LITTLE BLACK BOOKS 8: STREET LETHAL

Hi, folks.  Since we're a bit late with this column, I’m sort of combining the normal references to books you should have read with SHOULD BE…

SHADOWEEN

I don’t do horror. Nothing personal. There are some great writers out there and, when I was younger, I was all over them. Lovecraft. King. Straub. Stoker. Poe. Even dabblers like Bradbury and Rice.

ALL HAIL THE QUEEN

So it’s about time we got around to her: Ms. Butler. Miss Octavia Butler. She is, hands down, the greatest Black Sci-Fi writer of all…

Should be a Movie

It’s been an interesting couple weeks. I’ve been getting into a lot of discussions about Blacks in film—in action and in sci-fi/fantasy films, especially. A…

Little Black Comic Books

This is not an obituary nor is it a tribute. I would like to say that some of the delay on this posting was due…

Who is the Best?

All right, I’m back. Sorry for the long break. Mark it down as a Real Life Intrusion and please accept my apologies. Won’t happen again.

Who Was First?

Since our last chat I was asked some questions about the writers I left out of the initial Black science fiction pantheon. LA Banks, Brandon Massey and the great Charles Saunders were brought up instantly along with some lesser-known writers.

LITTLE BLACK BOOKS

I’m a writer of science fiction among others things with my biggest selling prose work to date being in the STAR TREK line of media…