi” by Vandana Singh ★★★★
  • “The Wheel of Samsara” by Han Song ★★
  • “Xingzhou” by Ng Yi-Sheng ★★★
  • “Prayer” by Taiyo Fujii ★★
  • “The Green Ship” by Francesco Verso ★★½
  • “Eyes of the Crocodile” by Malena Salazar Maciá
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Queer Little Nightmares: An Anthology of Monstrous Fiction and Poetry

by David Ly (Editor)
  • “The Vetala’s Song” by Anuja Varghese ★★★½
  • “#WWMD?” by jaye simpson ★★★
  • “Gruesome My Love” by Levi Cain ★★★
  • “Glamour-Us” by Andrew Wilmot ★★★
  • “And the Moon Spun Round like a Top” by Hiromi Goto ★★★½
  • “The Minotaur and Theseus (and Other Bullshit)” by Ben Rawluk ★★★½
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The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (2021)

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Editor)
  • “The Many Lives of an Abiku” by Tobi Ogundiran ★★★
  • “A Love Song for Herkinal as composed by Ashkernas amid the ruins of New Haven” by Chinelo Onwualu ★★★
  • “Are We Ourselves?” by Michelle Mellon ★★½
  • “The Goatkeeper’s Harvest” by Tobi Ogundiran ★★½
  • “Baba Klep” by Eugen
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This All Come Back Now

by Mykaela Saunders (Editor)
  • “Myth This!” by Lisa Fuller ★★★★
  • “Jacaranda Street” by Jasmin McGaughey ★★★
  • “When From” by Merryana Salem ★★★½
  • “An Invitation” by Timmah Ball ★★★★
  • “Water” by Ellen van Neerven ★★★
  • “Terranora” by Mykaela Saunders ★★★
  • “After the End of Their World” by Hannah Donnelly ★★
  • “Protocols of
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Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories

by Aviaq Johnston, Cara Bryant, Gayle Kabloona, et al.
  • “Iqsinaqtutalik Piqtuq: The Haunted Blizzard” by Aviaq Johnston ★★★½
  • “The Door” by Ann R. Loverock/Cara Bryant ★★★
  • “Utiqtuq” by Gayle Kabloona ★★★½
  • “Sila” by K.C. Carthew ★★★½
  • “The Wildest Game” Jay Bulckaert ★★★½
  • “Strays” by Repo Kempt ★★★½

Eure Heimat ist unser Albtraum

by Fatma Aydemir (Editor)

Der Aufsatz von Otoo war der einprägsamste mit einem guten Lesefluss. Antirassistische Aufsätze auf Französisch und auf Deutsch jedoch geben öfters den Eindruck, dass sie weniger stringent sind. Dazu befinden sich die Bewegungen noch in der Anfangsphase und werden von gesellschaftlichen und politischen Kräften mit einem gewaltigen … Read more

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

by Nisi Shawl (Editor)
  • “The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex” by Tobias S. Buckell ★★★½
  • “Deer Dancer” by Kathleen Alcalá ★★½
  • “The Fine Print” by Chinelo Onwualu ★★½
  • “unkind of mercy” by Alex Jennings ★★★½
  • “The Freedom of the Shifting Sea” by Jaymee Goh ★★★
  • “Three Variations on a Theme of Imperial
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Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation

by Ken Liu (Editor, Translator)
Short Stories
  • “A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight” by Xia Jia ★★★¼
  • “Tongtong’s Summer” by Xia Jia ★★★★¾
  • “Night Journey of the Dragon-Horse” by Xia Jia ★★★
  • “Call Girl” by Tang Fei ★★¼
  • “The Circle” by Liu Cixin ★★★¼
  • “Taking Care of God” by Liu Cixin ★★★★¾
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To Exist is to Resist: Black Feminism in Europe

by Akwugo Emejulu (Editor), Francesca Sobande (Editor)

Highlights:

“Those Who Fight For Us Without Us Are Against Us: Afrofeminist Activism in France” by Cyn Awori Othieno and Annette Davis on behalf of Mwasi Collectif In France self-labelled antiracist organisations along with the status quo cry ‘reverse racism’ not just when trying … Read more