{"id":4673,"date":"2017-10-16T21:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T21:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/?p=4673"},"modified":"2017-10-16T21:00:49","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T21:00:49","slug":"black-speculative-fiction-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/black-speculative-fiction-month\/","title":{"rendered":"BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why would we at greydogtales<\/em> celebrate Black Speculative Fiction Month<\/strong><\/span>? Because. But if you want that it in more detail, we can supply. We came at the whole black creator scene in our usual manner \u2013 whoa, something interesting. Weird works with fresh perspectives; stories that introduce new characters and put different spins on old ideas.<\/p>\n

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We were already into an unconnected range of black writers such Octavia Butler, Benjamin Zephaniah, Samuel Delaney, Charles R Saunders, Chinua Achebe<\/strong> and N K Jemisin<\/strong> \u2013 now here were Sword & Soul, Steamfunk and Afrofuturism as lively and thought-provoking movements. And we found black creators happy to talk about what they were doing, and why. We didn’t do it because we’re worthy or well-meaning, we did it because they’re good<\/em>.<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s us. Why should you care, dear listener, even if you\u2019re as white as a recently-scrubbed albino sheep in a Yorkshire snowdrift? Because:<\/p>\n