Articles

  • Alif the Unseen: Cyberpunk, Middle Eastern Style
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    Alif the Unseen: Cyberpunk, Middle Eastern Style

    Cyberpunk has been my speculative fiction variety of choice since I picked up Neuromancer by W. Gibson all those years…

  • Happy Black Speculative Fiction Month!
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    Happy Black Speculative Fiction Month!

    Hold it, Black Speculative Fiction has a month? Sure does. And that month is October. Not even the shortest month…

  • Minister Faust Brings the Black Nerd Love
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    Minister Faust Brings the Black Nerd Love

    First a little mood music: Fela Kuti’s Fe Fe Naa Efe. With that in the background, we can get started.…

  • The Mothership: Does it Bring the Funk?
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    The Mothership: Does it Bring the Funk?

    This month’s review is of Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond, an anthology that came out in 2013. It sets…