{"id":11672,"date":"2010-11-15T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2010-11-15T10:00:40","modified_gmt":"2010-11-15T17:00:40","slug":"speculative-fiction-lovers-check-out-my-stash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=11672","title":{"rendered":"Speculative Fiction Lovers, Check Out My Stash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"float: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"postavatar\" src=\"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/abw.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"speculative-fiction-lovers-check-out-my-stash\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Right now on my hard drive I have a huge virtual stack of fiction, poetry and essays by writers of color. We&#8217;re talking award-nominated and award-winning stories by some of the fanciest writers of color to ever set pen to paper. Don&#8217;t believe me? Here&#8217;s the list:<\/p>\n<h4>Short Fiction<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Judgment of Swords and Souls<\/em> by Saladin Ahmed<\/li>\n<li><em>Elan Vital<\/em> by K. Tempest Bradford<\/li>\n<li><em>The Executioner<\/em> by Jenn Brissett<\/li>\n<li><em>The Flinchfield Dance<\/em> by Mary Burroughs (A Butler Scholar*)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Abyss Gazes Also<\/em> By Christopher Caldwell (A Butler Scholar*)<\/li>\n<li><em>A &#8211; The Teachings<\/em> by Chesya Burke<\/li>\n<li><em>Chocolate Park<\/em> by Chesya Burke<\/li>\n<li><em>He Who Takes Away the Pain<\/em> by Chesya Burke<\/li>\n<li><em>The Merchant and the Alchemist&#8217;s Gate<\/em> by Ted Chiang &#8211; <strong>2008 Hugo and Nebula award winner<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Non-Zero Probabilities<\/em> by N. K. Jemisin &#8211; <strong>2010 Hugo and Nebula nominee<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>And Their Lips Rang with the Sun<\/em> by Amal El-Mohtar<\/li>\n<li><em>Emerita<\/em>s by Caren Gussoff (A Butler Scholar*)<\/li>\n<li><em>Lena&#8217;s Gift<\/em> by Shweta Narayan (A Butler Scholar*)<\/li>\n<li><em>Hi Bugan ya Hi Kinggawan<\/em> by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz (A Butler Scholar*)<\/li>\n<li><em>Teaching a Pink Elephant to Ski<\/em> by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz<\/li>\n<li><em>Sex Degrees of Separation<\/em> by Terence Taylor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Non-Fiction<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Beyond Duality<\/em> by Moondancer Drake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Novels<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>King Maker: The Knights of Breton Court<\/em> by Maurice Broaddus (Angry Robot)<\/li>\n<li><em>Racing the Dark<\/em> by Alaya Dawn Johnson (Agate Bolden)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Burning City<\/em> by Alaya Dawn Johnson (Agate Bolden)<\/li>\n<li><em>Redemption In Indigo<\/em> by Karen Lord (Small Beer Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Anthologies and Collections<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>A Mosque Among the Stars<\/em>, ed. Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad, Ahmed A. Khan (ZC Books)<\/li>\n<li><em>Being Full of Light Insubstantial<\/em> by Linda Addison &#8211; <strong>Winner of the 2007 Bram Stoker Award<\/strong> (Space and Time)<\/li>\n<li><em>Tides From The New Worlds<\/em> by Tobias S Buckell (Wyrm Publishing)<\/li>\n<li><em>Slightly Behind and to the Left: Four Stories and Three Drabbles<\/em> by Claire Light (Aqueduct Press)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Honey Month<\/em> by Amal El-Mohtar (Papaveria Press)<\/li>\n<li><em>Paper Cities<\/em>, An Anthology of Urban Fantasy, ed. Ekaterina Sedia &#8211; <strong>Winner of the 2009 World Fantasy Award<\/strong> (Senses Five Press)<\/li>\n<li><em>Filter House<\/em> by Nisi Shawl &#8211; Winner of the 2008 James Tiptree Jr. Award (Aqueduct Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Magazines<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Apex Magazine<\/strong> November 2010 (Issue 18 &#8211; The Arab\/Muslim Issue), ed. Catherynne M. Valente<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sybil&#8217;s Garage no. 7<\/strong>, ed. Matthew Kressel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Why do I have all this goodness? Because these are all stories that are set to be loaded onto <a href=\"http:\/\/carlbrandon.org\/drawing.html\">5 eReaders that the Carl Brandon Society will give to those who paid $1 to buy tickets and enter their drawing<\/a>. For a donation of $1 you can enter to win a Nook, Kobo, or Alex eReader. And it will come with everything you see above.<\/p>\n<p>If I were one of those dudes on TV, I would be telling you how this is a $400 value or something like that. Instead I will just say: <a href=\"http:\/\/carlbrandon.org\/butlerscholarship\/index.html\">this is a worthy cause<\/a>, these are excellent prizes, and if you at all care about supporting the next generation of writers of color who will then go on to write more wonderfulness such as you see listed above, then I implore you to help us out by buying a ticket and making that donation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/carlbrandon.org\/drawing.html\">Click here to do so<\/a>. And thanks!<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;\">Short Fiction<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Judgment of Swords and Souls<\/span> by Saladin Ahmed<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Elan Vital<\/span> by K. Tempest Bradford<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Executioner<\/span> by Jenn Brissett<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Flinchfield Dance<\/span> by Mary Burroughs (A Butler Scholar*)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Abyss Gazes Also<\/span> By Christopher Caldwell (A Butler Scholar*)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">A &#8211; The Teachings<\/span> by Chesya Burke<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Chocolate Park<\/span> by Chesya Burke<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">He Who Takes Away the Pain<\/span> by Chesya Burke<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Merchant and the Alchemist&#8217;s Gate<\/span> by Ted Chiang &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">2008 Hugo and Nebula award winner<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Non-Zero Probabilities<\/span> by N. K. Jemisin &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">2010 Hugo and Nebula nominee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">And Their Lips Rang with the Sun<\/span> by Amal El-Mohtar<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Emeritas<\/span> by Caren Gussoff (A Butler Scholar*)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Lena&#8217;s Gift<\/span> by Shweta Narayan  (A Butler Scholar*)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Hi Bugan ya Hi Kinggawan<\/span> by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz (A Butler Scholar*)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Teaching a Pink Elephant to Ski<\/span> by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Sex Degrees of Separation<\/span> by Terence Taylor<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;\">Non-Fiction<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Beyond Duality by Moondancer Drake<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;\">Novels<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">King Maker: The Knights of Breton Court<\/span> by Maurice Broaddus (Angry Robot)<\/p>\n<div><em>Racing the Dark<\/em> by Alaya Dawn Johnson (Agate Bolden)<\/div>\n<div><em>The Burning City<\/em> by Alaya Dawn Johnson (Agate Bolden)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Redemption In Indigo<\/span> by Karen Lord (Small Beer Press)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;\">Anthologies and Collections<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">A Mosque Among the Stars<\/span>, ed. Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad, Ahmed A. Khan (ZC Books)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Being Full of Light Insubstantial<\/span> by Linda Addison &#8211; <strong>Winner of the 2007 Bram Stoker Award<\/strong> (Space and Time)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Tides From The New Worlds<\/span> by Tobias S Buckell (Wyrm Publishing)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Slightly Behind and to the Left: Four Stories and Three Drabbles<\/span> by Claire Light (Aqueduct Press)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Honey Month<\/span> by Amal El-Mohtar (Papaveria Press)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Paper Cities, An Anthology of Urban Fantasy<\/span>, ed. Ekaterina Sedia &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Winner of the 2009 World Fantasy Award<\/span> (Senses Five Press)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Filter House<\/span> by Nisi Shawl &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Winner of the 2008 James Tiptree Jr. Award<\/span> (Aqueduct Press)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;\">Magazines<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Apex Magazine<\/span> November 2010 (Issue 18 &#8211; The Arab\/Muslim Issue), ed. Catherynne M. Valente<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sybil&#8217;s Garage<\/span> no. 7, ed. Matthew Kressel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/2010\/11\/15\/speculative-fiction-lovers-check-out-my-stash\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/2010\/11\/15\/speculative-fiction-lovers-check-out-my-stash\/&amp;source=angryblackwomen&amp;style=normal&amp;service=ow.ly&amp;hashtags=Carl+Brandon+Society,fundraisers,Octavia+E.+Butler+Memorial+Scholarship+Fund,Writers+of+Color&amp;b=2\" height=\"61\" width=\"50\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/2010\/11\/15\/speculative-fiction-lovers-check-out-my-stash\/\">Speculative Fiction Lovers, Check Out My Stash<\/a> &#8212; Originally posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\">The Angry Black Woman<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAngryBlackWomanCrossPosted?a=20uy3AQvHtI:EpHMtGsFYp4:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAngryBlackWomanCrossPosted?i=20uy3AQvHtI:EpHMtGsFYp4:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAngryBlackWomanCrossPosted?a=20uy3AQvHtI:EpHMtGsFYp4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAngryBlackWomanCrossPosted?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAngryBlackWomanCrossPosted?a=20uy3AQvHtI:EpHMtGsFYp4:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAngryBlackWomanCrossPosted?i=20uy3AQvHtI:EpHMtGsFYp4:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAngryBlackWomanCrossPosted?a=20uy3AQvHtI:EpHMtGsFYp4:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAngryBlackWomanCrossPosted?i=20uy3AQvHtI:EpHMtGsFYp4:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TheAngryBlackWomanCrossPosted\/~4\/20uy3AQvHtI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"postavatar\" src=\"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/abw.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"speculative-fiction-lovers-check-out-my-stash\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nRight now on my hard drive I have a huge virtual stack of fiction, poetry and essays by writers of color. We&#8217;re talking award-nominated and award-winning stories by some of the fanciest writers of color to ever set pen to paper. Don&#8217;t believe me? Here&#8217;s the list:<br \/>\nShort Fiction<\/p>\n<p>Judgment of Swords and Souls by Saladin Ahmed<br \/>\nElan [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/2010\/11\/15\/speculative-fiction-lovers-check-out-my-stash\/\">Speculative Fiction Lovers, Check Out My Stash<\/a> &#8212; Originally posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\">The Angry Black Woman<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=11672\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-syndicated-feeds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11672"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13069,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11672\/revisions\/13069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}