get em while you can

damn. it happened.

“Book-to-screen adaptations are having a moment — a very white moment. As studios race to adapt bestselling romances, thrillers, and fantasy novels, many Black writers remain stuck in development limbo—or never get considered at all.“

well this is terrible…

Known variously as Esteban de Dorantes, Esteban the Moor or – most commonly – Estevanico, this enigmatic individual was one of the first documented Africans, Arabic speakers and Muslims to step foot in what is now the United States, arriving nearly 40 years before the first European settlement.

#interview with @pdjeliclark.bsky.social Writing stories where people stand up "to what seems like unbeatable odds and unspeakable horrors—&...come out on top...[by relying on...a larger community to do so....we need to see those kinds of wins right now." www.grimdarkmagazine.com/interview-wi...

Britain stole 25 million years of life and labour through slavery in Barbados, according to research by a team of international experts. Their report concludes that Barbados’s population of African descent have suffered damages estimated at up to $2tn (£1.5tn) from 200 years of chattel slavery.

What’s today?” cried Scrooge, calling downward to a boy in Sunday clothes. “Today?” replied the boy. “Why, it’s Paperback Book Release Day sir!” ABENI AND THE KINGDOM OF GOLD | Out today in paperback | Tor Starscape | 4•28•26

Oh look, it’s the guy who likes to wake me up for the next month at 5am, sounding like someone’s taking a mini jackhammer to my house.

“Black students say the racist episodes are not isolated but part of a pattern that has eroded trust as national politics intensify scrutiny of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and, in particular, Black and Latino student enrollment at elite colleges.”

The ties between Harvard and the Caribbean are myriad….university presidents, governing officials, donors and staff grew their wealth off of enslaved labor and the transatlantic slave trade…. [Yet] Researchers that have attempted to make the connection say their efforts have been stymied.

This should be a crime.

Notice how the most celebrated and successful space mission in *decades* was run by at least 50% “DEI hires”—not all white men? And not even all Americans. Maybe diversity *is* strength . . .

Born into slavery, Adolf Ludvig Couschi Badin became part of Swedish royal court and left legacy of books and letters

The silliness I needed today. And of course, Mojo.

"Ran away from a Plantation of the Subscriber’s...Peros, 35 or 40 Years of Age...Jack, 30 Years...Neptune, aged 25 or 30...Cupid, 23 or 25 Years....Whoever apprehends the said Negroes...shall have...Forty Shillings Reward, beside what the Law allows."--George Washington, 1761, Maryland Gazette

NASA’s Earth photos from Artemis inspired me to put this on today… 🙂 Getting lots of positive comments on it as I run errands…

Look ma, no AI.

We are *pumped* for THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME, the new book from astrophysicist, occasional @popsci.com contributor, and the all-around coolest @chanda.blacksky.app! It comes out April 7th but you can read a sneak peak right here! www.popsci.com/science/edge...

Seriously considering setting aside a day on the syllabus for “Debunking Slavery Myths You Mighta Heard from Some Guy Online.”

An anthology you DO NOT want to miss! Featuring some of the incredible authors we've been so privileged to publish over this past decade! Please share this post with fans and readers of Black SFF. Guaranteed you will help someone find their next favorite storyteller in these pages!

Has anyone accounted for the bugs of Klendathu?

Craving more dark historical fantasy and vampire horror after watching Sinners? We’ve got a list for that: bookshop.org/lists/books-...

"American cinema needs more of this raw truth — stories that pulse in the blood and set spirits free. We don’t need endless remakes. We need the conjure, the haints and the original hope that comes from knowing exactly who we are."

This is precisely how I pitched the book to my publisher…

Happy Pi Day to all who celebrate.

In which I talk about the paperback edition of Ring Shout that came out last October, and answer some of those questions that often come my way: "Where did you come up with this idea? Will there be a sequel? Is there a movie happening? Have you seen Sinners?" I had some time...

"Sinners" is a particular kind of story about migration, spirituality, and Black speculative survival skills.

"A seminal work of Black speculative fiction. Over a century since its original publication, Hopkins’s classic remains as relevant today as ever." — @pdjeliclark.bsky.social We highly recommend Pauline Hopkins' "Of One Blood" to broaden your #scifi reading list: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254429...

I wrote abt a Black war widow's attempts to gain recognition of the rights allegedly granted her by the postemancipation state. As she explained time & again, "I am poor & have not the money to pay for gitting any more certificates & things" required of her by pension officials.

A Post investigation found that at least 230 children died in the late 19th and early 20th centuries at a now-defunct, segregated juvenile detention center in Maryland. As the lead sponsor of a new bill, Del. Jeffrie E. Long Jr. (D) is hoping it will provide some answers.

sorry, not sorry.

Well, guess I’ll head outside to walk the dog. #blizzard

Random trivia: the 1998 music video for "You Know My Steez" by one of Hip Hop's greatest groups, Gang Starr, was a visual retelling of THX-1138.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

It’s only day 6. 🙃

Published a short for Amazon last year in an anthology titled The Time Traveler’s Passport, alongside the likes of John Scalzi, RF Kuang, and Olivie Blake. Channeled a bit of my inner Dan Freeman… Guess I maybe shoulda mentioned it. Thanks to @sadiehartmann.bsky.social for the shout out.

Aemon's....eyes came open. “Egg?” he said, as the rain streamed down his cheeks. “Egg, I dreamed that I was old."--A Feast for Crows

same...

“We went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”—Amos Adams Lawrence

“This stick of wood? This fugitive from a fireplace?” LOL one of the best lines. #twilightzone

Said it many times and I’ll say it again—“Five Characters in Search of an Exit” gotta be one of the most surreal, trippiest, & artistic of the zones—also an absolute favorite. #twilightzonemarathon

top 5 of the zones. #twilightzonemarathon

Uh oh. #twilightzonemarathon

Top tier zone right here. #twilightzonemarathon

Weighing folk before they got on the ship was diabolical. #twilightzonemarathon

Let him cook… #twilightzonemarathon

Say that ish again cuz obviously folk wasn’t listening. Rod Serling had bars for the ages. #twilightzonemarathon

Disinformation campaign, 1960 #twilightzonemarathon