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Insane Messiah
Insane MessiahStafford L. Battle
978-0-9818262-1-9
$15.95
Spring 2012
Trade Paperback
An African-American scientist seeks to stop an invasion from within.
Global warming is making life difficult as raging tsunamis are ripping the continental coastlines causing considerable commercial and human loss. The world's economies again are drowning in hyper-inflation as the super rich struggle to secure better financial control and safer places to live.
However, according to one discredited African college professor, humankind has even bigger problems to consider. He tries in vain to warn his colleagues about the wrath of a superior alien species that has been living on earth for millions. But nobody will believe him unless he can produce proof and prevent a devastating retaliation that could utterly wipe out all human civilization.
Read a preview here.
Call for Submissions - Speculative Fiction Anthology
NOTICE: This anthology has been pushed back until 2012. Invitations will be sent when the project is back on track. |
Tales of Space, Romance and Weirdness on the black hand side
Submissions open thru July 30,.
- Publication Date: October 2011. Please do not submit your stories before then.
- DEADLINE: Before July 15, 2011 would be rightgeous!.
- WORD LENGTH: 1,500 to 6,000 words. Preferably around 5,000 words.
- No reprints
- Theme: Speculative Fiction (includes science fiction, fantasy, and horror) from, about, and pertaining to members of the African diaspora.
- Guidelines
- Payment: Original fiction - advance payment is $0.025/word, Poetry - $15 per piece; plus contributor copy of the issue.
- Rights: First rights electronic and print - see publishing agreement. No reprints at this time.
- No multiple submissions
- Art Submissions needed for full color cover work and interior. Queries with samples 6" wide x 9" tall (trade paperback size) at 300 DPIor website portfolio links.
AfroCyberspace
Afro CyberspaceStafford L. Battle and Rey O. Harris
978-0-9818262-0-2
$16.95
Spring 2011
Trade Paperback
7.5”x7.5” perfect bound
178 pages
72 B&W Photos
Tweet this book1000 plus websites that will enrich your world. The web is wide and it can often be difficult to find exactly what you need solely through search engines. AFROCyberspace is more than just a Web guide to more than 1000 of the best Black Web sites online. It is a resource of Internet destinations not easily found by popularity or ranking on search engines. This book can help simplify searching the Web for specific African or African American content.
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Share Your Heart & Help Fellow Member LA Banks
L.A. Banks - Leslie Esdaile - signed up as a member in our first year of operation and even though she was constantly busy with her Vampire Huntress series and other new projects, often took the time to answer member questions and provide help and support for others.
Right now, she needs our help more than ever. She…
Created by Black Author Showcase Jun 21, 2011 at 11:56pm. Last updated by Black Author Showcase Jun 22, 2011.
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2012 Black Writers Reunion & Conference
BWRC Final Call for 2012 Workshops, Lectures & Breakfast Roundtable ProposalsBlack Writers Reunion & Conference invites you to contribute your ideas, experience, and expertise at our 7th national conference on creative, professional, and…Continue
Started by Stafford Battle in Writer's Workshops News Feb 29.
Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology
Griots (gree-oohs), my latest book, is a dream come true. A collaborative…Continue
Started by Milton Davis in Announcements Aug 11, 2011.
Google Digital Library Shot Down by Court - Hope for a Better Way
"Don’t let a for-profit company monopolize knowledge. Create a public — and free — online collection of our books."". . . only a digital public library will provide readers with what they require to face the challenges of the 21st century — a vast…Continue
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Started by Black Author Showcase in Publishing News, Jobs, and Gossip Mar 26, 2011.
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Started by Black Author Showcase in Publishing News, Jobs, and Gossip Mar 26, 2011.
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Bound by Time
At all times I am yours,
for all time you are mines.
The potent glue that seals us;
we are bound by time.
Lost in the moments,
the seconds fly by,
But the memories that exist
are endless, if only in our minds.
Husbands chained to their wives
gladly awaiting death to depart.
Parents attached to their children,
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Deaf Ear
Hello..?
Hello..!
I know you heard me
walking around here
saying the samething
for the last past five days!
You act like you don't hear me
when I'm talking all softly to you,
now that I'm yelling,
you seem amazed!
Then you start screamming and shouting,
calling me all kind'ah names,
before you start crying!
Baby..?
Baby..!
Don't do that ma, please..
WHAT?
YOU LYING!
Posted by Terrod Arrington on January 9, 2011 at 11:55pm
"Would Dr. King be Disappointed?"
THE DEADWILEY TRUTH
OP-ED COLUMN
Would Dr. King be Disappointed?
By Eric M. Deadwiley
January 17, 2011
What would Dr. King say if he were resurrected today? I truly believe that he would be disappointed by the corruption, greed and inertia of the civil rights organizations today. Dr. King and other civil rights leaders fought tirelessly for blacks to have fair access to jobs, education and the freedom whites enjoyed. In the…
ContinuePosted by Eric M. Deadwiley on January 17, 2011 at 7:09pm
The United States of Africa
I am continuing my online fiction serial called: The United States of Africa. I recently added Episode 7: Anansi's Ladder. The story is set in a futuristic Africa where an American saves the life of the President of Africa from evil doers who seek to stop Africans as they build a stairway to the stars.
You can follow the online story at: http://www.sbattle.com
African American writers have a…
ContinuePosted by Stafford Battle on December 14, 2010 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments
Just Venting- Did I Step on Your Toes?
Posted by Nanette Buchanan on November 10, 2010 at 11:54pm
Life Of An Ethnic Writer
Okay everyone... what am I blogging about today? Good question!
Well, how to play nice even when you're not feeling very nice. Sometimes, we are put in situations that require us to step above the non-sense circling in our minds. The nitpicking - finger pointing drama that we fall into more times than not. If you are able to set aside the jumble that crowds good reason than you will be ale to enjoy alot more events.
Well, IDK...
When majority over rules…
ContinuePosted by Cee Brooks on November 11, 2010 at 12:31pm
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National Black Writers Conference
Sunday began the morning with individual 'talkshops' covering Book Reviews, Dramatic Writing, Book Proposals, Poetry with Sonia Sanchez, and Memoir writing. The afternoon started with a panel discussing Speculative Fiction featuring L.A. Banks, Michael Boatman, Jewell Parker Rhodes, and Cheo Tyehimba.
Saturday was a long day that began with Hip Hop and Internet panels and ended with a VIP reception featuring Toni Morrison, Imamu Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Cornell West, and Susan L. Taylor. Ah yes . . . the icons were in the house. It was indeed a rare treat to have been in the presence of Ms. Morrison. For those of you that missed it, the entire event was recorded and will be available on DVD.
The last session on Friday featured the venerable Sonia Sanchez waxing poetic on the memory of literary revolutionary Toni Cade Bambara. If you missed it, you must check out the recorded proceeds that will be available from the conference.
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