Dark matter : reading the bones

This sequel to the award-winning Dark Matter anthology features another extraordinary collection of speculative fiction by black writers. Like its groundbreaking predecessor, DARK MATTER: Reading the Bones, introduces black SF, fantasy, and speculative fiction writers to readers who may not have realized the depth and breadth of these works. This anthology includes original short fiction and previously published works from Charles Johnson, the National BookAward-winning author of Middle Passage; Tananarive Due; Walter Mosley; W.E.B. DuBois; Samuel R. Delaney; Nalo Hopkinson; Wanda Coleman; and many more. Containing approximately 30 stories, ranging from the early part of the 20th century through the most cutting-edge work of today, this is a powerful collection that will appeal to the culturally diverse audience of science fiction readers.

• Introduction p. ix
• Fiction
• ibo landing p. 1 Ihsan bracy
• The Quality of Sand p. 7 Cherene Sherrard
• Yahimba's Choice p. 24 Charles R. Saunders
• The Glass Bottle Trick p. 47 Nalo Hopkinson
• Desire p. 61 Kiini Ibura Salaam
• Recovery from a Fall p. 78 David Findlay
• Anansi Meets Peter Parker at the Taco Bell on Lexington p. 89 Douglas Kearney
• The Magical Negro p. 91 Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
• Jesus Christ in Texas p. 95 W. E. B. Du Bois
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken? p. 105 Henry Dumas
• 'Cause Harlem Needs Heroes p. 111 Kevin Brockenbrough
• Whipping Boy p. 126 Pam Noles
• Old Flesh Song p. 150 Ibi Aanu Zoboi
• Whispers in the Dark p. 162 Walter Mosley
• Aftermoon p. 183 Tananarive Due
• Voodoo Vincent and the Astrostoriograms p. 197 Tyehimba Jess
• The Binary p. 214 John Cooley
• BLACKout p. 232 Jill Robinson
• Sweet Dreams p. 243 Charles Johnson
• Buying Primo Time p. 249 Wanda Coleman
• Corona p. 256 Samuel R. Delany
• Maggies p. 276 Nisi Shawl
• Excerpt from Mindscape p. 294 Andrea Hairston
• Trance p. 314 Kalamu ya Salaam
• Essays
• The Second Law of Thermodynamics p. 349 Jewelle Gomez
• Transcription of a Panel at the 1997
• Black Speculative Fiction Writers Conference
• Held at Clark Atlanta University
• Her Pen Could Fly: Remembering Virginia Hamilton p. 369 Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
• Celebrating the Alien: The Politics of Race and Species in the Juveniles of Andre Norton p. 375 Carol Cooper
• Contributors p. 385
• Copyrights and Permissions p. 397
• Acknowledgments p. 399