Did you hear that Lupita Nyong’o has been cast as Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Odyssey flick? Of course you have. Because the usual chorus of salty folk won’t let you not know. The face that launched a thousand ships, has launched a thousand takes. So I figure, why can’t I have one? Let’s go!
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So, I published a short for Amazon last year in an anthology titled The Time Traveler’s Passport, alongside some greats like John Scalzi, RF Kuang, and Olivie Blake. Being asked to do a thing for Amazon, was… weird. But the folk behind it were good people. So, I channeled a bit of my inner Dan Freeman (look it up) and the result was… Cronus—a dystopian story of a near future that mirrors our times. And resistance.
Guess I maybe shoulda mentioned it.
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So, we finally got some new Trek. And we probably complained it to death. Starfleet Academy, we probably didn’t deserve you.
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Ring Shout has a paperback edition–which came out from Tor Nightfire back in October. Guess I shoulda maybe said something about it. Never too late!
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Image: Activist Malcolm X holds up a paper for the crowd to see during a 1963 rally in New York City. Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
It’s that time of year again, Black History Month. Well, we’re actually on the last few days. But I made it just in time. Only, these aren’t normal times. Black History Month–like just about everything else–is under attack, by the same destructive forces of bigotry, racism, and hate that inspired its very creation. So, looks like the past is prologue. But get ya’ chin off ya’ chest. Hold your head up. This ain’t the first time we’ve had this fight. And Black History Month can help us understand where we are, how we got here, and how we can survive, fight back, and overcome this dark moment.
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Phenderson Djèlí Clark 