I’m delighted to announce the release of Invisible 3, which I co-edited with Jim C. Hines. 18 essays and poems about representation in SF/F, continuing the conversation. I really enjoyed reading these varied pieces, and I think you will too!
As with the first two volumes in this series, all profits go to benefit Con or Bust, which helps fans of color get to genre conventions.
Here’s the full table of contents:
Introduction by K. Tempest Bradford
Heroes and Monsters, by T. S. Bazelli
Notes from the Meat Cage, by Fran Wilde
What Color Are My Heroes? by Mari Kurisato
The Zeroth Law Of Sex in Science Fiction, by Jennifer Cross
Our Hyperdimensional Mesh of Identities, by Alliah
Erasing Athena, Effacing Hestia, by Alex Conall
Not So Divergent After All, by Alyssa Hillary
Skins, by Chelsea Alejandro
The Doctor and I, by Benjamin Rosenbaum
My Family Isn’t Built By Blood, by Jaime O. Mayer
Lost in Space: A Messy Voyage Through Fictional Universes, by Carrie Sessarego
Decolonise The Future, by Brandon O’Brien
Natives in Space, by Rebecca Roanhorse
I Would Fly With Dragons, by Sean Robinson
Adventures in Online Dating, by Jeremy Sim
Of Asian-Americans and Bellydancing Wookiees, by Dawn Xiana Moon
Shard of a Mirage, by MT O’Shaughnessy
Unseen, Unheard, by Jo Gerrard
“At twelve, I perfected the baggy clothes drape. I stood and leaned against walls rather than sitting. Leaning kept the bottom edge of the hard, white fiberglass brace from digging into my thighs and the top edge from pinching under my arms. Either or both would drag my clothes funny and ruin the effect. I was pretty careful, but one pat on the back or a joking poke at my ribs and thunk. Hip to collarbone, my identity was wrapped in a hard shell…”
— Fran Wilde, “Notes from the Meat Cage”