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February 16, 2014
TOC for SkinDeepMagic, my forthcoming collection of short fantasy fiction featuring Black/African-American characters.
Skindeepmagic will be published by Rebel Satori Press. Filed under: Book Reviews Tagged: Fiction, rebel satori press, skindeepmagic
February 13, 2014
STORY REVIEW: A Rumor of Angels by Dale Bailey. Magical-realist Americana
A Rumor of Angels: A Tor.Com Original by Dale Bailey My rating: 4 of 5 stars The real star of this moody tale is the evocative, immaculately crafted language. At its heart, this is a simple tale that sets a coming-of-age story against the Great Migration during Dust Bowl days. The fantasy element, while essential […]
Winter’s City: The photography of Colin Winterbottom
Today, Washington DC is mantled in snow. The world is chiaroscuro, in tones of grey and white. It looks like a photograph by Colin Winterbottom. Winterbottom captures DC’s architecture in his photographs. The city becomes a gothic landscape through his lens. The photographs are full of statues, fountains, columns, plinths, cornices and monuments. He chronicles […]
February 9, 2014
MUSES (#blackhistory edition): Moms Mabley, Patron Goddess of the Chiltin’ Curcuit.
The story is that my Aunt Dee went into labor during a Moms Mabley show in Washington, DC. It’s not hard to imagine that, since Mabley was so damned funny. I love listening to recordings of her comedy bits. She was one of the queens of the Chitlin Curcuit. She appeared on stage dressed as […]
February 8, 2014
FLASH FICTION: Amsterdamned by Craig Laurance Gidney
Check out my piece of flash fiction, inspired by a trip to Amsterdam. Filed under: Book Reviews Tagged: flash fiction, wattpad
February 5, 2014
On Lisa Germano’s “Cry Wolf.” (Haunting Music)
Her voice is a bruised, angry little thing, wispy and gravelly at once. It isn’t a pretty voice by a long shot, one that can’t sustain a note for a long time. Her lyrics are stream-of-conscious ramblings, perhaps written at the behest of a therapist, full of self-deprecation and caustic wit. The music is the […]
February 2, 2014
BOOK REVIEW: The Indigo Pheasant by Daniel A. Rabuzzi. Visionary feminist fantasy.
The Indigo Pheasant by Daniel A. Rabuzzi My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Indigo Pheasant is the second and final volume of the visionary fantasy Longing for Yount sequence. It’s a very different book than the preceding volume, mostly because it much more an alternate or ‘hidden’ history novel than the relatively straight forward […]
January 31, 2014
The specter of Gratuitous Diversity and other fictions
When I was 3 apples high, I went to my mostly white school’s library, and chanced upon a book with a title that intrigued me, Andre Norton’s Lavender-Green Magic. I read it in 2 gulps, not only because it had witches (a perennial favorite subject of mine), but because it featured African-American (or in the […]
January 30, 2014
BOOK REVIEW: The Fountains of Neptune by Rikki Ducornet. A criminally unknown author of literary fantasy
The Fountains of Neptune by Rikki Ducornet My rating: 5 of 5 stars “The Fountains of Neptune” is a dream-like, dense anti-novel that uses dreams and myths to discuss the perception of history, memory, and loss. Like the novels of Jeanette Winterson, “Neptune” does not rely on standard plot structure. The basic story is two-fold: […]
Virgins No More: Writers on their First Book Signing
Over on the Lambda Literary site, Michael Graves interviewed me along with a bunch of other writers about our first time doing a book signing. Check it out!Filed under: Book Reviews Tagged: Interviews, lambda literary
