Black History Month Author Event 2018: Day 2
Black [African] Speculative Fiction Writers "Directory": Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Paranormal
It's not always easy finding speculative fiction stories with Black/African main characters. This "directory" aims to collect authors of these works, making it easier for readers to connect with the authors and find more stories. Fantasy, Paranormal, Science Fiction, and Horror genres included.
(Children's and Young Adult section also included)
(Children's and Young Adult section also included)
It is not always easy to find authors of colors (in genres other than urban romance) but here are a few in this guide you may want to check out. Unfortunately this guide is a few years old but hopefully you can find more on your journey to discover new and amazing authors of color.
Let me help you get started with some dark fantasy and afrofuturism and science fiction!
Origins of An African Elemental (1,2,&3): A Dark Fantasy Boxed Set (African Elementals)
by author Alicia McCalla
This prequel boxed set is the first, second and third installment of the African Elemental series. Mawu, Iniko, and Shania grow into their strength as mothers and warriors. These women wield the elements and war swords to save this universe from an ancient evil.
Mawu
An insidious demonic force infects the West African pantheon and a modest Earth goddess goes on a quest to save her people from destruction. She finds strength in the arms of a Norse god who believes in justice. But when Mawu returns to the African pantheon, she must take an oath that threatens the life of her unborn child.
Iniko
Iniko, daughter of a West African goddess and a Norse god, struggles with her estranged husband, who abducted their child and is intent on murdering the girl in a blood-soaked ritual to gain power for his ancient demonic master. Iniko travels to a West African castle during the slave trade to battle possessed vampire-like beasts with her sword and dagger to rescue her child. Can she find the strength to kill the man who once held her heart and the key to her magic?
Flee: A Short Story
After the death of her grandmother, Shania Moore, a 27-year old African-American woman, is tormented by her ex-boyfriend and a paranormal serial killer. When Shania falls into a dream realm and connects with an ancient African goddess, her earth magic awakens. Shania realizes that in order to save her daughter’s magical soul, she must run into the arms of the white man whom she lied to about having an abortion and stood up at the altar ten years before.
Breaking Free (The Genetic Revolution Book 1)
What if your mom was abducted?
What if the people who held her hostage wanted to erase her mind?
Seventeen year old XJ Patterson is genetically enhanced. So is her revolutionary mother, Dorothy. CAGE, the Coalition to Assimilate Genetically Enhanced Persons, abducts Dorothy because she crossed the wrong person. XJ wants to rescue her mother, but she won't join the revolution to do it. If she becomes a revolutionary, she can't live a normal life. And all she wants is to be normal.
Brandon Miller wants XJ to be his girlfriend. He doesn't care that she's poor and he's rich. He doesn't care that she's black and he's white. But right now, his priority is convincing her to tell her story on Revolution TV.
Can he convince XJ in time to help her rescue Dorothy from the CAGE mind
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