[FEATURED] FROM ANOTHER WORLD: BLACK HORROR, SCI-FI AND FANTASY BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ

In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, we at DIS/MEMBER are highlighting incredible horror, sci-fi, and fantasy books that have Black characters or written by Black writers.

HORROR

• The Ballad of Black Tom – Victor LaValle (Horror)
• Let’s Play White – Chesya Burke (Horror)
• Moonshine – Alaya Johnson (Horror)
• The Good House  – Tananarive Due (Horror)
• Fledgling – Octavia E Butler (Horror)
• Beloved – Toni Morrison (Horror)
• Dread Nation – Justina Ireland (Horror)

FANTASY

• Brown Girl in the Ring – Nalo Hopkins (Magical Realism / Fantasy)
• Minion (Vampire Huntress Legend Series) – L.A. Banks (Horror / Fantasy)
• Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyami (Fantasy)
• Song of Blood & Stone (The Earthsinger Chronicles) – L. Penelope (Fantasy)
• The Rage of Dragons – Evan Winter (Fantasy)
• Lost Gods – Micah Yongo (Fantasy)
• The City We Became – N.K. Jemisin (Fantasy)
• Akata Witch – Nnedi Okorafor (Fantasy)
• A Blade So Black – L.L. McKinney (Fantasy)
• The Summer Prince – Alaya Dawn Johnson (Fantasy)
• The Water Dancer – Ta-Nehisi Coates (Fantasy)
• Queen of the Conquered (Islands of Blood and Storm series) – Kacen Callender

SCI-FI

• Futureland – Walter Mosley
• The Comet – W.E.B. DuBois
• Who Fears Death – Nnedi Okorafor
• The Fifth Season (Broken Earth Trilogy) – J.K Jemisin (Sci-Fi / Fantasy)
• Parable of the Sower – Octavia E. Butler
• Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Dark Star Trilogy) – Marlon James
• Rosewater (Wormwood Trilogy) – Tade Thompson
• The Good Luck Girls – Charlotte Nicole Davis
• The Lesson – Cadwell Turnbull
• The Sound of Stars – Alechia Dow
• War Girls – Tochi Onyebuchi
• Dalhgren – Samuel R. Delany
• The Deep – River Solomon (novella)
• The A.I. Who Loved Me – Alyssa Cole (Romance / Sci-Fi)
• Radio Silence – Alyssa Cole (Romance / Post Apocalyptic)

COLLECTIONS

• Dark Matter – ed. Sheree R. Thomas
• Dark Matter II: Reading the Bones – ed Sheree R. Thomas
• A Peoples Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers – ed Victor LaSalle ***

*** Note on this one – the authors are diverse but not exclusively black, however, the editor is!

BLACK LIVES MATTER: WAYS TO HELP

• Black Lives Matter (Link to the carrd.co)
• Black Lives Matter
• Minnesota Freedom Fund*
• Black Visions Collective
• Color Of Change
• Reclaim the Block
• The Bail Project
• Black Queer & Intersectional Collective
• Bail Funds
• Justice For Ahmaud Arbery
• Justice For Breonna Taylor 
• The Movement For Black Lives
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• Official George Floyd Memorial Fund
• The Okra Project
• Unicorn Riot
• Campaign Zero

Want to donate, but can’t spend the money right now? Stream this Youtube video by Zoe Amira, filled with different and diverse Black voices. Please find out more by visiting POLYGON, including instructions on what to do with ad-blockers and such.

Here are more links to help Black trans people, Black LGBT+, and many more. There are also tips if you’re planning to protest, including advice on what to brings, what to wear, keeping yourself safe, and more.

*No longer accepting funds due to overwhelming support, but please support anyway!

Happy

0 0 %

Sad

0 0 %

Excited

0 0 %

Sleepy

0 0 %

Angry

0 0 %

Surprise

0 0 %