The death of a King sets off a chain of events that ensnare a trickster, an insane killing machine, and a princess, threatening to upend their post-apocalyptic world. A taboo error in a black market trade brings a man face-to-face with his deceased father-literally. In antebellum New Orleans, an ad is placed for a runaway slave.Ī magician teams up with a disgruntled civil servant to find his missing wand. Osupa, a newborn village in pre-colonial Yorubaland populated by refugees of war, is recovering after a great storm when a young man and woman are struck by lightning, causing three priests to divine the coming intrusion of a titanic object from beyond the sky. Candace, an ambitious middle manager, is handed a project that will force her to confront the ethical ramifications of her company’s latest project-the monetization of human memory. A dead child returns to haunt his grieving mother with terrifying consequences. A magician and his son time travel to Ngoni country and try to change the course of history. Once an old woman’s pet, a robot sent to mine an asteroid faces an existential crisis.

An old god rises up each fall to test his subjects. Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African DiasporaĮdited by Zelda Knight and Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpekiįeaturing Nicole Givens Kurtz, Dilman Dila, Eugen Bacon, Nuzo Onoh, Marian Denise Moore, Dare Segun Falowo, Rafeet Aliyu, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Odida Nyabundi, Mame Bougouma Diene, Michael Boatman, and Oghenechovwe Donald EkpekiĪ Locus Award Nominee, Best Anthology (2021) & British Fantasy Award Winner, Best Anthology (2021)ĭOMINION is an anthology of speculative fiction and poetry by Africans and the African Diaspora, curated by award-winning editors.

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