pauraque: drawing of a wolf reading a book with a coffee cup (customer service wolf)
This is part 4 of my book club notes on Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora. [Part 1, part 2, part 3.]

For unrelated reasons, my mental state wasn't great when I did the reading or when I attended the meeting, so I didn't feel able to contribute very much, but at least I could listen.


"Ganger (Ball Lightning)" by Nalo Hopkinson (2000)

Sex suits malfunction and go berserk. )


"The Becoming" by Akua Lezli Hope (2000)

Saxophone cyborg, maybe...? )


"The Goophered Grapevine" by Charles W. Chestnutt (1887)

A formerly enslaved man tells a tale about a vineyard that allegedly carries a curse. )


"The Evening and the Morning and the Night" by Octavia E. Butler (1987)

People with a genetic disorder that can cause violent episodes are outcasts in society, but find new ways to help one another. )


"The Monophobic Response" by Octavia E. Butler (1995) [essay]

Butler speculates on why we create aliens in our imagination when we can't even get along with members of our own species. )

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