🌌 Happy Pub Day!🌌 Two new anthologies redefining Indigenous Futurism + Afrofuturism: 📖Beyond the Glittering World — 22 Indigenous voices reimagining love, resilience & rebellion. 📖Afrofuturism Short Stories — Black imagination across time & space. 💫Get yours now at sistahscifi.com. #SistahScifi

✨ Our Día de los Muertos Book Pick: The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery by @clarenceahaynes.bsky.social! 👻 Día de los Muertos was last weekend, but we always have space & room to think about the ancestors. 📚 Snag your copy (if you dare) at www.sistahscifi.com or at your #locallibrary. #SistahScifi

Founder of Sistah Scifi, Isis Asare, joined Allison Mick, author of Humboldt Cut, at @sfomuseum.bsky.social's The Women of Afrofuturism exhibit. 🖤Allison Mick’s new title, Humboldt Cut, drops soon! 📚 Preorder your signed copy now at sistahscifi.com @erewhonbooks.bsky.social #SistahScifi #SFO

🚀 Two new releases just dropped! 👑 The King Must Die by @kashinggiwa.bsky.social, a gripping sci-fi tale of rebellion and survival. 😈 Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi, a steamy, supernatural romance set in the Black South. 📚 Grab both at sistahscifi.com #SistahScifi #NewRelease #BlackSpecFic

📚 Your Friday Read 📚 Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower is as urgent today as when it was first written. A must-grab from our machine. 📍 Find it at the Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine inside at Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) #SistahScifi #NAAMSeattle #BookVendingMachine

🎃✨ Sistah Scifi Halloween Reads ✨🎃 This Halloween, step into worlds where the veil between the living, the magical, and the revolutionary grows thin. ✨ Trick or treat yourself to a new read — available now at www.sistahscifi.com #SistahScifi #BlackSpeculative #Afrofuturism #BlackFantasy

💫✨ We’re heading to GeekGirlCon! ✨💫 Join Sistah Scifi @geekgirlcon.bsky.social — where fandom, creativity, and community collide! 🎉 📍 Seattle, WA 📅 November 8 & 9, 2025 🔗 More info: geekgirlcon.com #SistahScifi #GeekGirlCon #Afrofuturism #BlackFeministFutures #SpeculativeFiction

📦✨ Calling all Sistah Scifi Siblings! ✨📦 We need a few extra hands to help us at our next Sistah Scifi Fulfillment Party. 📅 Date: November 14, 2025 🕚Time: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT 📍 Oakland, CA at Oakstop (1721 Broadway) 🔗 Register here: sistahscifi.com/pages/events #SistahScifi #BookFulfillment

📚✨ #BookMail shoutout! We love seeing A Ruin Great and Free by @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social💫 Thanks to @ceallaighsbooks for keeping the #CadwellTurnbullReadalong energy strong. 💥 Grab your copy (and books 1 & 2!) at Sistah Scifi, at www.sistahscifi.com. #SistahScifi #Afrofuturism #SciFiReads

🌍✨ Preorder Alert! Afrofuturism Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) — edited by @isisasare.bsky.social, with an introduction by Dr. Sandra M. Grayson and a foreword by @nisishawl.bsky.social — arrives November 11, 2025. 📖 Preorder your copy today: www.sistahscifi.com #SistahScifi #Afrofuturism

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​Still buzzing from the "Feminist Futurism" panel at Marin Museum of Contemporary Art on how spec fiction is a vital tool for liberation. Huge thanks to Faith Adiele, @angeladalton.bsky.social, @charliejane.bsky.social, & @sistahscifi.bsky.social's Isis Asare for an amazing talk. Audience Q&A was 🔥!

What a fantastic initiative! 🎉 Sistah Scifi is such an inspiring space for SFF! 🌈 Let's uplift diverse voices in our genre! #SupportBlackAuthors #SFFCommunity 💖📚

📚 Sistah Scifi (@sistahscifi.bsky.social) – The first Black-owned sci-fi and fantasy bookstore uplifting Black and Indigenous voices. 🧵

I'm discussing my haunting new release, Psychopomp & Circumstance, w/cohost @veronicaghenry.bsky.social author on Oct 29 for @sistahscifi.bsky.social Wine Down Wednesday. Expect Gothic magic and Southern folklore - wine optional! Join us on the edge of the veil. 👻 sistahscifi.com/pages/events

🚨 Fresh From the Machine 🚨 Speculation by Nisi Shawl Bold, brilliant, and inventive — Nisi Shawl’s Speculation is ready to spark your weekend reading. 📍 Find it at the Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine inside the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) & Chapter510. #SistahScifi #NisiShawl

🦇✨ Join us for a chilling conversation! ✨🦇 On Oct 29, 2025, author Eden Royce discusses her haunting new release, Psychopomp & Circumstance. 📅 Check out all Sistah Scifi events here: sistahscifi.com/pages/events #TorDotComPub #SistahScifi #EdenRoyce #PsychopompAndCircumstance #VeronicaGHenry

🌍✨ EARTH SEED: A People’s Journey of Radical Hospitality ✨🌍 Join us + People's Kitchen Collective + Voices Rising LGBTQ of Color Arts & Culture for a 2-part celebration of Octavia E. Butler’s visionary legacy. 📍Seattle | 🎟️ FREE | 🔗 www.voicesrisingseattle.org/events/2025/... #SistahScifi

🚨 Preorder Alert! 🚨 From USA TODAY bestselling author @kashinggiwa.bsky.social (The Splinter in the Sky) comes The King Must Die. 👉Preorder your copy SIGNED today: sistahscifi.com or request from your #locallibrary. @sagapressbooks.bsky.social #SistahScifi #KemiAshingGiwa #TheKingMustDie

📣 Speaking Engagement Alert! We’re excited to share that Sistah Scifi founder @isisasare.bsky.social will be joining Oakstop this week for a panel discussion on AI for Small Businesses. 🔗https://oaklandchamber.chambermaster.com/eventregistration/register/20795 #SistahScifi #Oakstop

✨ Introducing the new Sistah Scifi Logo Shirt! ✨ You asked. We listened. The wait is finally over. 🌌 Wear it proudly. Share the vision. Live the future. 🖤 Available now at sistahscifi.com #SistahScifi #Afrofuturism #IndigenousFuturism #BlackSpeculativeFiction

🦇✨ Pub Day Magic! ✨🦇 We’re celebrating three new releases: 📖 Psychopomp & Circumstance by @edenroyce.bsky.social, Our Vicious Descent by Hayley Dennings and Futility by Nuzo Onoh. 📚 Get at sistahscifi.com or your #locallibrary! #SistahScifi #PubDay #Afrofuturism #NewBooks #Afrofuturism

Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday 📅 Save the Date: 11/12/2025, 5PM PST Join @AkwaekeEmezi as they discuss their Deluxe Limited Edition of Son of the Morning with cohost @BeSteadwell, author of Chocolate Chip City! ✨🔥 #sistahscifi #AkwaekeEmezi

🎧✨ Audiobook of the Week: Redemptor by @JordaniFueko✨🎧 The epic conclusion to the Raybearer duology is here! 👑 🎧 Available now in audiobook—step into Jordan Ifueko’s unforgettable world. @librofm @blackstonepublishing #sistahscifi #AudiobookOfTheWeek

🌟✨ Amazing Review Alert from @SocialJusticeChildrensBookFair. Thank you for choosing us!🤗 Partner with Sistah Scifi, the first Black-owned bookstore focused on SFF, to grow your author presence online. 👉 Ready to level up your author platform? Visit sistahscifi.com/pages/sistah... to learn more!

Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday: @DerrickBarnes 🗓 Wednesday, October 15 5:00 PM PST Join Derrick Barnes as he discusses The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze. Register @ sistahscifi.com sistahscifi.com/products/the... @derrickdbarnes @penguinkids @VikingBooks

🌌✨ Speculative conversations that expand worlds and imaginations! Hole in the Sky: A Deep Dive Conversation with Daniel H. Wilson and @nisishawl.bsky.social. @clarionwest.bsky.social 🔗Register here: secure.clarionwest.org/np/clients/c... #SistahScifi #ClarionWest #NisiShawl #DanielHWilson

🦇✨ Caramelle & Carmilla (@AuntLute Colloquy) by @JewelleGomez & @JosephSheridanLeFanu is now available! 📚 Now available at www.sistahscifi.com or your #locallibrary! sistahscifi.com/products/car... #sistahscifi #JewelleGomez

“You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it.” – Octavia E. Butler Read the full article: nofilmschool.com/octavia-butl... #sistahscifi #WritingTips

We love this! 🙌🏽 Thank you, #NewYorkTimes! Prophetess Butler lives on 🔥 📚 Positive Obsession is available now wherever books are sold—but especially at Black- and woman-owned bookstores like @sistahscifi. #sistahscifi #OctaviaButler

African Ghost Short Stories 👻Frightfully Good Reads👻 From spine-tingling folklore to haunting tales, African Ghost Short Stories edited by @chineloonwualu.bsky.social is here to add chills to your weekend. 📍 Find it at our Book Vending Machine inside the North African American Museum (NAAM).

🎧✨ Audiobook of the Week: The AI Incident by @J.E.Thomas✨🎧 Think The Wild Robot meets Restart—but with even higher stakes. Get your copy at your #locallibrary or purchase audiobook or physical book at Sistah scifi LINK! @librofm @recordedbooks

@therootdotcom.bsky.social just dropped their list of favorite horror books by Black authors & several Sistah Scifi favorites made the cut👀 📚Get your copies here: sistahscifi.com. Today we highlight @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social , one of Butler’s favorite libraries! #SistahScifi #BlackHorror

We’re beyond honored to be recognized among the voices shaping the future of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative storytelling by @FeedSpot. 🌌🖤 #sistahscifi #SciFiInfluencers

👻✨ Preorder Alert! ✨👻 From the Queen of African Gothic, Nuzo Onoh, comes Futility — a chilling new tale where ancestral justice cannot be silenced. 🖤 Preorder your signed copy now. @titanbooks.bsky.social 🔗 sistahscifi.com/products/fut... #SistahScifi #AfricanGothic #NuzoOnoh #Futility

Cole Arthur Riley, author of the NYT Bestseller Black Liturgies, sits down to discuss her journey, her creative process, and the spiritual vision behind her work. 📖 ✨📖 New York Times Bestseller! sistahscifi.com/products/bla... #sistahscifi #BlackLiturgies

🎧✨ Audiobook of the Week: War Girls by @TochiOnyebuchi ✨🎧 👉🏾 Start listening now and let the story take you beyond the battlefield. @librofm @prhaudio #sistahscifi #AudiobookOfTheWeek

🌑✨ Preorder Now: The Leaving Room by Amber McBride ✨🌑 "Intimate and astonishing..." -- Jason Reynolds, New York Times Bestselling Author 🔗 sistahscifi.com/products/the... #SistahScifi #AmberMcBride #TheLeavingRoom #Poetry #BlackFutures #PreorderNow

🚀✨ It’s Black Speculative Fiction Month! ✨🚀 The Sistah Scifi Crew is showing up, celebrating, and honoring the brilliance of Black imagination — from sci-fi and fantasy to horror, comics, and beyond. 🌌📚 #sistahscifi #BlackSpeculativeFictionMonth

📚✨ On Oct 1st we kicked off #BlackSpeculativeFictionMonth at #SistahScifiWineDownWednesday w/ Whitney French & Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga! We explored their stories in As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories. 🎥 Watch: youtu.be/9SAvDJGGasQ #SistahScifi #BlackSpecFic #Afrofuturism

Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming Sistah Scifi Events!! 🍷 Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday: @Whitney French and @AlineMweziNiyonsenga 🗓 Wednesday, October 1, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm PDT 📖 Sistah Scifi Graphic Novel Club: Parable of Talents by @JohnJennings ... and more!

How can two people raised the same way turn out so different? And what does it mean when they separate? @yumewrites.bsky.social, author of Saltcrop and The Deep Sky, highlights five books about searching for a lost sibling: reactormag.com/five-sff-boo...

🎉 Big news! SON OF THE MORNING by @AkwaekeEmezi earned a starred review from @library_journal! 🥰🪽 Order your copy now at www.sistahscifi.com or get it from your #locallibrary. ✨ sistahscifi.com/products/son... #sistahscifi #AkwaekeEmezi

In a dream, @NisiShawl imagined a philosophical system described in a book called The Five Petals of Thought. You can help fund the creation of this book directly, and every donation earns you an e-copy of the finished book, plus Nisi’s deepest gratitude. www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-...

📚 PREORDER ALERT! 📚 We’re thrilled to offer SIGNED copies of The Mummy Snatcher: Curse (Book 2 of The Wand Keepers) by @tiffanymcdaniel.bsky.social ✨ Signed. Collectible. Unmissable. 🔗 Preorder your copy or the bundle today: sistahscifi.com #SistahScifi #Preorder #TiffanyMcDaniel #TheWandKeepers

🌑✨ On Sept 24, #SistahScifiWineDownWednesday featured @britneyslewis.bsky.social In conversation with @isisasare.bsky.social and cohost @sashmarguerite.bsky.social about Blood Moon. 🎥 Watch: youtu.be/ttPy1nv9GsI #SistahScifi #BritneySLewis #BloodMoon #BlackSpeculativeFiction #Afrofuturism

🌟 Big Moves Alert! 🌟 @AyraStarr has officially signed a management deal with @JayZ’s Roc Nation! 🙌🏾✨ On top of that, she’s starring in the highly anticipated movie adaptation of Children of Blood and Bone by @tomiadeyemi! 📚🔥 #sistahscifi #AyraStarr #RocNation

📚✨ Pub Day! ✨📚 The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by @DerrickBarnes is here! 🎉 ✨ Available now at www.sistahscifi.com or your #locallibrary! #sistahscifi #NewBookPub #PubDay

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So loved interviewing artist & illustrator Authan Chen. He created the amazing cover for my short story collection-Doll Seed. We give tips about what writers should know re: the cover design process when working with a press. @sistahscifi.bsky.social youtu.be/yLBpjksxG3E