2 years ago
East Indian Nagas (Merfolk)
Leading up the release of the Black Faery Anthos (the first of which is slated for a Spring release), we’ll be posting intel about Fae-ish/Fantasical creatures of color you probably aren’t familiar with. We might first post about them in the BSFS Black Fae group for the scribes, but you can check back here for updates and excerpts, as we plan to cover them all so folks they’re all compiled in at least one spot *_^ If you have questions/updates for this post [you will be credited] submit here.
The current installment featuring in the Black Faery group comments is: The Nagas
image: Elikozoe
Hailing from the East [see Wiki] they’re usually not portrayed as being of good intent, but there has been lore associated with their good, as well as often-neutral deeds. There’s more collected info about various ‘Fae/Fantastical Creatures’ in the anthos. Glowing thx to C’BS Alife Allah (not among us in the group yet, sadly— He stays on the grind) for his contributions to that end.
image: Michel Koch
(This picture leans towards being ‘of color’ but… ‘tis questionable. lol.)
Got a Nagas story for the antho?
The antho is interested in any highly fantastical works for POC (Afrikan rooted, Asian/East Indian, and so forth). In the interested of filling in the gap of People of color in fantasy and with interest to avoid passive racism that has hailed from the fantasy lore of old, all-POC casts for these anthos are requests, in interest of resetting a balance. Strive for innuendo and the storytelling magik of subtlety when communicating adult themes. The works in these tomes are meant to be consumable by both the adult and YA audience (seems like all that’s out there is geared toward extreme-adult focus these days… That’s why that consideration has been requested *_^).
Contact: purplemag at gmail.com for more intel or visit for full guidelines here.
Antho Editor’s note:
Submissions are ongoing as there will be more than one anthology. If accepted, after your work publishes in the antho you’re selected for, you can send them to other publishers for additional visibility <3 Purple mag does accept reprints, so long as it’s agreed to according to the rights you’ve given to previous editors. Communication is crucial here.
via huemindfantastic
2 years ago
‘Wonderdark ARV’s are served <3,’ says a HighMinder in a recent interview.
Dec 24, 2006— Loomcity, Zambarau
‘In a city where underrepresented subcultures like veganism, indie art, steam ethos, and afropunk reign supreme, an even more unlikely underground—or more appropriately, overground— exists that Zuza Ilanga doesn’t trust, but eventually has no choice but to if she’s to find out what she really is and protect her family from the stuff of ‘Make-believe’—including fairytale characters’ spying on their readers—and the ‘makers’ harboring independent designs.
Can a bookish introvert with an aversion to ‘nonsense’ take the blinders off long enough to accept aspects of herself she’d rather deny, and make the necessary connection with her inner heru (hero) that the dangers surrounding her call out for?’
So reads the small bit of information being released from the Loomcity archive. As it’s crawling with bookeaters presently, there are bits we could not extend that are still lost to their digestive tracts. Experts are waiting to recover them.
We’re advised you can contact the Highmind council to extend requests for your file-copy of the Wonderdark account of Zuza’s awakening, as it has been guarded thoroughly, and remains well intact. The council’s exact wherabouts cannot be disclosed openly, but you can submit your request, and/or comments to: http://Otherbox.tumblr.com/submit and we’re told they will be forwarded to our secure location.
If you are a Minder in need of assistance, do your best to submit a message from whatever part of the Aether you’ve found yourself stuck in, and remember to stay positive. Reimagine.Reframe.Remake.
Via Contact: Amar Ajeet
2 years ago
Dazjae Zoem’s Wonderdark: The Awakening of Zuza releases in ARV-edition for advance reviewers the last week of December. We’re telling you first, dear readers, which means you get initial dibs on either a digital or print review copy. By requesting to sign on as a beta-reader, you pledge to provide an honest review of your experience reading Wonderdark.
The story:
Zuza isn’t exactly an adventurous kind of girl. Her idea of a wild night involves a sketch pad, or loaner book from Loomcity’s library. She rarely peeks her head out from under the comfort of her rock, even at the pleading of her closest friend Jaivyn, but there’s more to life than sketches and books, and dangerous though the near future may be for her, it will introduce her to a light she didn’t know she possessed, and teach her how to trust others gifted in similarly extra-sensory ways…
An excellent YA-read celebrating underrepresented indie culture, plant-eater ethos, and the brilliance of intentional dreaming.
Genre: Fantasy with Faery/Steampunk elements
How to request your review copy:
Drop a note in http://otherbox.tumblr.com/submit including the publication (whether on the Aethernets or in print), the email address you wish to have the digital review copy sent to, and the physical mailing address/po box the print copy should be mailed to if you prefer print. Please do not forget the email in either case, so we may contact you in the event of a glitch or curiosity.
If you’re selected as a reviewer, your copy will be sent out the last week of December, the first week of February, and possibly for an additional month after that (to be announced if so—- if not, only digital will be immediately available after February, barring very special requests say from a Queen Meta in Zambarau or something to that affect *_^).
