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A review by grapie_deltaco
Black Sci-Fi Short Stories by Temi Oh
5.0
*Thank you Flame Tree Press for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review*
Wow.
As someone who grew up loving The Twilight Zone, I adored this collection of short stories.
With a wide range of writing styles and messages from pieces across various decades and writers, 'Black Sci Fi Short Stories' explores superpowers, cults worshipping a mysterious orb, the apocalypse, reanimating the dead, aliens coming to rescue the victims of white supremacy, and so, SO much more.
The stories vary in length, with one short story finishing up in 3 pages while another takes up 20, but the themes it has you sit with hit hard every time.
This collection of all Black authors leaves a mix of race-centered messages alongside stories that don't mention race at all and just happen to be stories written by a Black creative.
There were numerous times I finished a story and closed the book to stare at my wall before going back to re-read it all again.
Wow.
As someone who grew up loving The Twilight Zone, I adored this collection of short stories.
With a wide range of writing styles and messages from pieces across various decades and writers, 'Black Sci Fi Short Stories' explores superpowers, cults worshipping a mysterious orb, the apocalypse, reanimating the dead, aliens coming to rescue the victims of white supremacy, and so, SO much more.
The stories vary in length, with one short story finishing up in 3 pages while another takes up 20, but the themes it has you sit with hit hard every time.
This collection of all Black authors leaves a mix of race-centered messages alongside stories that don't mention race at all and just happen to be stories written by a Black creative.
There were numerous times I finished a story and closed the book to stare at my wall before going back to re-read it all again.