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#NewRelease The Map of Lost Places: Stories from Strange and Haunted Recently, Apex contacted me to review their newest anthology, The Map of Lost Places. Since I'm getting back into taking review requests aft

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"You'll find a delectable smorgasbord in this anthology if you're interested in yarns exploring the creepy, insidious side of evil."

The Map of Lost Places, which I edited with @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, comes out 4/29!

PseudoPod 971: Tree of the Forest Seven Bells Turns the World Round Midnight Thistle stepped over an upturned root that twisted from the dark, wet earth. “Your mama live near the river?” “Naw.” “Your mama live in a tree?” “Nope.” “Then what we doing?” “Mama the river and the…

“Thistle stepped over an upturned root that twisted from the dark, wet earth.”

Tree of the Forest Seven Bells Turns the World Round Midnight
by Sheree Renée Thomas

Narrator: Premee Mohamed
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Chelsea Davis

This story first appeared in Sleeping Under the Tree of Life

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It's here! 🗺️✨ Lesley Connor & I are ecstatic to share that The Map of Lost Places debuts TODAY!

So grateful for our amazing contributors & the Apex Books team for bringing this vision of strange & haunted realms to life.

Find your way to hidden worlds here:
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So excited for the release! Thanks again for the opportunity! 🧭 👻💖

Cover of Illmatic Consequences: The Clapback to Opponents of Critical Race Theory.

Congrats to the phenomenal editor, @daniandarrelljerry.bsky.social, for this HUGE Award— the ANNA JULIA COOPER & CIR JAMES AWARD for Outstanding Scholarly Publication in
Africana Studies from the National Council for Black Studies. Very honored to have chapter in this powerful collection.

The Map of Lost Places An anthology travel guide to hauntings and the haunted, to lands with their own power, and to the communities that spring from these strange realms.

Welcome to The Map of Lost Places. Join @daniandarrelljerry.bsky.social in "Blood in Coldwater."

Location: Arkabutla Lake in Coldwater, Mississippi
Population: 1,359
Dangers: Beware the haunted lake

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So proud and grateful to have a story in the Marvel anthology, Captain America: The Sheild of Sam Wilson. It's out now, so head to the bookstore or go online and purchase that, and check out my story, "Plug In, Plug Out."

A time was definitely had! Thanks for your support, Emily!

Thanks, Emily!

I've been studying this material heavily for the past couple of years, so I have a lot of information to share. Come through and check it out. You can listen or share your own stories if you like. This is a free online event sponsored by the good folks at Kheprw Institute.

Tomorrow at 4pm EST, I'll be sharing some of my research on the Brer Rabbit myth/folklore, the African oral tradition, and community building through speculative narrative.

When I was a kid, my granddaddy used to tell me stories about Brer Rabbit. In doing so he brought me into an oral tradition that stretches back thousands of years. I would become an adult and Granddaddy would become an ancestor before I found out the Brer Rabbit stories came from Africa.

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Part 2 of Uncanny Magazine #61 is now available online, including my review of THEM: The Scare. Head over and check it out! Uncanny is consistently nominated for the top award for a reason!

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Graphic depicting the yellow-and-teal Afrofuturistic cover of LH Moore's book BREATH OF LIFE, under a banner which reads "COMING SOON" in large turquoise font. Next to the graphic is a description of the book in smaller turquoise font, which reads: "Breath of Life is a collection of the works of author and poet LH Moore, whose history- and Afrofuturism-inspired short stories, poetry, and essays move between and blur the lines between horror, science fiction, and fantasy. With themes of family and identity, rooted solidly in history and imagining the unknown—both here on Earth and beyond—Breath of Life is an exploration of the unexpected."

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Booklist review: With detailed world building, social commentary on prison as another form of slavery & epic space battles, sf readers who enjoy Octavia Butler and Samuel R. Delaney will enjoy will enjoy this entry in the Astra Black series. Highly recommended. www.booklistonline.com/Breath-of-Ob...

Retail cover for The Map of Lost Places edited by Sheree Renee Thomas and Lesley Conner.

The Kickstarter edition of The Map of Lost Places will be going out to backers very soon (actually, the ebook edition was sent this morning). If you missed the Kickstarter and want your own copy, you can preorder the trade paperback on Amazon now. www.amazon.com/Map-Lost-Pla...

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The Map of Lost Places (Kickstarter edition) cover jacket reveal! We'll go to print later this week. Retail version comes out in April, 2025 (with a different cover).

Edited by @lesleyconner.bsky.social and @shereereneethomas.bsky.social.

The Kheprw Institute and Sheree Renee Thomas curated a Translocal Afrofuturism Gathering. For my part it involved hosting a dinner at the Paul Laurence Dunbar Library and giving a keynote on my Afrofuturism work and bringing the library back.

Congratulations @shereereneethomas.bsky.social on your Ignyte Ember Award for Unsung Contributions to Genre!

Congratulations, Sheree!

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Authors & Editors, send your best death-related stories (1K-19K words, pub from Jan 1-Dec 1, ‘24) to @psychopomp.bsky.social AFTERLIVES: The Year's Best Death Stories 2024 curated by me. This is a reprint volume from the publishers of @thedeadlands.com. Check out the great 2023 volume by @vajra.me

Photograph of the Winter 2024 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. The cover depicts an astronaut seated on a rocky surface, with Jupiter looming close overhead.

For my 100th book of the year, I finally read the Winter 2024 issue of F&SF. Sheree Renée Thomas is the most consistently brilliant editor in the magazine’s history. How does this long-delayed issue hold up? My review: rickreads.blogspot.com/2024/08/2024...