What is Cyberfunk? It is a vision of the future with an Afrocentric flavor. It is the Singularity without the Eurocentric foundation. It's Bladerunner with sunlight, Neuromancer with melanin, cybernetics with rhythm.Nineteen amazing Black Speculative Fiction authors have come together to share their visions on the pages of this book. Prepare to be mesmerized by their stories.Featuring stories by Eugen Bacon, Zig Zag Clayborne, Gerald L. Coleman, Ashleigh D...

Two French schoolgirls discover obsessive pleasures in repressed secrets in this "masterpiece on the tyranny of love" ( Independent, UK)."Violette Leduc was Simone de Beauvoir's protege, an erotic writer to match Jean Genet and a feminist tour de force" (Rafia Zakaria, The Guardian). With this startling new translation of Leduc's hidden classic, the groundbreaking Thérèse and Isabelle proves an authentic and liberating exploration of quee...

In 1895, Fort Wayne officially celebrated the centennial of the construction of a Fort at the Three Rivers by General Anthony Wayne in 1794. For the belated birthday, Fort Wayne�s streets were festooned with flags and bunting. Centennial archeswere erected throughout the city, and many events filled the week-long celebration. This photographic essay examines the century since the centennial. It outlines Fort Wayne�s development in the twentieth century and conveys a picture of the city at ...

What is the Black Fantastic? It's Sword and Soul, Steamfunk, Cyberfunk, Science Fiction, Real Urban Fantasy, Paranormal and so much more. It's creators from Africa and the African Diaspora expressing and exploring concepts without the boundaries and restrictions often found in the publishing industry. Blacktastic!, the official anthology of Blacktasticon 2018, offers a tantalizing glimpse into the imagination of its writers. It is our hope that you will be entertained and intrigued by thes...

Trapped in the depths of poverty, an old woman escapes into an existence where objects, streets, and entire cities have voices and personalities. Told with a feather-light touch and masterful compassion, this is a story for those moments when we catch ourselves talking to the furniture.

Atlanta. ATL. The Rising Phoenix. The City too Busy to Hate. The Black Mecca. Capital of the Deep South. There, between flitting shadows and full moons, exists another world filled with dark creatures, demons, and immortals. Only a thin veil separates the Atlanta you know from this mysterious realm. Nine brave authors risk it all to reveal the crossroads of Southern charm and the Black Fantastic. Y'all ready?

About the novel: The Indian from ManhattanWith his twelve years of New-York City life, when Albi, nicknamed: Bibi, together with his parents, invade briefly New-Mexico for a well-deserved vacation, he is completely unaware how his life will be altered. Ah, but the land of enchantment is the ideal setting for Bibi to meet his karma. Because there, in the wild Gila mountains waiting for him, is White Eagle, an Apache Shaman, moreover, the keeper of Bibi's destiny. Since the dawn of t...

Traduction de L'homme semence de Violette Ailhaud, en anglais, par Nancy Huston - The Seed Man translated from the French by Nancy Huston : In 1852, Violette Ailhaud was about to get married when the govenment’s repression of the republican uprising of December 1851 suddenly wiped out all the men of her village in the Lower Alps. For two years, the women lived in total isolation. They promised each other that if a man came along some day he would be husband to them all, s...

ABOUT THE NOVEL: THE MONKEY'S EYEIn the aftermath of the war in 1945-46, many orphaned children were placed with relatives or foster families. Unfortunately, Paul, a frail 14-year-old boy already emotionally scarred by the horrors of war, was sent to live with an aunt, his only remaining relative, in the quiet village of Brignais. Despite the care and devoted friendship of his school teacher, Guillaume, he sank deeper and deeper into a dark neurosis and a fatal obsession, fueled by...

JUSTICE FOR ROSELINE introduces us to Roseline's dark fate, set in the turmoil of the Second World War. In the Two parts of the novel, we live with Roseline through the horrors of WWII. In the First Part, we see what happens to the sixteen years old parisien girl. Roseline, our young girl, and her loved ones will not be spared. In spite of everything, the beauty and gift of self, of sacrifice and morality will flourish in this great historical cemetery which will be World War II.Pa...

Not many people leave the Mercenary Brotherhood alive – either the training kills them, or the life does...Road of Bones and Other Stories follows the adventures of Dhulyn Wolfshead and her Partner Parno Lionsmane as they confront everything their own world – and a few others – can throw at them. No job is too big or small: from forgery, murder, kidnapping and slavery to battling disgruntled gods, trans-dimensional demons, mad mages and ghosts. And if they’re very luck...

The ATLiens are back! Twenty-one speculative fiction stories from some of Metro Atlanta's best Black Speculative Fiction authors. You'll never see the ATL the same way again!With stories by Jessica Cage, Gerald L. Coleman, Ashleigh Davenport, Alana Davis, Milton J. Davis, L. Renee James-Griffin, M. Haynes, Marcellus S. Jackson, Nadira Jamerson, Tiara Jante', Robert Jeffrey II, Alan Jones, W. Alexander Lawson, Kyoko M, Violette Meier, Balogun Ojetade, Glenn Parris, Alvin Jordan Richa...