Long Hidden : Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History

from pwaites

Long Hidden is a speculative fiction anthology focusing on the those marginalized by history – people of color, queer people, disabled people, women, ect. The stories are set in different periods and locals throughout Earth's history, and all of them involve some fantastical element. Long Hidden ...

from MinaKelly

As with most of Cross Genres collections, this was a solid set of short stories with a few stand out brilliant ones. Unlike some of their other collections, I think the determination to include as many diverse stories as possible has weakened the collection as a whole, with more than one that dra...

from rivkat

Short stories from authors such as Sofia Samatar, Tananarive Due, Nnedi Okorafor, drawing on many traditions. Many of the stories are set in contexts of Western colonization or chattel slavery and its aftermath; there's nothing from after 1945, I think. Within their communities, most of the prota...

from gbcmars

Excellent, unusual anthology of new science fiction. The general theme is one of marginalized voices in the SF field, and there is a wide range of thought-provoking work here. I don't recognize most of the names, but this group won't be unknown for long. Ken Liu is one I do recognize, and he has ...

from Lostshadows

I hadn't heard of this book before it showed up in the ER books, but it sounded like something fantasy fiction badly needed. Fresh voices, characters, settings and perspectives. And it delivers. While I can't say I loved every story, inevitable with any short story collection, it was more they di...