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Fantastic Stories prides itself on being open to underrepresented voices. Science fiction and fantasy should encompass the totality of the human experience, in all of its diversity and complexity. Fantastic Stories is determined to explore a more inclusive, realistic vision of the future.

People of color have been publishing some of the highest quality science fiction and fantasy since the genre''s earliest days. Yet, there still persists a perception that science fiction and fantasy is somehow a white field. We''d like to help shatter that illusion and showcase some of the finest writer''s that science fiction and fantasy has to offer. Here are twenty six flash stories that will do just that.

We are proud to present the People of Color Take over FSI Special Issue!Edited by Nisi ShawlFiction''What Futures'' by Su-Yee Lin''Shadow Animals'' by Stephen Graham Jones''Darkout'' by E. Lily Yu''The Executioner'' by Jennifer Marie Brissett''I Understand'' by Jermaine McGill''Walking Round Money'' by Paul Miles''Serving Fish'' by Christopher Caldwell''Fortitude'' by Eliza Victoria''The Sacrifice of the Hanged Monkey'' by Minsoo Kang''Maggie Doll'' by Alex Jennings''Glass Bottle Trick'' by Nalo Hopkinson''The Great Leap of Shin'' by Henry Lien''The Palapye White Birch'' by Tlotlo Tsamaase''The Ace of Knives'' by Tonya Liburd''Legacy'' by Irette Y. Patterson''Recognizing Gabe: un cuento de hadas'' by Alberto YanezNon Fiction''Must Watch TV: Into the Badlands'' by S. Qiouyi Lu''Rebirth, Truth-with-a-Tea, and FIYAH'' by Erin Roberts''Read Me! 7'' by Terence Taylor''Hopefulbright to the Rescue!'' by Darcie Little Badger''Star Trek’s Lt. Cmmdr. Worf and His Jny of Ontological Klingon-ness'' by Maurice Broaddus

Two strangers find themselves inextricably tied together by inexplicable superpowers. Fighting their connection could mean destroying the world.Will the Lands survive yet another face-off with the man who's been hunting them since the moment they ignited? Stranded on a boat on the Mediterranean sea, Adam and Elakshi were hoping to experience some kind of downtime. But Agent Hardman from MI6 has found them again, and this time, he's in a position to wipe them out for good. He soon learns he's not the only one on Adam and Elakshi's tail...there's another agent in the picture, and his involvement might reveal another shocking truth about the Ignited, as well as Kittyhawk's true identity. Jumping through one hoop after another, this great chase leads them all to Istanbul, where Kittyhawk is planning her most devastating operation yet… Who will come out on the other side?

Opposites attract? Elakshi and Adam Land aren’t married. In fact, a month ago, they were perfect strangers, dwelling in lands foreign to one another. But now, they’re forced to remain by one another’s side, for their separation could mean the planet’s demise. Their greatest challenge is to stay together — even if they have to tear the world apart to do so.

Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream.There are some differences. This America been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those Indigenous and those not. Some of these forces are charmingly everyday, like the ability to make an orb of light appear or travel across the world through rings of fungi. But other forces are less charming and should never see the light of day.Elatsoe lives in this slightly stranger America. She can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed down through generations of her Lipan Apache family. Her beloved cousin has just been murdered, in a town that wants no prying eyes. But she is going to do more than pry. The picture-perfect facade of Willowbee masks gruesome secrets, and she will rely on her wits, skills, and friends to tear off the mask and protect her family.Darcie Little Badger is an extraordinary debut talent in the world of speculative fiction. We have paired her with her artistic match, illustrator Rovina Cai. This is a book singular in feeling and beauty.

Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories.Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he's been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake.Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli's best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven't been in centuries.And there are some who will kill to keep them apart.Darcie Little Badger introduced herself to the world with Elatsoe. In A Snake Falls to Earth, she draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure to weave another unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family. It is not to be missed.

One of TIME Magazine's Top 100 Fantasy Novels of All Time - Now in Paperback!Locus Award Winner-Best First Novel A National Indie BestsellerNebula Award FinalistLodestar Award FinalistIgnyte Award FinalistTIME's Best 100 Fantasy Books of All TimeNPR Best of the YearBooklist's Top 10 First Novels for YouthA BookPage Best of the YearChicago Public Library Best of the BestPNBA Bestseller Publishers Weekly Best of the YearBuzzfeed's Best YA SFF of the Year Shelf-Awareness Best of the YearAICL Best YA of the YearNECBA Windows & Mirrors SelectionNEIBA Award Finalist Tor Best of the YearKirkus Best YA of the YearPublishers Weekly Flying StartAmerican Indian Youth Literature Award Finalist"Groundbreaking." -TIME"Deeply enjoyable from start to finish."-NPR"Utterly magical." -SyFyWire"Atmospheric and lyrical. . . a gorgeous work of art."-BuzzFeed"One of the best YA debuts of 2020. Read it.-Marieke Nijkamp★ "A fresh voice and perspective."-Booklist, starred review★ "A unique and powerful Native American voice."-BookPage, starred review ★ "A brilliant, engaging debut."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review★ "A fast-paced murder mystery."-Publishers Weekly, starred review★ "A Lipan Apache Sookie Stackhouse for the teen set." -Shelf-Awareness, starred reviewA Texas teen comes face-to-face with a cousin's ghost and vows to unmask the murderer.Elatsoe-Ellie for short-lives in an alternate contemporary America shaped by the ancestral magics and knowledge of its Indigenous and immigrant groups. She can raise the spirits of dead animals-most importantly, her ghost dog Kirby. When her beloved cousin dies, all signs point to a car crash, but his ghost tells her otherwise: He was murdered.Who killed him and how did he die? With the help of her family, her best friend Jay, and the memory great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother, Elatsoe, must track down the killer and unravel the mystery of this creepy town and it's dark past. But will the nefarious townsfolk and a mysterious Doctor stop her before she gets started?The breathtaking debut novel from Darcie Little Badger features an asexual, Apache teen protagonist - and combines mystery, horror, noir, ancestral knowledge, haunting illustrations, and fantasy elements, in one of the most-talked-about books in years.

"Like Elatsoe, Sheine Lende is much more chill than your typical YA fantasy or YA mystery. The stakes are high, but it never feels stressful. There is little on-the-page violence, and even when things get heavy or dangerous, the reader always feels safe. Little Badger guides the reader through a fascinating world."— LOCUSShane works with her mother and their ghost dogs, tracking down missing persons even when their families can’t afford to pay. Their own family was displaced from their traditional home years ago following a devastating flood – and the loss of Shane’s father and her grandparents. They don’t think they’ll ever get their home back. Then Shane’s mother and a local boy go missing, after a strange interaction with a fairy ring. Shane, her brother, her friends, and her lone, surviving grandparent – who isn’t to be trusted – set off on the road to find them. But they may not be anywhere in this world – or this place in time. Nevertheless, Shane is going to find them.Darcie Little Badger’s Elatsoe launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favorite. This prequel to Elatsoe, centered on Ellie’s grandmother, deepens and expands Darcie’s one-of-a-kind world and introduces us to another cast of characters that will wend their way around readers’ hearts.P R A I S E★ “A classic fantasy adventure and a balm for any soul weary of oppression.”—Kirkus (starred)★ “A wonderful addition to the Elatsoe universe with vital representation, worthy of any YA collection. Highly recommended.” —School Library Journal (starred)★ “Allows readers to absorb each inventive twist, unexpected encounter, jolt of creepy menace, and dreamy illustration." —Booklist (starred)★ “With elements of Lipan Apache oral history, fantasy, and mysteries, the captivating novel Sheine Lende follows found and inherited family members as they persevere.” —Foreword (starred)“Epic.” —Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books“Gritty, luminous… beguiling.” —Shelf-Awareness“Darcie Little Badger is so good at what she does, and I can’t wait to see what she comes up with next." —Locus Magazine

NATIONAL BESTSELLERIn this breathtaking work of Indigenous futurism, Darcie Little Badger weaves an unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She’s always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories.Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he’s been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake.Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli’s best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven’t been in centuries.And there are some who will kill to keep them apart. BEST OF THE YEARMinneapolis Star Tribune • Publishers Weekly • Kirkus • Apple Books • New York Public Library • Chicago Public Library • AutostraddleAWARDSNEBULA AWARD WINNERNEWBERY AWARD HONORAMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD HONORNATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLISTP R A I S E“A spellbinding tale.” —Texas Monthly“Genre-bending.”—TIME“Undeniably charming.”—Tor.com★ “Evokes the timeless feeling of listening to traditional oral storytelling.”—Kirkus (starred) ★ “Fun, imaginative, and deeply immersive, this story will be long in the minds of readers.”—Publishers Weekly (starred)★ “Magical, stunning, and wholly original.”—Booklist (starred)“A highly descriptive story which absorbs the audience into its world, readers will become invested in reading until the very end."—School Library Connection“A highly descriptive story which absorbs the audience into its world, readers will become invested in reading until the very end."—School Library Connection

From the peerless master of contemporary fantasy comes a tale of three cousins and the world of creatures, ghosts, and murderers that surrounds their trailer park. Illustrated throughout with comics pages!Maisie: hasn't gotten her life back on track since her best friend died and she saw Owl, harbinger of ill tidings and doom.Joel: Streaming prodigy with questionable decision-making who's been exiled to a summer of kitten fostering.Verona: will do anything to leave their trailer park behind, even watch a house she knows is haunted.Owl: son of Big Owl, who can't help who he is, or how much he cares about these aforementioned humans.Their four stories intertwine with a ghost bent on justice, an adorable feline Animal Person, and a vengeful monster headed straight for them in this singular YA fantasy novel from Newbery Honor-winning Darcie Little Badger.

Best of the Year: NPR - Common Sense Media - BookPage - KirkusShane works with her mother and their ghost dogs, tracking down missing persons even when their families can't afford to pay. Their own family was displaced from their traditional home years ago following a devastating flood - and the loss of Shane's father and her grandparents. They don't think they'll ever get their home back.Then Shane's mother and a local boy go missing, after a strange interaction with a fairy ring. Shane, her brother, her friends, and her lone, surviving grandparent - who isn't to be trusted - set off on the road to find them. But they may not be anywhere in this world - or this place in time.Nevertheless, Shane is going to find them.Darcie Little Badger's Elatsoe launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favorite. This prequel to Elatsoe, centered on Ellie's grandmother, deepens and expands Darcie's one-of-a-kind world and introduces us to another cast of characters that will wend their way around readers' hearts.P R A I S ESTAR - "A classic fantasy adventure and a balm for any soul weary of oppression."-Kirkus (starred)STAR - "A wonderful addition to the Elatsoe universe with vital representation, worthy of any YA collection. Highly recommended."-School Library Journal (starred)STAR - "Allows readers to absorb each inventive twist, unexpected encounter, jolt of creepy menace, and dreamy illustration."-Booklist (starred)STAR - "With elements of Lipan Apache oral history, fantasy, and mysteries, the captivating novel Sheine Lende follows found and inherited family members as they persevere."-Foreword (starred)"Epic."-Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"Gritty, luminous… beguiling."-Shelf-Awareness"Darcie Little Badger is so good at what she does, and I can't wait to see what she comes up with next."-Locus Magazine

Rethink the way you approach writing in this “honest, useful craft book that all fledgling writers need” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) from fourteen diverse authors that demystifies craft and authorship based on their experiences as writers of color—perfect for fans of Fresh Ink and Our Stories, Our Voices.So, you’re thinking of writing a book. Or, maybe you’ve written one, and are wondering what to do with it. What does it take to publish a novel, or even a short story? If you’re a writer of color, these questions might multiply; after all, there’s a lot of writing advice out there, and it can be hard to know how much of it really applies to your own experiences. If any of this sounds like you, you’re in the right place: this collection of essays, written exclusively by authors of color, is here to encourage and empower writers of all ages and backgrounds to find their voice as they put pen to page. Perhaps you’re just getting started. Here you’ll find a whole toolkit of advice from bestselling and award-winning authors for focusing on an idea, landing on a point of view, and learning which rules were meant to be broken. Or perhaps you have questions about everything beyond the first draft: what is it really like being a published author? These writers demystify the process, sharing personal stories as they forged their own path to publication, and specifically from their perspectives as author of color. Every writer has a different journey. Maybe yours has already started. Or maybe it begins right here. Contributors include: Julie C. Dao, Chloe Gong, Joan He, Kosoko Jackson, Adiba Jaigirdar, Darcie Little Badger, Yamile Saied Méndez, Axie Oh, Laura Pohl, Cindy Pon, Karuna Riazi, Gail D. Villanueva, Julian Winters, and Kat Zhang.

The Ringo Award-winning anthology series returns with four spellbinding fables based on Caribbean, Lipan Apache, Celtic, and Japanese Shapershifter myths!

15 brand-new short stories inspired by and in honour of legendary writer Ursula K. Le Guin.Featuring Ann Leckie, Karen Joy Fowler, Charlie Jane Anders, Kelly Link, Ai Jiang and many others.Revolution in the Heart is a collection of 15 brand new stories by a group of celebrated authors, all inspired by one of the iconic figures in all of science fiction and fantasy: the legendary and award-winning Ursula K. Le Guin.From the appearance of her first work of short fiction in 1962 to the publication of the last in 2016, Ursula K. Le Guin was a master storyteller, winning innumerable awards, and achieving both commercial and literary success. She created the beloved stories of Earthsea alongside the urgent and essential stories of the Hain, pushing forward the form and concepts of science fiction and fantasy - reshaping them into forward-thinking genres.This collection honours her legacy with stories from authors she inspired:Ann LeckieMolly GlossKelly LinkCharlie Jane AndersSarah PinskerChana PorterAi JiangAlaya Dawn JohnsonS. Qiouyi LuE. Lily YuVandana SinghAliya WhiteleyPremee MohamedDarice Little BadgerKaren Joy Fowler