To Astera, With Love by Amanda Ross is a brutally honest, fantastical reflection of the real America. Set in 2022, Mercury is a witch who finds himself toeing the limits on what society has deemed permissible for his kind. Doing the right thing sends him and his friends on […]
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It’s almost been two weeks since I tested positive for Covid-19. My health has significantly improved. I’m no longer having muscle weakness, pain, or extreme fatigue. I have lingering and persistent chest congestion, and a mild, dryish cough to match. I’ve got a sinus headache that will appear randomly
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Today is the third day I woke up feeling like the bumps in the road on the I-430 bridge. This started as a scratchy throat and then felt like a massive sinus infection. Painful, but totally manageable. Oh, this is Covid-19, I thought to myself as I wondered what
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It’s taken me some time to get to it, but I finally can put my thoughts on paper to review Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor. Remote Control is a good science fiction novella. Although categorized as science fiction, it arguably has some fantastical elements. I like this novella more
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The Fires of Vengeance is an epic follow up to The Rage of Dragons. This review has spoilers for Book 1, The Rage of Dragons… So if you haven’t read The Rage of Dragons, and don’t want it completely and utterly spoiled, know that The Fires of Vengence was
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Let me preface by saying I am not the target audience for this book. Black men who enjoy fantasy and military strategy novels are probably the intended audience. And I’ll admit, I was reluctant to read it for the book club I joined. I read contemporary, literary fiction and
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The Video that Changed My View of Skin Color Forever A number of years ago I watched a video that showed how the sun viewed human skin. It was a commercial about the importance of wearing sunscreen. But that’s not what I got out of the video. Most of
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“It’s a classic,” they said. “According to who?” I asked. One of the hardest things about being a Black girl in the American education system is the required reading. I’m not sure what’s worse, loving to read and being frustrated by all of the garbage they put in front
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How I chose my book cover: I’ve been procrastinating for years with this book. It is expensive to get a book professionally edited. And I have refused to publish without editing. So I decided back in January that I was going to release Part I of White Minority, which
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I switched website hosts at the start of 2020, and like everything else this year, things have been sort of rocky on the site. (READ: very, very slow). You may have noticed that I changed my website design earlier this year. And here I go again… I’m praying a
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