Afrofuturism Short Stories

The National Museum of African American History and Culture defines Afrofuturism as exploring Black identity, agency, and freedom through art, activism, and visions of liberated futures. This new anthology expands on the success of Black Sci-Fi (2021) with fresh stories from open submissions and by invitation, plus some classics.

Dr. Sandra M. Grayson (Introduction and Associate Editor) is a tenured Full Professor in the English Department at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her numerous publications include the books Visions of the Third Millennium: Black Science Fiction Novelists Write the Future; Symbolizing the Past: Reading Sankofa, Daughters of the Dust, and Eve’s Bayou as Histories; A Literary Revolution: In the Spirit of the Harlem Renaissance; and Sparks of Resistance, Flames of Change: Black Communities and Activism.
Isis Asare (Contributing Editor) is the CEO/Founder of Sistah Scifi, the first Black-owned US bookstore focused on science fiction and fantasy in the US as validated by the American Booksellers Association. Concurrently, Asare serves as the Executive Director of Aunt Lute Books, an intersectional, non-profit feminist press. Asare holds degrees from Stanford, Harvard, and Columbia. Asare's hometown is Harlem, New York, she resides in Oakland, CA, in the San Francisco Bay Area, and has an extensive community in Seattle, WA, Washington DC, and Atlanta, GA.
Nisi Shawl (Foreword) (they/them) is the multiple award-winning author and editor of over a dozen books of speculative fiction and related nonfiction. They co-wrote Writing the Other: A Practical Approach, a basis for classes taught with K. Tempest Bradford. Shawl’s best-known fiction is the Nebula Award finalist Everfair. Recent books include Middle Grade historical fantasy Speculation (2023), Everfair sequel Kinning, Beat-era fantasy novella The Day and Night Books of Mardou Fox, and space opera novel-in-stories Making Amends. Editing credits include the acclaimed anthologies New Suns and New Suns 2. They’ve spoken at Duke University, Spelman College, and many other institutions.