Nisi Shawl

In 1962, ten-year-old Winna Cole discovers a pair of magical spectacles that reveal both the friendly ghosts of her African American ancestors and a dangerous family curse.

"From acclaimed short fiction writer Nisi Shawl comes a thought-provoking alternate history set in the Congo, where heroes strive for a Utopia and endeavor to live together despite their differences. In this reimagining of Belgium's disastrous colonization of the Congo, African American missionaries join forces with British socialists to purchase land from the Congo Free State's "owner," King Leopold II. This land, which they name Everfair, is set...

Octavia E. Butler said, "There's nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns."

New Suns 2 brings you fresh visions of the strange, the unexpected, the shocking—breakthrough stories, stories shining with emerging truths, stories that pierce stale preconceptions with their beauty and bravery. Like the first New Suns anthology (winner of the World Fantasy, Locus, IGNYTE, and British Fantasy awards), this

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A new story set in the world of Nisi Shawl's acclaimed Everfair! Princess Mwadi of Everfair teams up with American actress Rima Bailey on a reconnaissance mission in Egypt in an attempt to thwart the European spies intent on destabilizing Everfair and its business interests... A new story set in the world of Nisi Shawl's acclaimed Everfair and its upcoming sequel, Kinning, available everywhere on January 23, 2024. Princess Mwadi of Everfair teams...

Set after the events of Everfair, espionage, betrayal, and political intrigue follow, when the estranged son of a founding member of Everfair visits his sister in Zanzibar . . . Set after the events of Everfair, espionage, betrayal, and political intrigue follow, when the estranged son of a founding member of Everfair visits his sister in Zanzibar . . . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software...

An empathy-generating fungus is the hip new lifestyle accessory that defeats vigilantes and finds you the job of your dreams. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. An empathy-generating fungus is the hip new lifestyle accessory that defeats vigilantes and finds you the job of your dreams. Nisi Shawl (they/them) is a writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories...

"Our Fruiting Bodies collects stories of old growth and fresh decay, of stubborn rebirth and the faint but nonimaginary paths connecting life and nonlife. From the sharp, sweet confessional of their Peter Pan-inspired 'Awfully Big Adventure,' through the melting ambitextualities of 'Just Us'--from the early, dizzy-eyed quest at the heart of 'Looking for Lilith' through the newly unfurling tendrils that pierce the grounds of 'I Being Young and Foolish'--Nisi...

An NPR Books Great Read: Two never-before-published stories from the archives of one of science fiction's all-time masters.
The novella "A Necessary Being" showcases Octavia E. Butler's ability to create alien yet fully believable "others." Tahneh's father was a Hao, one of a dwindling race whose leadership abilities render them so valuable that their members are captured and forced to govern. When her father dies, Tahneh steps into his...